CIS women's basketball Thursday roundup: No. 1 Lancers remain undefeated to open 2013 schedule

Source: Brock Sports Info

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University women's basketball team (8-0 OUA West) came from behind in the fourth quarter to defeat the McMaster Marauders by the score of 75-64 Thursday night at the Bob Davis Gymnasium.
 
McMaster led for the entire first three quarters including 39-29 at the half and 52-51 after 30 minutes.
 
To open the fourth quarter, Brock senior forward Samantha deJong (St. Catharines, Ont.) hit a jumper to put the Badgers up for the first time, leading 53-52 with 9:50 left in regulation. McMaster's leading scorer Danielle Boiago would answer right back putting her team up 54-53 with 9:35 remaining.
 
The Badgers would then put together a 11-0 run over the next three minutes leading 64-54 with 6:35 left in the contest.
 
The Marauders would cut the lead to six, 70-64, with 2:30 remaining, but it was the Badgers extending their win streak to eight, as they closed out the game on a 5-0 run.
 
Brock had three players in double figures led by junior Nicole Rosenkranz (Niagara Falls, Ont.) who led all scorers with 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Sophomore Kayla Santilli (Brantford, Ont.) registered 18 points and four rebounds, including going 3-for-5 from beyond the arc. Dejong contributed with a double-double adding 14 points and 11 rebounds. She also recorded a season-high four blocks.
 
For the Marauders, Vanessa Bonomo led the offense with 16 points. Boiago added 14 points and seven rebounds, while Stephanie Truelove and Hailey Milligan chipped in with 13 and 10 points respectively in the loss.
 
For the game, Brock shot 51.0% from the field going 25-for-49. They were also 35.7% (5-14) from beyond the arc and 69.0% (20-for-29) from the charity stripe. McMaster shot a season low 25.7% (18-for-70) from the floor, 18.2% (4-for-22) from three-point range and 80.0% (24-for-30) from the free throw line.
 
The Badgers next action is Saturday, January 5th when they take on the Western Mustangs on the road.

Source: Guelph Sports Info

GUELPH, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphons women's basketball team dropped their first game of the new year as they fell 68-64 to the visiting Western Mustangs on Thursday night at the W.F. Mitchell Centre.  The loss drops them to 4-4 and boosts the Mustangs to 5-3.  Tonight’s game will be aired on Rogers TV tape delay this Saturday (Jan. 5) at 1:00p.m.

The Gryphons got behind early in the contest, going down by 42-25. However they wiped the rust off in the locker room and entered the second half making a fierce comeback led by some clutch shooting from Kayla Goodhoofd and Alexandra Beatty.  Despite outscoring the Mustangs 39-26 in the second, it was too little too late.  

Three Gryphons earned double digits with Kayla Goodhoofd (Oakville, Ont) leading the way with 14 points. Erica McFadden (Alma, Ont) followed closely behind with 13 points while Alyssa Shortt (Waterloo, Ont.) netted 10.

Jenny Vaughan (Dundas, Ont) of Western led all scorers with 19 points on the night while shooting 9-10 from the charity stripe.

Following a two game streak to end the first half of the season, the Gryphons were unable to maintain their earlier momentum in the opening stages of their first game back as the Mustangs jumped ahead 7-0 in the first five minutes of play.  Yet as the quarter wound down, Erica McFadden found her groove with much-needed five-point streak to kickstart the Gryphon offence to close the gap as the first quarter rung out with the Mustangs ahead 14-12.

The opening of the second saw a brief burst of Gryphon ferocity as Kayla Goodhoofd charged the paint for her first basket of the game with the answering free throw to complete the three-point play to give the Gryphons their first lead of the game.  Unfortunately, this momentum was short-lived as the miscommunications on the Gryphon side mounted to give the Mustangs an opportunity to extend their lost lead to 10 with less than five minutes left in the half.  As the Gryphon offence slowly rebuilt momentum in the dying stages of the first, the Mustang offence retained their tenacity to drop the Gryphons further to 42-25 at the end of the first.

