Six of the eight quarter-final teams from Valley

The Fraser Valley is collectively flexing its muscles through the first two days of the B.C. senior boys AAA basketball championships.

The Valley – the largest of the provincial zones — received a tournament-high seven berths to the 20-team provincial championships at the Langley Events Centre.

And they made good use of them too as six of the seven squads have qualified for the quarter-finals.

Of course, all six are now matched up against one another in the final eight, which begin today (Thursday) at 3 p.m.

This means that two of the three top spots will be filled with Valley teams.

The first quarter-final features the tournament’s top seed, the Kelowna Owls, against last year’s runner-ups, the Vancouver College Fighting Irish.

The Owls scored an 84-53 win over the Point Grey Greyhounds on Wednesday behind a monster game from Braxston Bunce, who had 24 points and 23 rebounds. Mitch Goodwin added 20 points, six rebounds and four assists.

Kyril Fourik led the ’Hounds with 21 points.

The second quarter-final pits Fraser Valley champion and second seed Pitt Meadows Marauders Air Force against league rival Terry Fox Ravens.

The game goes at 4:45 p.m.

Pitt defeated the Sir Charles Tupper Tigers 64-51 while the Ravens beat the Oak Bay Bays 73-52.

In the first game, the game was tied at the half before Pitt Meadows built a lead they would not relinquish.

Trevor Severinski led the way with 23 points and nine rebounds, while Matthew Blackaby scored 20. Cameron Smythe led the Tigers with 21.

The Ravens’ Ryan Sclater led his team with 22 points while Kazitoki Kobiyashi had 14 for Oak Bay.

Quarter-final number three pits the Tamawanis Wildcats against the White Rock Christian Warriors at 6:30 p.m.

The Wildcats defeated the Carson Graham Eagles 67-50, while the Warriors pulled off the first major upset, knocking off the third-seed St. George’s Saints 63-62 in overtime.

White Rock Christian, the Fraser Valley’s sixth seed, had to win a play-in game on Tuesday, defeating the Mt. Baker Wild 79-67, to advance to the main draw.

The Saints rallied from a 16-point third-quarter deficit to force overtime against White Rock Christian, but missed two free throws in the dying seconds of overtime to fall.

Jake Newman had 19 points — including the winning basket with nine seconds to go — while Tyus Allen also had 19 points before fouling out.

For the Saints, Milan Mitrovic had a game-high 21 points, including the three-pointer which forced overtime.

And the final quarter-final is another pair of league rivals, the fourth-seed Walnut Grove Gators and the W.J. Mouat Hawks. It tips off at 8:15 p.m.

The Gators have won four of five games against Mouat this season.

Walnut Grove advanced with a 78-73 win over the Mount Douglas Rams.

Jadon Cohee led the Gators with 33 points while De’Sean Monsanto and Brad Hoffman scored 15 points apiece.

Curtis Wilson led the Rams with 21 points.

The Hawks defeated the Kitsilano Blue Demons 66-55 behind 23 points from Jesse Coy.

Tristan Etienne also had a monster game for Mouat with 16 points, a dozen rebounds, seven blocked shots and five steals.

Biography

HONORS

• Second-Team All-Big Ten (2022)

• Senior CLASS First-Team All-American (2021-22)

• 2018 Big Ten All-Freshman Team

• 2x Big Ten Freshman of the Week

• Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (12/6/21)

• 4x Academic All-Big Ten (2019, ’20, ’21, ’22)

RECORD WATCH

• 1st in school history – 300 career 3FGs

• 1st in school history – 156 career starts

• 1st in school history – 160 games played

• 4th in school history – .841 career FT%

• 5th in school history – 101 wins played in

• 6th in school history – 1,827 points

• 7th in school history – 405 career FTs

• 8th in school history – 343 career assists

• 9th in school history – 160 career steals

• Just 1 of 4 players in school history with 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 300 assists, joining Michael Finley, Nigel Hayes and Ethan Happ

• The 43rd Badger in school history to reach 1,000 career points

• Just the 12th player in school history with 100 career starts (100th start vs. #23 Louisville, 12/19/20)

• Set Wisconsin freshman records for FT% (.818) and 3FGs (60)

• Just the fourth Badger over the last 20 years to average double figures in his freshman season, joining Ethan Happ (2016), Alando Tucker (2003) and Devin Harris (2002)

5th YEAR (2021-22): Started all 31 games for the Badgers … notched second-team All-Big Ten honors … averaging 14.5 points and 4.1 rebounds over 34.3 minutes per game … leads team in 3-point makes with 77 … scored 21 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in win at Indiana (2/15/22) … set program record in total three-pointers made in a career and finished with 21 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals at Nebraska (1/27/22) … had a game-high 25 points in win against #16 Ohio State (1/13/22)

