Through the first week of the St. Thomas Men's Basketball League post-season, three teams are 2-and-0 while three others remain winless at 0-and-2. 

Mackie's continues to surprise, coming from last place in the regular season to a pair of wins to open the playoffs, putting them in a solid spot to potentially make the final four. 

The OrangeAde's (2-0) blew out Talbot Trail Physiotherapy (0-2) 87-61 Wednesday as five players reached double-digits offensively. 

Jackson Lale picked a great time for his season high with 23 points to lead the way for the winners, scoring eight times in the paint, and adding a pair of triples to come within one of his career high. 

Taran Beekhuis added 14, with Ian Thomson and Brent Lale adding a dozen each and Nic Roberts-Neef adding 10 for the winners. 

A strong defensive effort held league leading scorer Ryan Pflanzer to 26 points while Geremey DeSchutter added 19 and Jesse Foster 13 for TTP who are off to a winless start. 

In the opener, Elite Stars Elgin conitnued their strong start taking advantage of a short-handed Cole-Munro squad to win 73-54. The Stars jumped out to a ten-point lead at the break with the Trout playing hard to keep it close. 

Rob Wakefield was too much to handle in the paint scoring 14 of his game high 32 in the opening half, with Brian Apfelbeck adding a dozen of his 15 in the first 20 minutes. 

The Stars (2-0) maintained a ten-point cushion heading into the fourth, before wearing down their opponent and winning by 16. Karsten Groen had 16 points for the Stars to help offensively. 

Andrew Cole had a team high 18 points for the Trout (0-2) with Jack Girden adding 14 and Jakob Dugas 13. 

On a night where the weather played a factor in attendance, both Home Hardware and Ambrose Plumbing only had four players available at tipoff. Both teams picked up a fifth and played the contest. 

After a sluggish start, both teams started to make shots. and after the Home Owners took the lead in the scond, the Plumbers four-triples utlimately gave them a 33-27 lead at the break. 

After the half, an 18-6 third quarter by the Plumbers looked like it was going to be a runaway.  However the Home Owners came out on a 13-2 run to cut the defecit to as little as seven at 53-46, but a three-point shot by Blair Umeri stretched it back to ten and they were able to finish a 61-52 win. 

Steve Barton had a game high 21 points for the Plumbers (2-0) with Andrew Lynch adding 16 and Merrick Mount 13. Mark Cummings had 16 points and Alex Roberts-Neef 15 for the Home Owners (0-2). 

Action continues with just one game next week, and the teams with losing records needing to find a way into the win column to put them in contention for a final four spot.