Blues Punch Their Semi-Final Ticket

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The Capilano Blues punched their ticket to the semi-final with an impressive 76-69 victory over the Camosun Chargers.

Hassan Phills paced the Blues with a team high 23 points and was named the Player of the Game on 7-13 shooting.  More impressively was his defence keeping the Chargers from breakaways.   First team All-Star Greet Gill scored 15 and Rookie of the Year Wayne Untalan dropped in 12 and collected six assists.

As a team the Blues shot 36% from both the field and three-point line.  Their defence created 24 turnovers.

In the loss Evan Woodson in his final PACWEST game carried his club netting a game high 27 points.  Rulon Schmidt, also playing in his final game scored 11 points and collected 15 boards.  As a team they shot 35% from the field and 31% from the three-point line.

The Blues will now face the #2 seeded Langara Falcons in Friday’s semi-final at 3:00pm.