The St. Clair College Saints Men's Basketball team has claimed a bronze medal at the OCAA Championship, hosted at the St. Clair Sportsplex March 6 and 7, 2026.
The Humber Hawks won their 17th title and third gold medal in the last five years, defeating the Mohawk Mountaineers in Saturday's gold medal game.
The Saints defeated Loyalist College (Belleville) in the bronze medal game by a score of 119-92.
Loyalist was no match for host St. Clair College as the Saints shot nearly 60 per cent from the field and made 12 triples. St. Clair scored 62 points in the paint and led wire to wire for their fourth OCAA medal in the last five years.
Fifth-year St. Clair forward Mazin Tiea (Windsor, ON) was named Player of the Game and part of the Championship All-Star team in his final collegiate basketball contest after scoring a game high 28 points on 12-of-14 shooting while adding seven rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks. Jaden Excell (Brampton, ON) came off the bench to score 27 points, including six triples, to earn the Player of the Game award for Loyalist.
Troy Nekkers (Windsor, ON) had a fine outing for the Saints netting 21 points adding eight assists and three rebounds. Ergie Kougnami (Windsor, ON) scored 15 points to go with four rebounds and four assists while St. Clair teammates Malcolm Perrin (St. Catharines) and Devin Fikes (Windsor, ON) each had 11 points off the bench. Brandon Harmon (Milwaukee, WI) chipped in with 10 points for the Saints.
Friday's action saw Humber collect an easy 112-60 win over Loyalist College (Belleville) in the first semi-final before the host Saints were upset 82-80 by Mohawk College (Hamilton) in the second semi-final.
Mohawk overcame a raucous capacity home crowd in a contest that saw seven ties and ten lead changes. Mohawk led 27-23 after the first quarter and then took a 44-36 halftime cushion into the locker room. The Saints turned things around in the third quarter, outpacing the visitors 26-17 for a 62-61 lead on a late triple by fourth-year guard Kyle Brown-Fazekas (Windsor, ON).
Although Mohawk failed to strengthen their position at the free throw line late in the game, they managed to hold on for a tight victory. St. Clair outshot (49.2 per cent) Mohawk (40.3 per cent) overall from the field, but the Mountaineers made two more triples (12) than the Saints. Mohawk also had more shot attempts (72-59) from the field after St. Clair turned the ball over 19 times and missed some key open looks down the stretch.
Second-year guard Troy Nekkers (Windsor, ON) had 19 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists to earn the Player of the Game Award for the Saints while fourth year forward Jerry Jr Mercury (Scarborough, ON) recorded a double-double that included a game high 22 points and 12 rebounds to collect Player of the Game honours for Mohawk.
St. Clair finished the season with a 23-5 overall record and won their third OCAA West Division regular season title in the last four years.