as - WM tattoo Gunmen-L ' Wedneuny. [Member is. 2in Doing the grunt work 0 0 Golden Hawks strong ï¬rst half a matter of havmg the pwces ï¬nally ï¬t together BYBonVIMMc break in recent memory. Usually tle bit older as a team and a group Chronicle Staff they‘re 3â€"5 after playing the OUA and have a little bit more experi- Fast. and having to play the equally ence," said Harrison. u can tell when a basketball tough West too. Harrison also gives a lot of cred- I! team has ï¬nally ï¬gured it out And there's no secret as to why it to post player Matt Buckley for ye» when the roles have been according to fourth-year player doing some of the team's dirty cleary defined and the players Kale Harrison, one of the team's work. The WCl grad. also in his readily accept them. leaders and go to guys on the fourth year, had one of his best _ There‘s the scorer. the rebound offensive side of the floor. games as a Hawk pulling down 11 at- «3' er. the distributor. the defender First the Hawks have two boards while pouring in 17 points 1,â€: and the guy willing to do the dirty dynamic wingmen with second- It was his second straight dou- work and set the picks and screens. year swingman Maxwell Allin sharâ€" ble-double of the season, and And ofcourse there's the coach that ing the load with Harrison. who earned the fourth-year kinesiology has put all those working parts went for 39 points earlier this sea- student a male athlete of the week together to get them rolling. son against the Carleton Ravens. award. “I, The Wilfrid Laurier Golden “We're playing a lot harder as a Not bad for a player who wasn’t . Hawks men‘s basketball team looks team." said Harrison. “We’re com- even recruited when he came out , 3., ‘3‘ like one of those teams that have peting more. and we're fourth in of the Vikings basketball program, . ï¬gured it out, especially after its 94. Canada in scoring." just a couple of hundred metres “\ 85 upset win over the No. 9 ranked That's much different than Har- down the road from where he is 4‘ " " e University of Toronto Varsity Blues. rison's ï¬rst year with the club when now. to“ "if -, , ,. . That gave the Hawks a 6-2 the Hawks had nine freshmen on He even had to ask head coach “ .‘ ' .. .' record to close off the pre.Christ- the roster. Peter Campbell to keep him on the . " . mas portion of the schedule. the “We were always young and roster. and that yearâ€"to-year tryout ‘ best record Laurier's had at the kind of rebuilding. now we‘re a lit- has served the Hawks well. i? . _ “He said he'd give me a year. and ‘;;g;..._ - I’ve just tried to keep improving," “It; .. . I _ said Buckley. "He believed in me 5% 1‘“ ~ 5.3-: ‘5 _ - enough to give me the responsibiliâ€" . "*th ‘ .1 I. . Inf tyto beone of the team's captains." Ix}...- 2 I, . ' » ’5 $33923 . Captains are known for provid- ...I - ' its ‘ vii . . ing the intangibles and Buckley is “95* . * a. “I no exception. He describes himself it: n; I, . 491‘ Iâ€, ' . :10â€" . as a glue guy. doing all the little " “.‘IIjzrgs- ‘ . . Qty r“ “ref things to keep the Hawks together ' '_€ â€a. gt?! 3- :3! "25.5 . " ":...; . ’ . .~ on the floor. whether that's pulling in :4. $3.92“ 5'T21‘35Méf: " 5}? . oi _. I: ' .3. down the rebound. or all of the Li; .“_Ԥ,~I egg." .2 , ' *e ‘ . a “I other dirty work under the basket. . A?“ â€$.95; I ' 'L . 2 ’ if " .1 I . â€s ’3“ as “I'd always rather get my team« .~ ‘ ’,:;ï¬~’& jg a: “a 53.35;. ‘ ‘ mates open on screens than score ' I. “T .2: sag-1†sf ‘ myself,“ said Buckley. “That can . _ â€2;:in f“ V? ' ‘- .' v I:: lead to some bumps and bruises, _ 1:3: - . {3.35 but I like to do the dirty work for ' g 1‘ ‘. .f . sure." ’ . ~. _‘ ' a: The side-effect of that effort is ' . ' :1 . gag '3; all the secondâ€"chance points he , . -. .. I; fl; ‘ 3" gets. and the easy dump offs he " -. . ’ ... ‘ gets when teams pay too much '3. \ 2 attention to Harrison and Allin. "£431.; ' . "It‘s just a testament to how ' it... . _ .I _ I . I , i if . good Kale and Max are." said Buck- ‘ I" ’g’wm ‘ 2 ' .52.; ,2“ . ' ~ . "And that win over Toronto was ... . .. . . l W. 3" J? a a big conï¬dence booster for us. . Hawks captain Matt Buckley drives the basket in a recent game against - t if†" "'~ - “it tells us how good we can be Concordia. The WCl grad has been one of the keys to Laurier's strong 6-2 Fourth-year swmgrnan Kale Harrison has a lot more pieces to play with on this year." mark in the first half of the season. this year‘s Golden Hawks men’s basketball team. mm‘m‘m“ 0"“ mm“ “W . I. W ._ . . Get your true custom "("351}:‘1?‘2 , I-‘IIIIIII’I it; 3’ {<12 0 K W Yanee § made orthottcs at K-W - ‘ . ~ :3 w. .2 o a o & ORTHOTICS CLINIC w . Foot & Orthottcs Clmtc 279 WEBER ST. N., UNIT 17 w M b s“ P . ‘ ' ' W I er 9 etrusic DCh -Chiro dist WATERLOO, ON or . . a. y a . 88c, . p0 www.kwfootandorthotIcsclimc.com 51 9-884-4200