The Gryphon squad finally began to show signs of life as they opened the second half by piecing together the first streak of nine to close the gap.  Even with the persistent Mustang attack, the Gryphon defence continued to shut down the Western presence in the paint to outshoot the Mustangs 21-10 in the third to bring the game to within six.

Despite the strong attack in the third, the Mustangs were the first to strike in the fourth with a deep attack beyond the arc.  But the Gryphons were quick to regain control of the court as they opened another 7-point streak to cut the game to two.  And while the Gryphons maintained a fierce hold on the ball as the clock wound down, they were unable to catch the Mustang offence as Jenny Vaughan sealed a 68-64 Mustang victory by going 1-2 from the line as the buzzer sounded.

The Gryphons look for redemption as they travel to Windsor to take on the Lancers on January 5.  Tip off is set for 6 pm.

Source: Windsor Sports Info

WINDSOR, Ont.- Jessica Clemencon had a game-high 21 points and nine rebounds, and the Windsor Lancers women's basketball team remained undefeated on Thursday night, topping the visiting Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 68-60 to open their 2013 conference schedule.
 
Miah-Marie Langlois picked up 13 points and five assists, while Korissa Williams and Jocelyn LaRocque each added nine in the victory for the OUA West division leaders and No. 1 CIS ranked squad.  The Golden Hawks were led by Doreen Bonsu, who tallied 14 points on the night.  Laurier falls to 3-5 on the season.
 
Laura Mullins notched a three-pointer less than two minutes into the opening quarter to give the Lancers an early advantage.  Langlois (Windsor) grabbed another jumper from beyond the arc, and the Lancers led 9-4 midway through the contest.  However, some strong post play by Whitney Ellenor led to four points in the paint from the junior centre, and the teams were tied at 9-9 minutes later.  A late lay-up by Clemencon (St. Rambert, France) put the home side up 13-11.
 
Williams (Windsor) polished off a well-placed assist from Mullins, and Clemencon added two more on the next possession to extend the lead at the beginning of the second.  First year Caitlyn Longmuir notched a three for the Lancers, and the Kingsville, Ont. native was at it again minutes later, dropping another jumper to give her team its first double-digit advantage.  The defending champs took a 38-24 lead into halftime.
 
Langlois led all players with 11 points through the first two quarters, while Ellenor tallied nine to top the Golden Hawks.  The Lancers shot a solid 47.1% in the first half, and were 5-of-8 from three-point land.  Laurier shot 31% from the floor in the opening two periods.
 
The Golden Hawks looked to cut the deficit coming out of the locker rooms, but their scoring was matched by the Lancers through five minutes of the third quarter.  The visitors got into the bonus late in the period, but were still unable to cut Windsor's lead into single digits by the end of the stanza.  Kimberley Yeldon's jumper brought the spread to within 10 heading into the fourth quarter.
 
Shortly into the fourth, the Golden Hawks went on a 5-0 run to come within five of the Lancers.  However, the Lancers brought the game into the paint, and sunk four straight free throws while putting Laurier in danger of going into the bonus early in the final period.
 
Bree Chaput tallied a three pointer, but the Golden Hawks faced an 11-point hill with 5:54 remaining in regulation thanks to a inbound set play finished off the glass by Clemencon.    The former CIS player of the year stuffed Heather Payne's jumper on the Lancers next defensive stand, and followed that up with two made foul shots to push the lead back up to 10.  That would be more than enough, as the Lancers went on to record their eighth win and first conference victory in 2013.
 
Windsor finished the match with a 41.5% field goal percentage compared to 40.4% from the Golden Hawks who outrebounded Windsor 34-30.
 
The Lancers will look for their ninth straight win of the year on Saturday evening, when they will welcome the Guelph Gryphons to the St. Denis Centre.  Game-time is set for 6:00 p.m., and will be available live on USTREAM's Lancers TV.