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Basketball returns to action at Concordia; trip to McGill up next
Weekly Release #12
January 8, 2008
LENNOXVILLE:
Bishop’s Gaiters athletics returned to action with a pair of trips to
Concordia. First, women’s basketball visited Concordia for the
Concordia-Reebok Invitational from Dec. 28-30, where they posted a 2-1
record. Regular-season action returned last Friday, as the Gaiters
visited the Stingers for a QUBL doubleheader, and dropped a pair of
close games: 72-70 in the men’s game, and a 70-65 overtime decision.
Basketball is back
on Autoroute 10 this Sunday for another trip to Montreal, this time to
face McGill. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. (women) and 8 p.m. (men). Women’s
hockey also resumes its schedule with a trip to Morrisville, Vermont on
Saturday.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:
This week’s Pilsen
Pub Athletes of the Week are Katy Germain (Val d’Or, Que.) of the Women’s Basketball team and Hermon Tesfaghebriel
(Coquitlam, B.C.) of the Men’s Basketball team.
Germain was named to
the All-Tournament Team at the Concordia-Reebok Invitational after
scoring 39 points in three games, leading the team on all three
occasions. She scored a season-high 18 points in the Gaiters’ 75-60 win
over the Brock Badgers on December 29, and had an 11-point second
quarter on December 30 vs. Windsor. She also led the Gaiters with 12
points in Friday’s 70-65 overtime loss at
 Concordia.
Tesfaghebriel led
the Gaiters with 17 points in their 72-70 loss to then-No. 3 Concordia
on Friday evening in Montreal. He went 6-for-9 from the field and hit
five of his seven free throws. He also picked up six rebounds, tied for
the team lead, and two steals in Friday’s game.
HONOUR ROLL:
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Kevin Selman – F
– Men’s Basketball (1st year, Pierrefonds, Que.) – Scored a
career-high 11 points in Friday’s game at Concordia.
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Jessy Roy – F –
Women’s Basketball (1st year, Val d’Or, Que.) – Scored at least 10
points in all three games at Concordia tournament, and scored11
points and had a game-high four assists on Friday at Concordia.
MEN’S BASKETBALL (6-8, 6-7 CIS, 2-3 QUBL,
4th QUBL)
Gaiters edged by #3
Stingers
Team Statistics
Men’s
Basketball saw their QUBL record drop to 2-3, as the Concordia Stingers
downed them 72-70 on Friday night.
FRIDAY:
Bishop’s 70 @ #3 Concordia 72
Box Score
A 15-footer
by Concordia's Damian Buckley with seven seconds left broke a 70-70 tie
and sent Men's Basketball to their third straight defeat on Friday
night. The Gaiters had tied the game on Andrew Wright's (Fredericton,
N.B.) three-pointer with just over a minute to play, but
were unable to take the lead. Junior Nicolas (Montreal,
Que.) missed an off-balance three-pointer at the
buzzer that would have won the game. (Full
release)
UP NEXT: The
Gaiters’ next action is Sunday (Jan. 13) as they travel to Montreal to
face the McGill Redmen (11-9, 10-7 CIS, 4-2 QUBL) at 8 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (6-10, 6-8 CIS, 2-3
QUBL, 3rd QUBL)
Women go 2-1 at
Concordia tourney; lose in OT to Stingers.
Team Statistics
Women’s Basketball
returned to action at the Concordia tournament, where they posted a 2-1
record against a trio of Ontario teams. They resumed the regular season
with a 70-65 (OT) loss to Concordia on Friday night.
FRI, DEC. 28:
BISHOP’S 67, QUEEN’S 53
Box Score
Women's Basketball opened the Concordia-Reebok Invitational Tournament
with a 67-53 win over the Queen's Golden Gaels. Amanda Piribauer
(Kingston, Ont.), Jessy Roy (Val d'Or,
Que.) and Katy Germain (Val d'Or, Que.) led the Gaiters with ten points each. A slow start to the
game allowed Queen's to take an early 12-2 lead, however, the Gaiters
stormed back with a 19-3 run that put them up 21-15, and gave them the
lead for good. The Gaiters held a 29-26 lead at halftime, and steadily
extended their lead throughout the second half. (Full
release)
SAT,
DEC. 29: BISHOP’S 75, BROCK 70
Box Score
Katy
Germain (Val d'Or, Que.) scored a season-high 18
points to lead Women's Basketball to a 75-60 win over the Brock Badgers
75-60 on Saturday evening at the Concordia-Reebok Invitational
Tournament. The victory is the Gaiters' second straight at the
tournament, and runs their winning streak to four games. As on Friday
night, the Gaiters started slowly, this time allowing Brock to build up
a 12-3 lead. Bishop's responded with a 10-0 run to take their first lead
of the game at 13-12. The lead changed hands numerous times through the
remainder of the first half, and the Gaiters took a 38-35 lead into the
break. (Full
release)
SUN,
DEC. 30: WINDSOR 80, BISHOP’S 71
Box Score
The Gaiters closed out the Concordia-Reebok Invitational with an 80-71
loss to the Windsor Lancers. The Gaiters finish the tournament with a
2-1 record, and the loss snaps their season-high four-game winning
streak. The game was tied at 36 at halftime, but the Lancers lead
throughout the second half, stretching their advantage to 60-53 at the
end of the third quarter. Bishop’s was able to close to within two
points at 60-58, but Windsor put the game away with a 8-1 run as the
Gaiters went nearly four minutes without a field goal.
(Full
release)
FRIDAY: BISHOP’S 65
@ CONCORDIA 70 (OT)
Women's Basketball came from behind to force overtime against the
Concordia Stingers, but were unable to prevail in the extra session, as
they fell 70-65 to the Concordia Stingers. The Gaiters stormed back from
seven points down at the end of the third quarter to force the overtime
session, on Robyn Wilson's (Vancouver, B.C./York House Tigers) layup
with ten seconds remaining. (Full
release)
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Polar Bears return
to action with trip to Vermont
The
Bishop’s Polar Bears will make their annual trip to Morrisville, Vermont
this weekend. The Bears will play two games at the tournament, on
Saturday at 11 a.m. and at 3:30 p.m.
THIS
WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
Saturday, Jan. 12
Sunday, Jan. 13
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