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Basketball: Gaiters
women dump
Citadins, men fall by 8 Friday, February 8, 2008 LENNOXVILLE – The Bishop’s Gaiters
basketball teams picked up a split of their QUBL doubleheader at McGill
this afternoon in Montreal. Women's Basketball cruised to a 69-47
victory over the Martlets in the first game, while Men's Basketball fell
78-70 in the nightcap. Women:
Piribauer's 17 leads Gaiters over Citadins Amanda Piribauer's (Kingston, Ont.) 17 points led
the Bishop's Gaiters to a 57-42 win over the UQAM Citadins at the Centre
Sportif UQAM in Montreal. Piribauer went 8-from-10 from the field, also
grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and picked up two blocks to bring her
league-leading total to 22 on the season. As has been the case several times this season for
the Gaiters, the first quarter told the story of the game. This time,
the Gaiters never trailed and Piribauer's jumper with 1:26 remaining in
the first capped a 9-0 run that broke the game open, and Bishop's ended
the first up 23-11. The Citadins cut the lead to as few as five points
late in the second quarter, and the Gaiters took a 33-26 advantage into
the break. The Amanda Show continued early in the third, as
Piribauer scored six straight points to start the half, and put the
Gaiters up by 13 at 39-26. From there, the Gaiters cruised to the
victory, leading by as many as 19 at 49-30 and 57-38 and picking up the
15-point win. Katy Germain (Val d'Or, Que.) and Melanie
Ouellet-Godcharles (Gatineau, Que.) also hit double figures for the
Gaiters with 10 points each, while Marie-Ève Lemoine (Sorel, Que.) led
all players with five assists. Claudia Gauthier-Théoret led UQAM with
nine points. The Gaiters hit 38.3% of their shots (23-60), while holding
UQAM to only 26.1% (18-69) from the field. The win, combined with Concordia's loss to Laval
tonight, moves the Gaiters (9-14, 9-12, 5-7) in the QUBL, and keeps the
Gaiters' hopes of hosting a playoff game alive. Bishop's is six points
back of the second-place Citadins, with UQAM holding a game in hand. Bishop's is back at home tomorrow night as they host the McGill
Martlets (9-16, 2-11 QUBL) at 6 p.m. --- Men:
Gaiters fall 83-75 to Citadins A 27-point third quarter allowed the UQAM Citadins
to score a come-from-behind win over the Junior Nicolas (Montreal, Que.) led the Gaiters to
their first-half lead with 11 of his 16 points in the first 20 minutes,
as Bishop's shot 58.1% from the field (18-31), and appeared to be on
track to end their nine-game losing streak. However, the Citadins caught fire in the third
quarter, as Samuel Johnson hit for ten points in the frame, including
seven of eight free throws. The Citadins went 7-for-9 from the field and
hit 10 of 11 free throws to end the frame with a nine-point lead. The
Gaiters went comparatively cold in the third quarter, as they shot 6-17
from the field. For the game, Nicolas and Hermon Tesfagehbriel
(Coquitlam, B.C.) led the Gaiters with 16 points each. Nicolas went
4-of-5 from the three-point line, while Tesfaghebriel was 8-17 from the
field. Kevin Selman hit double figures for the second game in a row, as
he netted 12 points and grabbed a game-high 7 rebounds. Samuel Johnson and Jules Diagne led UQAM with 19
points each, with Renald Maignan adding 10. The loss leaves the Gaiters (6-15, 6-14, 2-11) in
fifth place in the QUBL, six points behind the 5-6 Citadins in the race
for the fourth and final playoff spot, with the Citadins holding a game
in hand. The Gaiters return home tomorrow night to take on
the McGill Redmen (13-14, 12-12, 6-7). Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. |
Gaiters in Men's Basketball action. The Gaiters led 47-41 at the half,
but were outscored 27-12 in the third quarter and were unable to come
all the way back in the fourth.