Fifth-year player Manny Dulay, starting guard with the University of Fraser Valley Cascades, is aiming to become the record holder Canada West university basketball history by making maximum number of three point shots. Dulay is currently fifth all-time for three-pointers made with 219.
SURREY — Fifth-year player Manny Dulay, starting guard with the University of Fraser Valley Cascades, is aiming to become the record holder Canada West university basketball history by making maximum number of three point shots. Dulay is currently fifth all-time for three-pointers made with 219.
Dulay, a Tamanawis Secondary grad, is without question one of the best three-point shooters in Canadian university basketball history, but he can do so much more on the court – especially this season which by any measure is a great one for the young B-Baller.
For his University of Fraser Valley Cascades, the starting guard is leading the nation in three-pointers made this year (55), and is also 12th in the conference in scoring, with an average of 16.9 points per game, reported Now Newspaper.
This is the Surrey baller’s fifth season in Abbotsford, meaning just a handful of games remain until his university hoops career is over and done with, and Dulay is making it a memorable run.
Right now, with the Cascades fighting for a playoff spot, he boasts 219 three-point field goals made all-time, good for fifth in Canada West league history.
It’s an impressive stat, but Dulay seemed surprised to hear it when interviewed by the Now last week.
“I didn’t even know that – sixth?” he said on the phone, prior to his leap to fifth all-time during a big weekend in Alberta.
“I knew I put up a lot (of three-pointers) and had some good years with that, so I knew I could be somewhat close to the record, but I didn’t know where I was at. Thanks for telling me that.”
In his senior season, Dulay has become a go-to guy for head coach Adam Friesen, who has bench-bossed the squad for the Surrey product’s entire time in Abbotsford.
“From a basketball perspective, he’s really grown,” Friesen said. “He came in primarily as kind of a three-point specialist, not doing much with playing off the ball, not much dribbling, just kind of catch-and-shoot, and now he’s transitioned himself into our starting point guard the last couple of years. He’s a play-maker for us, a shot-maker, and obviously he can still shoot the outside shot. He’s become a leader, too, and especially here in his senior year.”
This season, Manny’s younger brother, Sagar Dulay, is “red-shirting” with the team in hopes of landing a roster spot for the 2017-18 campaign.
As for the chasing the league’s all-time three-point record, Dulay is in tough, but he’s giving it a shot. With six games to go and 219 made all-time, and after a huge weekend that saw him hit 13 treys during two games in Alberta, Dulay has a good chance of cracking the top-three by passing Casey Archibald (UBC, 2002-07) and Danny Balderson (Lethbridge, 1993-95, 1997-2000), both tied with 239 treys made.
The all-time record is 308, set by Jeff Lukomski (Regina, 2006-2011), followed by UFV alum Sam Freeman (254, 2008-13).
At university, Dulay is majoring in kinesiology and minoring in business, and hopes to one day work at a place very familiar to him.
“I will probably look into becoming a high school teacher, and I’ll probably go straight back to Tamanawis and try to coach there,” he said. “I helped out with the junior team this year a little bit, and that thirst for a banner is still there,” he added, laughing.
Courtesy Surrey Now Newspaper