Athletics Department Headlines

Dawson College hoops star commits to UPEI
Men's Basketball

Charlottetown, PEI (May 14, 2012)—The UPEI Men’s Basketball Panthers are excited to announce that six-foot-five Brian Ofori, from Dawson College in Montreal, has committed to attend UPEI in September. Ofori led his team in rebounds and blocked shots, and was among the league leaders in the Quebec CEGEP league. 

Tim Kendrick, head coach of the UPEI men’s basketball team was thrilled to learn Ofori would be attending UPEI in the fall. “We are excited to add Ofori to our Panther family.
Fiddler’s UPEI Dream Team take part in weight loss challenge
Men's Basketball

Charlottetown, PEI (May 4, 2012)—Fiddler’s UPEI Dream Team consisting of UPEI men’s basketball coaches—Tim Kendrick, Marvin Rhyno, and Patrick Havard—are working to dr

Varsity Basketball Day Camp - April 28 - CANCELLED
Men's Basketball

DUE TO LOW NUMBERS THE CAMP HAS BEEN CANCELLED

2012 UPEI Basketball Day Camp -Chi Wan Young Sports Centre
Boys & Girls grades 3 - 6

Led by UPEI Basketball Coaches Tim Kendrick and Carly Clarke

Date  April 28, 2012
Time   9 am - 4 pm
Cost   $30 per player

Huskies down Panthers 89-77 in 1/4 final action
Men's Basketball
(L) 89-77

Halifax — There’s no place like home, and the UPEI Panthers found that out the hard way Friday, as they were upset 89-77 by the Saint Mary’s Huskies in Atlantic University Sport men’s basketball quarterfinal play.  Photo by Nick Pearce.

The Panthers, 10-0 at home this year but just 3-7 on the road, went down under a hail of fouls, as the Huskies outscored the Panthers 30-16 from the free throw line, and many of the Panther stars spent significant minutes on the bench saddled with foul trouble. The Huskies shot 42 free throws compared to UPEI’s 24. Read more from The Guardian - Bob Gray.

Panther Coach Kendrick, Lual and Cooper all earn AUS awards
By: John Keefe - AUS
Men's Basketball

2011-12 AUS Men's Basketball Awards and All-Stars Announced
UPEI's Coach Kendrik named AUS Coach of the Year.
March 1, 2012 (HALIFAX, N.S.) - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2011-12 AUS men's basketball all-stars and major award winners as selected by the conference's eight head coaches following regular season play.
 

Read more from AUS  on Coach Kendrick, Manock Lual - 1st team All Star and Jonahtan Cooper - 2nd team All star.

Subways AUS Men's Basketball Championships
Men's Basketball

 

The 2012 Subway Atlantic University Sport men’s basketball championship will be hosted at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, NS, March 2-4, 2012.

The championship schedule is as follows: (seeding in brackets)

Friday, March 2nd
Quarter-final #1: Cape Breton (4th) vs. Dalhousie (5th), 6:00pm
Quarter-final #2: UPEI (3rd) vs. Saint Mary’s (6th), 8:15pm

 

Panthers remain unbeaten at home, winning 95-76 over CBU
Men's Basketball
(W) 96-79

The UPEI Panthers stayed unbeaten at home Saturday evening defeating the Cape Breton Capers 96-79. The Panthers and Capers played very even in the first quater seperated by only two points.  The second quarter the Panthers turned it up and out scored CBU by 20 points and lead 61-39 at the half.

Graduating Panthers looking to go on a win
By: Marcel Vander Wier - The Guardian
Men's Basketball

Lual, Cooper will play their final home games in a UPEI uniform tonight

It’s the end of an era for the UPEI Panthers men’s basketball program.

Tonight marks the last home game for the team’s two fifth-year stars — Manock Lual and Jonathan Cooper.

From The Guardian.

Subway AUS Men's Basketball Championship March 2-4
Men's Basketball

For all the information on the Men's Basketball Championship, tickets, schedule, etc... click here.

Axemen sneak past Panthers 85-82
Men's Basketball
(L) 85-82

The Acadia Axemen scored a 3 point shot with only 5 seconds left on the clock and went on to defeat the Panthers 85-82 Saturday afternoon in Wolfville.