AROUND OUA: Windsor edges Laurier 72-69
The Lancer women's basketball team edged the Laurier Golden Hawks 72-69 Wednesday night at the Athletic Complex Gym in Waterloo, ON.
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The Lancer women's basketball team edged the Laurier Golden Hawks 72-69 Wednesday night at the Athletic Complex Gym in Waterloo, ON.
The victory sweeps the season series for Windsor and improves them to 8-4 on the season and into second place in the OUA west division standings, while the Golden Hawks fall to 6-6 and sit in third behind the Lancers.
Emily Prevost led all scorers with a season high 31-points and 10 rebounds, while Cheyanne Roger chipped in 15 points and Andrea Kiss had 12.
More to come.
The Lancers will return home on Saturday afternoon to host the Waterloo Warriors at 3:00pm at the St. Denis Centre.
Source: Windsor Lancers
ST. CATHARINES, ON - The Brock University women's basketball team defeated the Guelph Gryphons by the score of 59-53 Wednesday night at the Bob Davis Gymnasium.
Brock trailed 10-6 after the opening 10 minutes and were down by one at the half 25-24.
Early in the fourth quarter, the Badgers led 42-40, before putting together an 11-1 run leading 53-41 with four minutes left in regulation. The Gryphons would cut the lead to five, 55-50, after a 10-3 run. Brock knocked down 4-of-6 from the free throw line in the final minute to secure the victory.
The Badgers had three players in double figures led Kayla Santilli (Brantford, ON) who recorded 16 points, five rebounds and four assists. Jenalyn Yumol (London, ON) contributed with 14 points and six assists while Kira Cornelissen (Aylmer, ON). Rookie Chrissy Sirignano (St. Catharines, ON) added eight points off the bench.
Guelph's Kate MacTavish led all players with 18 points and 11 rebounds for the double double. Barbara Inrig-Pieterse chipped in with 11 points in the loss.
For the game, Brock shot 44.2% (23-for-52) from the field, just 15.4% (2-for-13) from beyond the arc and 50.0% (11-for-22) from the charity stripe. Guelph was 18-for-62 (29.0%) from the field, 4-for-19 (21.1%) from three-point land and 13-for-23 (56.5%) from the free throw line. Guelph outrebounded the Badgers 45-37.
The Badgers return to action February 3rd at 6pm when they take on the Ryerson Rams on the road.
Source: Brock Badgers
Osborne's 32 points not enough as Warriors fall to Mustangs
The Waterloo Warriors did not have a third comeback as they fell on Wednesday night to the visiting Western Mustangs by a score of 76-66.
The Warriors had a slow start to the game, scoring just three points in the first quarter and down 13-3. But the buckets started coming in the second, especially from Kristen Osborne (Markham), as she scored 16 of Waterloo's 24 points in the second and the game was close again. Waterloo briefly went ahead, but at half time Western led 29-27.
Western opened the second half with a 10-0 run over the opening two minutes and had a double digit lead. This time the comeback was keyed by 11 points from Elizabeth Holmes (Welland), who hit three 3-pointers from the corner. After three quarters of play, the Warriors held a slim 52-51 lead.
To open the fourth, Western went on another 10-0 run and this time Waterloo could not overcome the gap. They did narrow the score to just 4 points with four minutes to play, but could not regain the lead.
Kristen Osborne (Markham) led the Warriors with 32 points, with Elizabeth Holmes (Welland) adding 11 and Emily Wilk (Oakville) 10 points. The Warriors shot 36% on the night.
Western got 28 points from Maddy Horst and 21 from Caroline Wolynski. Waterloo native Julie Curran had a double-double for Western with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
The next game for Waterloo will be Saturday afternoon as the Warriors travel to meet division rival Windsor Lancers. Game time is 3:00pm and can be viewed at oua.tv.
Source: Waterloo Warriors
