January 28, 2010

Men's Game Notes / Women's Game Notes (pdf)

THIS WEEK: The Bishop’s Gaiters play a pair of doubleheaders this weekend, at home on Friday to McGill and at the Laval Rouge et Or on Saturday. On both nights, the women's game gets underway at 6 p.m, with the men's game following at 8.

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YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE: Both games this weekend will be available on the Internet. Friday’s game will be the inaugural Bishop’s broadcast on SSN Canada. On Saturday, the games will be broadcast in French on http://www.rougeetor.tv.

THE RECORDS - WOMEN: The Gaiters are 10-7 overall, and alone in third place in the QUBL with a 4-4 league record. The Gaiters are 4-2 overall since Christmas, and have won two of their last three games. McGill is 8-10 overall, 3-6 in QUBL play and tied for fourth in the league. They have split their four league games since Christmas. Laval is 13-5 overall (13-4 CIS) and alone atop the league with a 7-1 record.

THE RECORDS - MEN: The Gaiters are 9-11 overall and 4-4 in QUBL play, putting them tied for third place with McGill. The Gaiters have won five of six since Christmas, and have won six of their past eight games. McGill is 8-14 overall (8-13 CIS), and sits at 4-5 in league play. Laval is 11-14 overall (9-11 CIS), and alone in second place with a 5-3 record.

SCOUTING THE MARTLETS: The Martlets are led by seventh-year Head Coach Ryan Thorne. They are last in the league in scoring (39th of 44 in the CIS), with an average of 55.6 points per game. They are ranked third in the league defensively, having given up 60.7 points on average. The Martlets lead the league (8th in CIS) in three-pointers made per game, with 6.6. McGill is led by second-year forward Anneth Him-Lazarenko, who averages 12.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.

SCOUTING THE REDMEN: Led by seventh-year Head Coach Craig Norman, the Redmen are 8-14 overall, but have won three of their past five games. They lead the CIS in three-point shooting, with a percentage of 0.402, but are 23rd in the country in scoring overall with 74.4 points per game. They are led by Matthew Thornhill, who averages a league-leading 20.3 points per game (10th in CIS), and is fourth in the league with 6.0 rebounds per game.

SCOUTING THE ROUGE ET OR WOMEN: The Laval Rouge et Or are coached by Linda Marquis who is in her 25th season with the team. Laval has one of the stingiest defences in the country, as they have given up a league-low 55.8 points per game. They lead the CIS with 31.9 defensive rebounds per game, and 4.9 blocks per game. The Rouge et Or are led by veteran centre Marie-Michèle Genois, who leads the league with 14.0 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game (7th in Canada). Marie-Pascale Nadeau is second in the league with 8.6 rebounds per game.

SCOUTING THE ROUGE ET OR MEN: The Laval Rouge et Or are coached by Jacques Paiement, Jr., who is in his second year in the league. Laval is also a strong three-point shooting team, with a percentage of 36.7% - second in the QUBL and 7th in the CIS. They have allowed a league-low 68.2 points per game. Offensively, they are keyed by Etienne Labrecque (14.8 ppg) and Jean-François Beaulieu-Maheux (14.4 ppg). Labrecque is second in the league with 7.0 rebounds per game.

KAT’S CLIMBING: With 49 points in her past three games, Katy Germain is steadily climbing up the league scoring list. She is currently third in the league (42nd in CIS) with an average of 12.8 points per game.

LEADING OFF: Several Gaiters find themselves atop the QUBL leaders. Mélanie Ouellet-Godcharles leads the league with 2.8 three-pointers per game, 2.9 assists per game and a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio, while Bethan Chalke has a league-high 0.594 field goal percentage and Annick Stephanny Charles leads the league with 2.6 steals per game.

BLOCK PARTY: The Gaiters lead the QUBL with 2.9 blocks per game in the regular season, led by seven from Tim Hunter, six by Hermon Tesfaghebriel and five by Damon Thomas-Anderson.