During a timeout huddle with four minutes to go in the Carleton Ravens’ Canadian university basketball victory Sunday, an animated coach Dave Smart was screaming in the face of his star guard Philip Scrubb.

The Ravens were leading by 41 points at the time.

There is no mercy in the Carleton Ravens, who thoroughly dismantled crosstown rival Ottawa Gee-Gees 93-46 to capture their fifth consecutive CIS title, and 11th in 13 years.

And moments after the final buzzer sounded on his college career, Scrubb said the Ravens’ relentless attitude is part of their M.O. It’s what makes them so good.

“That’s what makes (Smart) a great coach, he doesn’t take any possession off. If we’re not trying and we’re up 40, that kind of speaks to our character,” Scrubb said. “We want to focus on playing every possession like it’s a one-point game, so he just expects the best from us.”

Philip Scrubb poured in 28 points, while Thomas Scrubb added 20, capping spectacular college careers for the brothers from Richmond, B.C. They became just the fifth and sixth players in CIS history to win five CIS titles.

The late-game scene on Carleton’s bench, Smart said, is how he has instilled fierceness in his star player.

“Phil and I since Day 1, we’ve been very close, and ... we always talked about the fact that me without him would be horrible, and him without my competitiveness might be horrible too,” Smart said. “So since Day 1, he can’t give me his talent, but I can hopefully teach him how to be insanely competitive.

“That’s the one thing he needs, he needs to always want to step on people’s throats. It sounds bad but the bottom line is, he wants to play at the highest level, and if you look at the Chris Pauls, the Russell Westbrooks, the Kyle Lowrys of the world, they’re mean guys when they walk on the floor, Phil’s not a mean guy. He needs to become a crazy competitor.”

Philip Scrubb shot 10-for-16 in his CIS finale, dropping shots from all over the floor, including one spectacular circus shot he threw up while falling out of bounds. He also dished out 10 assists.

Thomas Scrubb grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. Smart subbed the brothers out of the game with a minute left to a standing ovation.

“It was a little bit (emotional), yeah, just thinking this is my last game and this is the last time I’ll be on the court with these guys,” Philip said.

Moe Ismail scored 10 points to top the Gee-Gees, who played the fourth quarter without James Derouin, this season’s CIS coach of the year. Derouin picked up his second technical with just under a minute to play in the third and was ejected.

He admitted taking the first technical to fire up his players. “I thought my team needed a lift,” he said. “Sometimes a coach has to do that ... (to) make sure the kids get the message that you’re out there fighting for them.”

The second technical came after an official told lead assistant coach Justin Serresse to sit down. Derouin said the officials had made a point at the tournament to make sure assistant coaches weren’t standing.

“(That) to me has absolutely nothing to do with what’s going on on the court,” Derouin said. “I just said to him you can’t be worrying about our bench and missing plays and then turning around and making the call. And he threw me out … To me I’ve got to throw a chair or I’ve got to do something bigger than that to get thrown out of a national championship final.”

The Ravens raced out to a 15-10 lead after one quarter, then opened the second with a 19-4 run to go up 34-14. Carleton went into the dressing room at halftime leading 38-23, and continued to build on their lead in the third, opening the frame with a 19-4 run to go up by 30.

“They play hard right to the end, that’s their motto,” Derouin said of Carleton. “Whoever they’re playing doesn’t matter, the score doesn’t matter. I wasn’t out here so I didn’t see the last 12 minutes unfortunately. But no, that’s how they play and that’s how Dave coaches. And I expect nothing less when we play them.”

The Gee-Gees are known as strong shooters, but they struggled mightily against the Ravens’ smothering defence. A day after Ottawa had drilled 10 three-pointers in its semifinal versus Ryerson, the squad was just 4-for-25 from three-point range Sunday.

The Ravens held Ottawa’s star guard Johnny Berhanemeskel, the CIS player of the year, to just six points.

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The host Ryerson Rams won the bronze medal early Sunday, defeating the Canada West champion Victoria Vikes 82-68.

Jahmal Jones, a six-foot guard from Mississauga playing his last CIS game, scored 25 points for Ryerson, including 12 in a dominant final quarter. He led the Rams with 17.2 points per game this season, but was held to just two in a semifinal loss to Ottawa.

“It’s heartbreaking to see when a young kid who has had such a special career struggle on a big stage (Saturday night),” said Ryerson coach Roy Rana. “I think he bounced back and showed people why he’s one of the best players in the country today.

“I’m very proud to say he played for me.”