No. 1 Carleton pulls away in fourth to beat Acadia 81-64
HALIFAX — The Carleton Ravens used a fourth-quarter surge to avoid an upset and advance at the U Sports men’s basketball championship.
Eddie Ekiyor scored 25 points as No. 1 Carleton pulled away for an 81-64 win over the No. 8 Acadia Axemen on Thursday in the tournament quarterfinals, keeping its quest for an eighth straight national championship alive.
Carleton, which entered the tournament with a 23-0 record in the Ontario University Athletics conference, only had a three-point lead at half and was up 54-52 through three quarters. But the Ravens outscored the Axemen 27-12 in the fourth — with 13 points coming from Ekiyor on 6-of-10 shooting — to move on to the semifinals.
“Acadia played hard and we didn’t make shots until the end. They did a great job keeping our guards off balance and we turned it over a bit,” said Ravens head coach Dave Smart.