The St. Thomas Men's Basketball League is down to its final four, and the matchups are set for Wednesday's winner take all semifinals.
Cole-Munro Foods (1) will take on Talbot Trail Physiotherapy (4) at 7 p.m.
Elite Stars Elgin (2) will meet Ambrose Plumbing (3) at 8 p.m.
Monday's matchups began with the only meaningful game of the evening. Seeding could have been affected but when Elite Stars Elgin (4-1) won 84-76, it set the matchups for the rest of the way.
The Plumbers took an early advantage, but a 21-0 run in the second quarter by the Stars (4-1) put them ahead by 15, and they held on the rest of the way.
The Stars used a balanced scoring effort with Andrew Lynch leading the way with 19 points, with Rob Wakefield (18), Kamal Aizimi (17) and Brian Apfelbeck (16) all had big nights offensively.
Jimmy Hendricksen had 22 points to lead all scorers for the Plumbers (3-2).
These two teams will meet again in the semifinal.
Cole-Munro Foods (5-0) earned the number one seed after the round robin with a 72-71 win over Talbot Trail Physiotherapy.
In a tie game, Alex Ryan went to the foul line with just 1.1 seconds left and made the game winning free throw.
Ryan Pflanzer scored 31 ponits for the winners and Ryan had 18 for the Trout.
Alex Packer had 24 points and Taran Beekhuis added 20 for the Physiotherapists (2-3) who will meet the Trout in a rematch Wednesday.
The final matchup of the night had no playoff implications but one team was going to earn a win after previously going 0-4 in the playoffs.
Mackie's got 27 points from Nick Roberts and Jackson Lale added 24 for the OrangeAde's (1-4) as they beat Home Hardware (0-5) 89-80 to finish off both teams seasons.
Scott Ross had 18 points and Nathan Friesen 16 for the winners, while Connor Hodgins-Depont had 30 and Mark Cummings 25 in a losing cause.
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