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2019-20 Season Preview: Gaels men's basketball open 2019 season on the road

10/24/2019 10:16:00 AM | By: Daniel Samuel (Sports Information and Digital Content Intern)

2018-19 regular season record: 12-11
2018-19 regular season standings: 5th in East Division
2018-19 playoff record: 1-1
2018-19 playoff finish: Lost to Carleton Ravens 63-80 in OUA quarterfinal
Home Arena: Athletics & Recreation Centre (ARC)
Full Schedule: Men's Basketball Schedule

Following an OUA quarter-final loss to the Carleton Ravens that ended their 2018-19 season, the Gaels will look to make another playoff run as they tip-off the 2019-20 OUA season on the road against the Nipissing Lakers on October 25. You can catch all the action this season on OUA.tv. For tickets to all home games head to gogaelsgo.com/tickets.

The Gaels will be without last season's leading scorer Jaz Bains, and brothers Jesse and Tanner Graham. Bains averaged 19 points per game, the sixth-best mark in the OUA last season. Bains led the Gaels in scoring for the past two seasons.

As fellow fifth-year players, the Graham brothers provided a key veteran leadership on the team as well as production on the court.

Tanner averaged a career-high in 15.6 ppg and led the Gaels with eight rebounds per game.

This season, the Gaels will be led by key fourth-year returnees Quinton Gray, Henry Van Herk and Harry Range. Gray made an impressive leap last season averaging a career-high 14.2 ppg on 40.3 pct shooting and started in all 23 games for Queen's.

Van Herk and Range both primarily came off the bench last season averaging 5.9 and 5.1 ppg, respectively.

Stephan Barrie enters his ninth season as the Queen's basketball head coach. In 2018, Barrie led the Gaels to their first winning season and playoff victory since the 2015-16 season.

Quote From Head Coach:

"With the graduation of a core group of seniors, we are excited to see several key returning players take on new roles as well as the influx of some talented recruits try to make their mark in the program. We have a hard working group that is eager to go through the process of improving day to day and see how good we can be down the stretch of the season," - Stephan Barrie.

Head Coach:
Stephan Barrie
- Number of seasons as head coach with team (including 2019): 9
- Career regular season record with team: 68-99
- Career overall record with team (reg. season and playoffs only): 70-105

Key Returnees:
Quinton Gray
Harry Range
Henry Van Herk
Connor Keefe
Caelan Scott
Cam Bett

Key Losses:
Jaz Bains
Tanner Graham
Jesse Graham

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