East York's Bakovic highest scoring player in Canadian university basketball history.
East York native Boris Bakovic, right, a three-time basketball MVP when he went to East York Collegiate, achieved a milestone last weekend as a member of the University of Calgary Dinos, becoming the top scoring player in the history of Canadian university basktball. He finished back-to-back weekend wins with 32 points and now sits at 2,199 for his career, breaking the old mark of 2,182.
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An East York native, who was a three-time basketball MVP when he went to East York Collegiate, has gone on to become the highest scoring player in Canadian university basketball history.Boris Bakovic, who is playing his fifth and final year of eligibility for the University of Calgary Dinos after playing his first four years close to home for the Ryerson Rams, accomplished the feat when he contributed 32 points in a pair of key back-to-back wins - 67-66 and 79-64 - over the Alberta Golden Bears last weekend (Jan. 27 and 28).The record-breaking shot was a three-pointer in the 67-66 win on Jan. 27. He ended up with 24 points in that game not to mention, according to the team's website report, "two significant consecutive shot blocks in the final minute to preserve the tight one-point lead for the Dinos."He since added 21 points in a crucial win over host Manitoba Bisons Thursday, Feb. 2 to increase his ever-growing, record-breaking tally to 2,220.That leaves behind the old mark of 2,182 set by Andrew Spagrud of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, also over a five year career (2003-08).Bakovic, who took a year off before deciding to finish out his fifth and final year of Canadian university eligibility in Calgary this season, left Ryerson University as its all-time top scorer (with 2,068 points) and second, all time, in the Ontario conference.In the last three of those years in Ontario he also finished as the top scorer in the country with 526, 600, and 576 points.It's a milestone he definitely won't reach this season, however, as an injury, that was initially thought to be season-ending, kept him out of the first half of the season (he has come back to play in nine of his team's 17 games).He would be just as happy too reach another milestone, however: the playoffs.Calgary at 7-10 is trying to overtake Manitoba at 8-9 for the fourth and final playoff spot in the western conference with three games left for both teams, including a crucial rematch slated for Friday, Feb. 3.