ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:

This week’s Bishop's Gaiters Athletes of the Week are basketball players Cam Mowat and Amanda Piribauer.

Mowat (Kelowna, B.C.), a fifth-year guard, had quite simply the best weekend of his career. On Friday, he came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points in the Gaiters' home loss to McGill. On Saturday, he followed that up with a 16-point, seven rebound performance in the Gaiters' four-point win over the Redmen. Mowat hit a pair of clutch three-pointers in the third quarter to help the Gaiters erase an eight-point McGill lead, and iced the game with a pair of clutch free-throws.

Piribauer (Kingston, Ont.) had a double-double to lead the Gaiters to their win over McGill on Saturday. She finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds, including 14 second-half points, as the Gaiters cruised to the win over the Martlets. A pair of early third-quarter layups broke the Gaiters out of their offensive doldrums, and broke the game open.

HONOUR ROLL:

• Felicia Craig-Thompson (Women's Basketball) - Scored a career-high 12 points on Friday night against McGill.
• Damon Thomas-Anderson (Men's Basketball) - Scored a team-high 19 points in Saturday's win over McGill
• Stephanie Burnett (Women's Soccer) - Team MVP after a two-point night Friday vs. UQTR
• Katy Germain (Women's Basketball) - Scored 14 points on Saturday against McGill
• Jessy Roy (Women's Basketball) - Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds on Friday night against McGill.
• Tim Hunter (Men's Basketball) - Led Gaiters in rebounds with six on Friday and eight on Saturday
• Emilee Walker (Women's Hockey) - Scored hat trick on Saturday vs. LCC
• Junior Nicolas (Men's Basketball) - Scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds on Saturday against McGill
• Linda Guerrera (Women's Soccer) - Scored game-tying goal on Friday vs. UQTR
• Maryse Richard (Women's Hockey) - Polar Bears' top player at Stanstead tournament.

MEN’S BASKETBALL (8-16, 7-14 CIS, 4-6 QUBL - 4th)
Gaiters split with McGill to remain in fourth place.

FRIDAY: McGILL 88, GAITERS 67 - Box Score - Full story
The Gaiters fell 88-67 to the McGill Redmen on Friday night. The Redmen took the lead at 3-2 with just 1:30 gone the game, and never looked back, outscoring the Gaiters 25-11 in the opening quarter, and taking a 42-28 halftime lead. The Gaiters narrowed the gap to eight late in the third quarter, but could not draw any closer.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (9-9, 9-7 CIS, 6-4 QUBL - T-2nd)
Gaiters split pair of low-scoring games against Martlets

SATURDAY: GAITERS 50, McGILL 38 - Box Score - Full Story
Amanda Piribauer's fourth double-double of the season led the Bishop's Gaiters to a 50-38 win over the McGill Martlets at Love Competition Hall in Montreal. Piribauer scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Gaiters prevailed in a tight defensive struggle.

UP NEXT: The second-place Gaiters have a home-and-home against the first-place Laval Rouge et Or (13-6, 12-5 CIS, 7-1 QUBL). The teams split their opening two games of the year. Friday night's game is set for Ste-Foy, while with the teams closing out the series on Saturday at the Mitchell Gym. Both games are scheduled to tip off at 6 p.m.

WOMEN’S INDOOR SOCCER (0-1-1, T-5th QUISL)
Gaiters earn tie at home against UQTR, Concordia on tap this week

The Gaiters earned their first points ever in Women's Indoor Soccer last week, as they came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 tie against the UQTR Patriotes. After Jade Richter put UQTR on top in the 12th minute, the Gaiters responded eight minutes later, as Stephanie Burnett (Durham, Conn.) took a pass from Susanne Raupach (Meckhenheim, Germany) and fired it past UQTR's Alexina Sirois. UQTR regained the lead in the 44th minute on a Marie-Michele Lapointe penalty kick. Linda Guerrera's (Montreal, Que.) 75th-minute goal gave the Gaiters a share of the spoils.

Stephanie Burnett finished with one goal and one assist, an she was named the Gaiters' MVP for the second consecutive week. Kristen Cheng made three saves for the Gaiters to earn the tie, while Alexina Sirois made five for UQTR.

UP NEXT: The Gaiters will visit the Concordia Stingers this Saturday at 12:30 p.m. The game will be played at the new Centre Sportif Bell in Brossard.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY (7-6-1)
Polar Bears fifth at Stanstead, host Sherbrooke AA this week

The Polar Bears went 1-2 at last weekend's Stanstead Invitational, finishing in fifth place in the six-team tournament. In Friday's round robin games, the Bears fell 8-1 to the Sherbrooke Queens, with Erika Cook scoring the lone Bishop's goal, and 5-1 to Lac St. Louis, with only Andrea Gray finding the net for the Bears.

In Saturday's fifth-place game, the Bears rebounded to defeat Lower Canada College 8-2, led by Emilee Walker's hat trick, and singles from Katie Greentree, Chantal Richard, Kayla Dawson, Anna Bertrand and Erika Cook. Maryse Richard played all three games in goal.

UP NEXT: The Polar Bears are at home on Friday night, as they take on Sherbrooke AA at the W. B. Scott Arena. Faceoff is set for 7:45 p.m.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Friday, January 30

• Basketball at Laval, 6 p.m. (W) & 8 p.m. (M), Quebec City
• Women's Hockey vs. Sherbrooke AA,  7:45 p.m., W.B. Scott Arena

Saturday, January 31

• Basketball vs. Laval, 6 p.m. (W) & 8 p.m. (M), Mitchell Gym
• Indoor Soccer at Concordia, 12:30 p.m., Brossard