SENIOR (2020-21): Started in all 31 games for the Badgers … Averaged 10 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game … Scored a season-high 29 points (10-15 FG, 5-7 3FG) vs. North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA tournament, plus 6 rebounds and 1 assist … Scored a team-high 15 points (3-5 3FG) and set a career high with 7 assists vs. Nebraska (12/22/20) … Started his 100th career game at Wisconsin vs. #23 Louisville (12/19/20), finishing with 10 points (3-6 3FG), plus 4 assists and 2 steals … Finished with a game-high 23 points vs. Rhode Island (12/9/20), shooting a perfect 12-for-12 at the free-throw line

JUNIOR (2019-20): Started in 30 games for the Badgers … Averaged 9.9 ppg and 4.0 rpg with 23 steals … Scored a season-high 30 points on 8-for-11 shooting from three-point territory in Wisconsin’s dominant road win at UNL (2/15/20) … During UW’s 8-game win streak to close the season, Davison lead UW with 13.5 ppg (45.2% FG and 47.6% 3FG) … Hit a game-winning 3 with 11 seconds left after getting a steal to clinch UW’s upset victory over Maryland (1/14/20) while finishing with 14 points, 3 rebounds and a steal … Tallied a double-double performance with 11 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in Wisconsin’s road victory at No. 20 Penn State

SOPHOMORE (2018-19): Started all 34 games for Wisconsin … Ranked 3rd on the team in scoring (10.5 ppg), 4th in rebounding (3.3 rpg), 3rd in assists (1.8 apg) and 2nd in steals (1.1 spg) … Ranked 6th in the Big Ten shooting 80.9% (76-94) from the FT line … Averaged 1.1 steals per game (14th in the Big Ten) … Scored in double figures 17 times, including a trio of games with 20+ points … Scored 14 points (3-6 3FGs) in a win at Ohio State (3/10) … Led UW with 18 points and matched career high with 7 rebounds vs. Illinois (2/18) … Posted 21 points, going 4-6 from 3-point range, in a home win over Maryland (2/1) … Tallied a season-high 26 points at Western Kentucky (12/29), going 9-for-13 on the day … Scored 24 points with a career-high 6 3FGs (6-9) vs. Savannah State (12/13) … Poured in 19 points (4-6 3FGs) and 6 boards in a win at Xavier (11/13)

FRESHMAN (2017-18): Played in all 33 games, starting the final 29 … Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team … Finished as UW’s second-leading scorer (12.1 ppg), while also averaging 2.5 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game … Ranked top five among Big Ten freshmen in scoring, assists, steals, 3FG%, FT% and minutes played … Scored a career-high 30 points vs. #2 Michigan State (2/25), becoming the first UW freshman to record a 30-point game since Sam Okey in 1996 … Tallied 16 poitns in UW’s win vs. #6 Purdue (2/15), while also tallying 3 rebounds, 2 assists and just 1 turnover in 36 minutes … Scored a team-high 18 points (10-10 FT) vs. Illinois (1/19) … Scored all 14 of his points in the second half vs. Indiana (1/2) … Made his first career start vs. #23 UCLA (11/21), finishing with 14 points … Led the Badgers in both points (16) and assists (3) vs. Ohio State (12/2) … Scored a career-high 20 points vs. Marquette (12/9), while also tallying a team-high 4 assists and 3 rebounds … Had a team-high 19 points vs. Milwaukee (11/24), including a career-high 5 triples

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-star, top-100 recruit was named 2016 Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year … Two-sport standout excelled at both basketball and football at Maple Grove High School … Four-year captain and starter in basketball earned All-Conference honors all four years … Finalist for Minnesota Mr. Basketball as a senior, Davison was named to the USA Today Minnesota All-State Team and AP All-State First Team … Davison finished his prep career with school records in points (2,300), assists (899), steals (365), field goals (692), 3-pointers (168) and made free throws (748) … His senior season, averaged 24.4 points (82% FT), 7.4 rebounds, 7.9 assists and 4.2 steals to lead the Crimson to a 28-4 record, the NWSC-West championship and an appearance in the Minnesota State Tournament … Named AP All-State Second Team as a junior after averaging 21.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.4 steals per game to help Maple Grove to a 25-5 record and a state tournament appearance … Davison was also a standout quarterback for Maple Grove, setting a number of school passing records after completing 43 career touchdown passes and running for another 25 … On the football field, Davison led the Crimson to three state tournament appearances and a 27-7 record

PERSONAL: Recently earned his undergraduate degree in business: management and human resources in the spring of 2021 … Davison is currently on track to graduate in the spring of 2022 with a master’s degree in educational leadership and policy analysis … parents are Cori and Jim Davison … has two older sisters, Stephanie and Angie, who both played on the Northern Iowa women’s basketball team, graduating in 2016 and 2017, respectively … 4.0 student in the classroom, Davison received the 2017 Scholar Athlete award from the Minnesota Chapter of the National Football Foundation … three-time Presidential Education Award honoree … National Honor Society member, as well as a school site council member and Link Leader … Davison put in more than 120 hours of volunteer work with youth football and basketball, while also going on service trips to Jamaica and Costa Rica and also volunteering at Shriners Prom closer to home … member of Maple Grove’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes and its GOLD program, which serves impoverished communities around the globe.

(updated March 14, 2022)