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Gaiters resume play at UQAM Classique des Citadins December 26, 2009
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PURPLE
TWEETS: Fans can follow the Gaiters at home and away with Twitter
updates on the Gaiters’ website at http://www.ubishops.ca/gaiters or
http://www.twitter.com/BishopsGaiters. THE
RECORDS: The Gaiters come into the tournament with a 6-5 overall
record, and are 2-3 in QUBL play. The Gaiters have lost three of their
last four games, after rattling off a four-game winning streak earlier
in the season. LAST TIME
OUT: The Gaiters split their last weekend of the regular season, as
they notched a 73-61 win over Concordia, but fell 72-66 to UQAM. In the
win over Concordia, Marie-Ève Lemoine led the Gaiters with a career-high
18 points, while Mélanie Ouellet-Godcharles made eights assists and six
rebounds. In the loss to UQAM, Katy Germain scored a season-high 17
points, while Jessy Roy grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds.
LAST
MEETINGS: The Gaiters last played Brock two years ago, on December
29, 2007 at the Concordia Reebok Invitational, scoring a 75-60 win. The
last matchup between the Gaiters and Laurier was on November 21, 2004,
an 80-63 Hawks win at the Sea-Hawks Invitational in St. John’s. That
matchup came on the heels of a 76-61 Gaiters win in the 2004 CIS
Consolation Semi-final. The Gaiters and Warriors have not met since
October 26, 2001, a 66-46 Gaiters win at the Laurentian Invitational in
Sudbury, Ontario. ONTARI-ARI-O:
The Gaiters have played only one game against an OUA team so far
this year, a 51-43 loss to then-No. 3 Windsor at the Alberta Pandas
Hoopfest in Edmonton. RANKING
MEMBERS: The Gaiters are currently receiving votes in the CIS
Coaches’ Poll, after having been ranked as high as No. 7. Brock is also
receiving votes in the poll, while Laurier and Waterloo are unranked. SCOUTING
THE OPPOSITION: The Brock Badgers are 9-3 overall (8-3 CIS, 6-2
OUA), but have lost two of their last three games. The Laurier Golden
Hawks are 9-7 overall (8-6 CIS, 3-5 OUA), but ended November on a
two-game winning streak. Waterloo is 3-10 overall (3-9 CIS, 2-6 OUA),
with losses in three of their last four games. GERMAIN
SUBJECT: Fourth-year swingman Katy Germain had a strong last weekend
of the regular season, scoring 29 points in the season’s final two
games. That brought her overall scoring average up to 10.0 points per
game. On the Gaiters’ four-game winning streak, she averaged 14.0 points
per game. Germain is shooting 37% from three-point range, and is tied
for the team lead with 26 three-point goals. MORE FROM
MEL: The Gaiters’ leading scorer is fourth-year guard Mélanie
Ouellet-Godcharles, with an average of 11.5 points through 11 games. She
has scored in double figures in seven of her past eight games, including
a career-high 23 points against Dalhousie on October 25. She was close
to a triple-double on Nov. 27 against Concordia, as she scored 10
points, grabbed six rebounds and made a career-high eight assists. She
leads the QUBL with 14 assists in five regular-season games.
PASSING
FANCY: Third-year point guard Jessy Roy leads the Gaiters with 3.1
assists per game this year. She is fourth on the team in scoring, with
8.4 points per game, and is one of only two Gaiters to average more than
30 minutes per game. Roy also leads the Gaiters with 4.8 rebounds per
game. THE “S”
STANDS FOR “STEALS”: Second-year guard Annick Stephanny Charles
leads the QUBL with 19 steals in five league games, an average of 3.8
per game. Overall, she has made 35 steals this year, seven ahead of
Jessy Roy’s 28. UP NEXT:
The Gaiters return to league play on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 when
they will visit the McGill Martlets. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. |
THIS WEEK:
The Bishop’s Gaiters resume play after the break at the Classique des
Citadins in Montreal, where they will face three OUA teams.