Returning from the Christmas break, the Sacred Heart Saints basketball team had the full health and support of their "Big Three" this season as their frontcourt trio of David Ojo, Jaedon Pellatt and Carter Ruff were all in the lineup and provided big performances in each of the Saints three games en route to a third place finish during their annual trip to Estevan's tournament over the weekend.
Sacred rode wins against Regina LeBoldus' B team and a win over the host Elecs before falling to the Greenall Griffins of Balgonie for a 2-1 weekend that pleased head coach Garrett Karcha, even if he felt his team may have lacked the conditioning that was needed to play fully aware defense for four quarters due to the layoff of the Christmas break where practice time is hard to fit in.
"We were off for a few weeks except for our alumni game which really showed as I thought we could have played better defense at stages over the course of the tournament, but overall I was happy with how our weekend went," says Karcha.
The Saints blew out the hosts 58-41 to start off the weekend, Pellat led the way with 18 points in the win with four three pointers on 4-9 shooting from downtown.
In the second game the Saints would lose to Greenall 57-56 despite getting 27 points from Ruff and staying tight with the Griffins all game.
In the third place game the Saints finished the weekend off on a high note, beating the Golden Suns 82-71. Brody Kormos had 21 rebounds.
