Photo by Dave Edwards
By: Mike Edwards
Jason Scully notched his fifth double double of the
season, pouring in 24 points, corralling 13 rebounds and dishing out 4 assists
to lead the SMUS Blue Jags to their second highest scoring output of
the season in the team’s 81-62 win over the Cowichan Thunderbirds to open the
Oak Bay Gary Taylor Classic Thursday evening.
SMUS came out strong to start, going on a 14-3 run to
open the game. After a strong offensive first quarter, the Blue Jags held a 30-14 lead. Graeme
Hyde-Lay dropped in 13 points and added 3 assists to lead the Jags attack in
the opening frame.
The Thunderbirds responded in the second, outscoring SMUS
25-19 in the period and cutting the Jags lead to 49-39 at half time. Jason
Scully led the Blue Jags with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists at the break.
The Blue Jags continued to pick apart the Thunderbirds
defence in the second half, restoring their comfortable lead of 20 plus points
for the majority of the half. In the end, the Blue Jags came away with the
81-62 win.
Aside from Scully’s big game, the Blue Jags
also received significant contributions from Hyde-Lay (15 points, 6 assists and
6 rebounds), Max Pollen (12 points and 4 assists) and Callum Montgomery (9
points and 5 rebounds). Meanwhile, Lucas De Vries totaled a season high 3
blocks in the Jags winning effort.
“We took care of business against a
solid team in Cowichan.” said Scully on the important win, “Our defense could
have been better but offensively we were clicking pretty well.”
With the win, the Blue Jags have themselves a
matchup with highly-touted Vancouver College in what Scully says will be “a
good test” for the team. The game will take place at 5:45 PM on Friday evening at
Oak Bay High School.
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