MEN’S MEDIA GUIDE 2020

ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY SPORT CHAMPIONS GO TIGERS!

# Name Position Ht Elig. Course Yr Hometown 4 Samuel Wade Forward 6’7 2 Engineering 2 Wallace, NS 5 Adam Sellan Guard 6’3 2 Management 3 , ON 6 Xavier Ochu Guard 6’1 3 Management 3 Milton, ON 7 Jordan Wilson Forward 6’5 5 Recreation Management 3 Nassau, Bahamas 8 Jordan Brathwaite Guard 6’3 3 Law, Justice & Society 3 Milton, ON 10 Samuel Maillet Guard 6’5 1 Recreation Management 1 , NB 11 Keevan Veinot Guard 6’4 3 Commerce 3 Port Williams, NS 12 Minwoo Park Guard 5’10 2 Neuroscience 2 , NB 13 Alex Carson Guard 6’5 4 Recreation Management 4 Lower Sackville, NS 14 Sascha Kappos Forward 6’10 5 Marine Biology 5 Miami, FL 15 Matt McVeigh Guard 6’2 3 Commerce 5 Halifax, NS 20 Kendall Saunders Forward 6’5 1 Arts 1 Dartmouth, NS 21 Ben Shoveller Forward 6’8 1 Management 1 Arnprior, ON 22 Marley Blommers Wing 6’5 3 Neuroscience 3 Chatham, ON 23 Brent Martindale Forward 6’6 5 MA Health Promotion 1 Kingston, ON 24 Shamar Burrows Guard 6’3 3 Economics 3 St. Catharines, ON RS Ifesinachi Chiekwe RS Arts 2 Dartmouth, NS RS Zekun (Peter) Li RS Management 1 Burnaby, BC

Head Coach: Rick Plato (7th season) Assistant Coaches: Anton Berry, Kevin Veinot, Michael Barrie, Kevin Bezanson Strength & Conditioning: Michael Moody, Brett Armstrong Manager: Andrea Plato Head Trainers: Aaron Shaw, Richard Hache Assistant Trainers: Leanne Marriot, Jordan Larade, Yolie Watungwa Student Manager: Julie Woods Communications: Angela Barrett-Jewers

RICK PLATO, HEAD COACH

The 2019-20, 2016-17 and 2015-16 AUS coach of the year, Rick Plato is in his seventh season with the Tigers. In his first seven seasons, he has led the Tigers to five AUS championship titles and a program-best bronze medal finish at the 2016-17 U SPORTS championship. He has an impressive 25-year history of pro- ducing high-performing Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) teams at Mount Saint Vincent University and a solid playing career with the Saint Mary’s basketball team.

Plato started coaching the MSVU Mystics in 1989 leading them to 14 appearances at the national championship, including two national medals (bronze in 1992 and silver in 2008). His teams won 13 ACAA conference championships and were CCAA semi-finalists in six of his last eight seasons. Plato was named ACAA Coach of the Year on 13 occasions and received the national CCAA Coach of the Year honour in 2009. In addition to his coaching experience at MSVU, he also served as an assistant coach with the Saint Mary’s Huskies men’s program from 1981-84 and seven years as a high school coach.

A member of the SMU men’s basketball team from 1976-81 where he earned MVP and Athlete of the Year honours in 1981, Rick appreciates the role of university sport in student life. He has two CIAU (now U SPORTS) championship titles under his belt (1978 and 1979) and a spot in the SMU Sports Hall of Fame as both an individual an as a member of 1977-78 National Championship winning team. A highlight for Coach Plato in 2017, was being inducted to his hometown’s (Ridgeway, Fort Erie ) Sports Wall of Fame.

DALHOUSIE TIGERS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Head Coach: Rick Plato (7th season) AUS MVP: Keevan Veinot (G) Regular season record: 19-1 AUS Defensive Player of the Year: Xavier Ochu (G) Regular season standing: 1st AUS First Team All-Star: Keevan Veinot (G) Playoff record: 2-0 AUS Second Team All-Star: Alex Carson (G) Playoff Finish: AUS champions AUS Coach of the Year: Rick Plato Overall record vs. U SPORTS teams: 34-1 AUS Championship MVP: Alex Carson National ranking (offence): 5th (89.3) AUS Championship all-stars: Alex Carson, Keevan Veinot National ranking (defence): 2nd (65.8) Season leader (points per game): Keevan Veinot (15.6) U SPORTS championship appearances (including 2020): 9 Season leader (assists per game): Keevan Veinot (5.5) U SPORTS championship all-time record: 5-12 Season leader (rebounds per game): Xavier Ochu (5.2) U SPORTS championship best result: 3rd (2017) Top 10 final ranking (Feb. 25): No. 2 U SPORTS championship last appearance: 2019 Top 10 best ranking: No. 2 (all but three polls ranked #3) U SPORTS championship sequence: 8th appearance in 12 years (9th in history) Top 10 number of weeks ranked (14 polls): 14 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

Games Pts per game FG % 3PT % FT % Reb per game Ast per game 20 89.3 47.7 35.5 77.7 36.8 17.8

