Thursday, December 30 (Halifax, NS)-The Dalhousie Tigers men's basketball team will take to the floor tomorrow as they host the fourteenth annual Rod Shoveller Memorial tournament. Half of the eight-team event features Atlantic University Sport powerhouses Saint Mary's, Acadia, the number two ranked StFX and the host Dalhousie. Outside teams include Ottawa, Royal Military College, Laurentian and number six ranked Concordia.

Game times are as follows:

Dec. 31-Jan. 2 Shoveller Tournament @ DAL (EXH.)
Fri., Dec. 31 Game 1 SMU vs. Ottawa, 1:00pm
Fri., Dec. 31 Game 2 StFX vs. Laurentian, 3:00pm
Fri., Dec. 31 Game 3 DAL vs. RMC, 5:00pm
Fri., Dec. 31 Game 4 Acadia vs. Concordia, 7:00pm
Sat., Jan. 1 Game 5 Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 2, 1:00pm
Sat., Jan. 1 Game 6 Loser game 3 vs. Loser game 4, 3:00pm
Sat., Jan. 1 Game 7 Winner game 1 vs. Winner game 2 , 6:00pm
Sat., Jan. 1 Game 8 Winner game 3 vs. Winner game 4, 8:00pm
Sun., Jan. 2 Game 9 Loser game 5 vs. Loser game 6, 9:00am
Sun., Jan. 2 Game 10 Winner game 5 vs. Winner game 6, 11:00am
Sun., Jan. 2 Game 11 Loser game 7 vs. Loser game 8, 1:00pm
Sun., Jan. 2 Game 12 Winner game 7 vs. Winner game 8, 3:00pm

The Rod Shoveller Memorial is a premiere national regular season CIS men's basketball tournament honouring a legendary contributor to the sport of basketball in Nova Scotia. Rod Shoveller, a former special events coordinator at Dalhousie University was well known for his 30-plus years of service to basketball officiating. A member of the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame, Shoveller died of cancer after an upbeat and ultimately inspiring battle against the disease.

He won a long list of awards throughout his many years of involvement with sport in Nova Scotia. Dalhousie named this tournament to honour Shoveller's contribution to those around him and to pay tribute to the incredible spirit of courage, tenacity, good humour and grace under pressure which he displayed throughout his illness.

For more information, contact:
John Cambell, Head Coach