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Basketball: Gaiters Swept by Stingers Friday, January 25,
2008 LENNOXVILLE – The Bishop’s Gaiters were swept by the Concordia Stingers
during their Friday night QUBL double-header. The loss drops the women
into a tie for third place in the conference while the men’s team
currently sits in fifth place.
Women: Stingers outlast Gaiters 70-64
Second year guard Krystle Douglas scored 24 points and forward Kristin
Portwine scored eight points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the visiting
Concordia Stingers knocked off the Bishop’s Gaiters 70-64 on Friday
evening.
While sluggish first half performances have doomed the Gaiters on
several occasions this season; Bishop’s got off to a good start against
the Stingers, taking a 14-12 lead after the first quarter. Concordia,
however, would respond in the second quarter, outscoring the Gaiters
20-13 to take a 32-27 half time lead.
After trailing by as many as 13 points early in the third quarter, the
Gaiters responded with an impressive 24-9 run to make the score 53-51
after three quarters. But after trading baskets for much of the fourth
quarter, the Stingers managed to pull away in the final minutes, going
on a 6-0 run as the Gaiters missed their final five field goal attempts.
Forward Courtney Cook (Maple Ridge, B.C.) led the Gaiters with 17 points
and six rebounds while guard Jesse Roy (Val d’Or, Que.) chipped in with
11 points, five assists and five rebounds. With
the win, Concordia (6-16, 3-5 QUBL) moves into a tie with Bishop's
(7-13, 3-6 QUBL) for third place in the QUBL. Concordia currently holds
the tiebreaker advantage over the Gaiters as they have won two of the
three head-to-head meetings this year. The two teams will play again on
Friday, February 22 in the Gaiters' final regular season game.
Bishop’s next game is Wednesday (January 30), when they travel to
Montreal to face the McGill Martlets. Concordia’s next game is tomorrow
against the UQAM Citadins. ---
Men: Stingers beat Gaiters 77-64 The
Bishop’s Gaiters men’s basketball team suffered
Stingers guards Damian Buckley (23 points) and Levi Vann (22) combined
for 45 points as the Stingers snapped a two-game losing streak to move
into a tie with rival McGill for second place in the QUBL.
Both
teams played well in the first half with Bishop’s connecting on 37.1% of
their field goal attempts and the Stingers connecting on 45.9% of their
shots from the field. After falling behind 24-19 in the first quarter,
the Gaiters outscored the Stingers 19-16 in the second quarter to make
the score 40-38 at halftime. The
two teams continued to trade baskets for much of the third quarter until
a 21-11 run by the Stingers made the score 65-54. Concordia extended
their lead to as many as 15 points in the fourth quarter, before a 10-0
Bishop's run made the score 69-64 with less than four minutes remaining.
The Stingers, however, managed to pull away in the final few minutes,
going on an 8-0 run to secure the win.
Forward Doug McCooeye (Pointe-Claire, Que.) led Bishop’s with 17 points
and seven rebounds while Junior Nicolas (Montreal, Que.) netted 11
points and guard Tim McAleenan (Sussex, N.B.) finished with 10. The
Gaiters' (6-12, 2-7) next game is Wednesday, January 30th in
Montreal against the McGill Redmen while Concordia (13-10, 5-3) faces
cross-town rivals UQAM on Saturday evening.
Recaps written by
Sean O'Neill. |
their sixth straight QUBL loss on Friday evening, falling 77-64 to the 8th-ranked
Concordia Stingers.