It's always a brand new season when the St. Thomas Men's Basketball League hits playoff time. The regular season records go out the window and it's a tournament-style playoff where anything can happen. 

That was evident on the opening night of post-season play. 

Mackie's - the last place club in the first 20 games- pulled off an overtime thriller 73-72 over Cole-Munro Foods to open their post-season with a crucial victory. 

This was a dead-even contest throughout the night with neither team grabbing a lead to pull away. 

Trailing by a point with under five seconds to go, Taran Beekhuis went to the line for the OrangeAde's and despite missing the first free throw, he came up clutch making the second with 2.9 seconds, sending the game to OT tied at 66. 

In the four-minute period, Andrew Cole of the Trout (0-1) scored the first four points. However Brent Lale came right back with his sixth triple of the game to cut the defecit to 70-69. Nic Roberts-Neef then scored a bucket to give the OrangeAde's (1-0) a one-point advantage. Tai Montfort would make two key free throws to put the lead to three points and the Trout could never equalize. 

Mackie's with Lale's 24 point effort, coupled with Beekhuis (17), Roberts-Neef (15) and Montfort (13) held on for a win. Despite winning just five times in the regular season, they open with a win. Cole had 20 points in a losing cause for the Trout, with Jack Girden scoring 16 and Oliver Taylor 15. 

The other two openers were not nearly as close. Ambrose Plumbing (1-0) took control of their game in the second quarter, outscoring Talbot Trail Physiotherapy (TTP) 26-16 as they made seven first-half three pointers in a 92-69 win. 
Jimmy Hendricksen added an inside punch with 28 of his 30 points in the paint, while Steve Barton (27) and Tyler Annett (17) made it a big-three effort for the winners. 
Ryan Pflanzer scored 33 points in a losing cause for TTP (0-1) but had to work hard all night to get those buckets, both from the field and the charity stripe. Geremey DeSchutter had 18 points to compliment Pflanzer. 

In the other game, Elite Stars Elgiin (1-0) lead throughout to beat Home Hardware 76-52. Mike Morrison got the Stars off to a great start, scoring all 11 of his points in the first quarter as they lead by seven. The Home Owners with Mark Cummings' 14 first-half points kept it within eight at the break.  In the second half, the Stars smothered them en route to the victory. 
Rob Wakefield lead the way with 25 points, going 7-10 from the line, while Josh Vigars and Brian Apfelbeck added 10 each. 

Cummings was the leading scorer for the Home Owners (0-1) with 14, and Juan Carranza added a dozen.