Tide’s Diversity is its Strength
Truro Tide veteran, Tyrone Watson, sees a lot of different backgrounds on the roster of the first-place Eastern Canadian Basketball League team. However, the bottom line for all of the Truro players remains the same – find ways to win games.
“We’ve got young players and older players like me,” says the 32 year-old Hamilton, Ontario native. “We all come from different backgrounds and different ways of life – different races and religions, but there is a lot of chemistry on the team because everyone is working together. “The diversity on our team is good. We are all working together to win games and improve every day.”
The Tide have opened the season with five consecutive victories. They are the league’s only undefeated team after three weeks of action.The Tide visits the Moncton Motion (1-1) on Friday night. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Avenir Centre.
“We’ve had a good start, but we can’t get too carried away so our highs can’t be too high and our lows can’t be too low during the season,” says the six-foot-five, 240-pound forward. “We know other teams are going to be coming after us. We have to be at our best every game.”
Watson, a New Mexico State University graduate, played six seasons for the Halifax Hurricanes and one for the St. John’s Edge in the National Basketball League of Canada. He currently serves as the lead assistant coach of the men’s and women’s teams at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He’s also an education student at St. FX.
“I was going to play my last season before COVID came and wiped out my final season,” Watson notes. “I got this opportunity and it was hard to turn down because it gives me one more pro season and the chance to play at a high level.”
Watson, a criminal justice major, is enjoying his tenure with the Tide.
“It’s a great atmosphere in a high school gym (Cobequid Education Centre), and the fans have been very supportive,” he says. “We just want to keep working hard, make our fans proud and work with the kids in the community.”
In other games this week, the Valley Vipers (1-1) visit the Saint John Union (3-2) on Friday, the Motion host the Charlottetown Power (2-3) and the Tide visit the Vipers on Sunday.
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