The Ravens improved to 5-0 in their final Can-Am Shootout game on Aug. 14, with a dominant 98-55 win over the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks.
The game remained close in the first quarter, with the Ravens’ offence committing several turnovers. The game became tense after team guard Munis Tutu misread a pick-and-roll, passing to an empty space midway through the first quarter.
Starting guard Marcus Anderson, who committed two of the first quarter turnovers, said the first quarter turnovers came from forcing plays. He added that the fourth quarter of the Ole Miss game was another example of this.
“We need to make reads on what the defence is giving us and not what we want to get to,” Anderson said.
In the second quarter, Carleton substituted a bigger line-up, bringing Eddie Ekiyor and Stanley Mayambo into the game. The offence exploded for 41 second-quarter points, shooting 88 per cent from the field. Maryland had no answer for Carleton’s interior attack.
Out-rebounding and out-muscling the Hawks seemed like second nature for Carleton, as they forced several shot clock violations and hurried shots, keeping Maryland shots to the outside.
Carleton ran away with the game when Mayambo took over in the second quarter. His first half leading 16 points, including four three-pointers, helped propel Carleton to a 55-22 lead.
This large lead was handed to the offence of first-year player point guard Aiden Warnholtz, an Ottawa local.
Warnholtz led the offence in an efficient manner in the second half, scoring 15 points and shooting 72 per cent overall. He also had a game high of 32 minutes, benefitting from the large lead and preseason nature of the game.
“It’s nice when the team can get up big, and everybody can get those minutes, and have those opportunities to do that. Warnholtz said after the game. “It’s just fun to be out there for a lot of the time.”
Warnholtz said after the game it is humbling to be coached by Dave Smart, and to be able to have the opportunity to play for the famed basketball program.
“I’ve got a good relationship with a lot of the guys,” he said. “I’ve become friends with a lot of the guys so far;it’s been a great experience.”
Anderson brought up the same dynamic.
“There’s always a lot of veterans on the team always trying to help out. When I was growing up in the program, they were always trying to make me see better and do better,” he said.
