V-Reds Edge SMU In OT

UNB's Javon Masters(Kitchener, ON) puts up two of his 35 points in Saturday's 93-92 win over Saint Mary's, in overtime. (Andy Campbell/UNB Athletics)
UNB's Javon Masters(Kitchener, ON) puts up two of his 35 points in Saturday's 93-92 win over Saint Mary's, in overtime. (Andy Campbell/UNB Athletics)

(HALIFAX, NS) Another night, another come from behind victory for the UNB Varsity Reds.

And another huge night for Javon Masters(Kitchener, ON).

Masters scored 35 points as the Varsity Reds rallied from a 72-59 third quarter deficit to beat the Saint Mary's Huskies 93-92, in overtime.

A lay-up by Jesse Kendall(Guelph, ON) with 5.6 seconds to play in regulation tied the game 86-86.

Masters, Will Legere(Amherst, NS), and Chris Spurrell(Quispamsis, NB) scored for UNB in the overtime.

Ibrahima Doumbouya(Calgary, AB) scored 19 points off the UNB bench.

Masters also had 10 rebounds, to record a double-double.

His big night came less than 24 hours after he scored 37 points on Friday, leading UNB to a come from behind 83-72 win. That game also saw Masters, a fifth-year guard, become the all-time leading scorer in Atlantic University Sport.

With the win, the V-Reds are now 6-0 and in first place in the AUS standings.

The Huskies fall to 4-2.

The Varsity Reds return home to face the Memorial Sea-Hawks, Saturday and Sunday, at the Richard J. Currie Center.

 

RECAP AND PHOTOS BY: Andy Campbell/UNB Athletics