Schedule Summary Statistics category Overall Conf Overall (Pct.) 19-1 (.950) Games 20 20 Conference (Pct.) 19-1 (.950) Points 1787 1787 Streak Won 10 Points per game 89.3 89.3 Home 9-0 FG made per game 32.8 32.8 Away 10-1 FG attempts per game 68.7 68.7 Neutral 0-0 FG Pct 47.7 47.7 3PT made per game 8.1 8.1 Recent Games 3PT attempts per game 22.6 22.6 Jan 31 at Cape Breton W, 83-74 3PT Pct 35.5 35.5 Feb 5 StFX W, 96-84 FT made per game 15.7 15.7 Feb 9 Cape Breton W, 83-68 FT attempt per game 20.2 20.2 Feb 15 UPEI W, 113-73 FT Pct 77.7 77.7 Feb 16 UPEI W, 103-75 Off rebounds per game 12.5 12.5 Feb 22 at UNB W, 82-73 Def rebounds per game 24.3 24.3 Total rebounds per game 36.8 36.8 Rebound margin per game 7.0 7.0 Assists per game 17.8 17.8 Turnovers per game 12.2 12.2 Steals per game 12.1 12.1 Blocks per game 2.9 2.9 Personal fouls per game 15.7 15.7 Points per game allowed 65.8 65.8 Opponents’ Field goal percentage 41.0 41.0 Opponents’ 3PT percentage 31.3 31.3 Home Attendance 5367 5367 Home Attendance average 596 596

SHOOTING

No. Name Pos gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg

4 Samuel Wade F 8 1 6.1 1.0-2.6 38.1 0.0-0.8 0.0 0.5-0.8 66.7 2.5 5 Adam Sellan G 20 1 12.9 1.7-2.8 60.7 0.3-0.8 35.3 0.3-0.6 58.3 4.0 6 Xavier Ochu G 20 18 24.9 3.8-8.6 44.4 1.1-2.6 39.6 1.1-1.6 67.7 9.7 7 Jordan Wilson F 17 14 21.1 3.8-7.2 52.0 0.1-0.5 12.5 1.3-1.9 68.8 8.9 8 Jordan Brathwaite G 20 14 23.1 2.8-6.4 43.0 1.2-3.2 38.5 2.5-2.9 86.0 9.2 10 Samuel Maillet G 7 - 8.7 0.3-0.7 40.0 0.0-0.3 0.0 0.4-0.6 75.0 1.0 11 Keevan Veinot G 19 18 30.3 5.7-12.9 44.1 1.5-4.6 31.8 2.8-3.4 82.8 15.6 12 Minwoo Park G 11 1 6.9 0.4-0.9 40.0 0.1-0.2 50.0 0.5-0.5 83.3 1.3 13 Alex Carson G 17 2 20.4 4.5-9.8 46.4 2.6-6.0 43.1 3.2-3.4 93.1 14.8 14 Sascha Kappos F 20 19 22.5 4.8-8.9 54.2 0.6-2.4 25.5 1.2-1.6 77.4 11.5 15 Matt McVeigh G 13 1 8.1 1.5-2.7 54.3 0.8-2.0 42.3 0.3-0.4 80.0 4.1 20 Kendall Saunders F 3 - 6.3 0.7-1.7 40.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.3-0.7 50.0 1.7 21 Ben Shoveller F 3 - 4.3 0.7-1.7 40.0 0.0-0.3 0.0 0.0-0.0 - 1.3 22 Marley Blommers W 19 2 12.8 0.7-2.6 28.6 0.4-1.3 28.0 0.9-1.4 65.4 2.7 23 Brent Martindale F 15 3 11.5 1.9-3.8 50.9 0.2-0.5 37.5 0.4-0.9 46.2 4.5 24 Shamar Burrows G 20 6 16.9 3.2-6.0 54.6 0.1-0.1 66.7 2.2-2.9 77.2 8.8 Totals 20 20 201.3 32.8-68.7 47.7 8.1-22.6 35.5 15.7-20.2 77.7 89.3 Opponent 20 20 201.3 24.2-59.1 41.0 6.2-20.0 31.3 11.1-16.0 69.4 65.8 BALL CONTROL - REBOUNDS

No. Name Pos gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g

11 Keevan Veinot G 19 18 30.3 1.2 4.0 5.2 1.5 - 5.5 2.0 2.7 2.3 0.3 14 Sascha Kappos F 20 19 22.5 1.4 3.5 4.8 1.0 - 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.8 1.4 7 Jordan Wilson F 17 14 21.1 1.9 2.8 4.7 1.9 - 2.4 1.6 1.4 1.4 0.3 6 Xavier Ochu G 20 18 24.9 1.1 3.5 4.5 1.5 - 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.9 0.2 24 Shamar Burrows G 20 6 16.9 1.6 2.4 4.0 1.9 - 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.8 0.1 23 Brent Martindale F 15 3 11.5 1.3 1.9 3.2 1.7 - 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.1 13 Alex Carson G 17 2 20.4 1.1 1.8 2.8 1.4 - 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.2 5 Adam Sellan G 20 1 12.9 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.9 - 1.1 0.9 1.3 0.8 0.0 8 Jordan Brathwaite G 20 14 23.1 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.0 0.1 2.8 1.6 1.7 1.1 0.1 22 Marley Blommers W 19 2 12.8 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.3 - 0.8 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.2 20 Kendall Saunders F 3 - 6.3 0.0 1.7 1.7 0.7 - 0.3 0.0 - 0.0 0.7 21 Ben Shoveller F 3 - 4.3 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.0 - 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 4 Samuel Wade F 8 1 6.1 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.8 - 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.1 0.0 15 Matt McVeigh G 13 1 8.1 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.3 - 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 10 Samuel Maillet G 7 - 8.7 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.0 - 0.9 0.4 2.0 0.4 0.4 12 Minwoo Park G 11 1 6.9 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.1 - 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.0 Totals 20 20 201.3 12.5 24.3 36.8 15.7 0.1 17.8 12.2 1.5 12.1 2.9 Opponent 20 20 201.3 8.9 20.9 29.8 18.5 0.3 12.7 20.0 0.6 5.4 2.0