MARCH 14, 2007 THE CADRE * 11

. SPORTS | Panthers fall short at Final 6

Sports Editor with McLaughlin adding 23 points.

Brent McLaren drained a three-pointer VEE eaten ase

with 2.4 seconds left, but it wasn’t Ay re me Sauce wa

dace oh as Oe bit Mase as ee ing double-doubles. Doug McKinney eliminated the UPEI Panthers from the AUS men’s basketball championship with a 67-64 win in Thursday’s quarterfi- nal in Halifax.

McLaren’s clutch trey got the fifth-

scored 22 points and 13 rebounds, while Edwards added 14 and 10 and Stay had 10 and 12. The Huskies led 32-27 at the half. . The loss marked the end of a season

ay which began in controversy after veteran seeded Panthers to within one, but Hus- 8 y

kies guard Mark McLaughlin made good

on two free throws to seal the victory

coach Mike Connolly was fired in June and replaced by Matthew Davies. The

ff ish 2- wid) secpie neaieenias Panthers got off to a sluggish 2-5 start

Sherone Edwards threw up a Hail

Mary from midcourt as time expired, but

and finished 8-12, but got it done when it counted, with seven of those wins there would be no heroic buzzer-beater par aecie icaa a \ ; The Huskies went on to lose a thriller in this one. Ikeobi Uchegbu led the fourth-ranked

Huskies with 27 points and 11 rebounds,

of a championship game, falling just short in a 74-72 overtime loss to the

Acadia Axemen.

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