Hi Folks,
Happy New Year!
We closed out 2010 with a Bronze Medal at the Concordia Tournament in Montreal. We are still playing with a short bench, dressing only 9 (of our 13) players due to injuries. (Game write-ups, complete with box scores to follow)
We opened the tournament with a 75-70 win over Bishop's, riding Brittany Moore's 31 point performance. We built a 4 point lead at the end of the first quarter that we never relinquished. Hanna Koposhynska dropped 12 points, while Jill Wheat and Paige Robinson added 11.
The semi-final pitted us against UBC. We trailed by 3 after one, but the second quarter was our undoing. Trailing by 14 at the half, we could never get closer than 10, eventually settling for the 14 point loss, 77-63. Moore led the way again with 18 points, while Koposhynska added 10 points and 9 boards.
The Bronze medal game was a re-match with Memorial University. As you may recall we lost the first two games versus them in Newfoundland, before winning the third. It was a game without "Brittanys", as their second leading scorer, Brittany Dalton, and our leading scorer, Brittany Moore, were both sidelined with injuries. None-the-less, we dominated the first half of the game, rolling up a 45-19 half time lead. It did come at a cost, however, as Jill Wheat was involved in a three-way collision that sidelined her with a neck injury (after only 10 minutes of play). With only 7 players healthy for the second half, one of whom fouled out (and two others with 4 fouls), we hung on to win 69-59. Koposhynska had another great game, dropping 18 points and grabbing 9 boards. She was named a tournament all-star.
Up Next on the Road:
Friday, January 7 @ Laurentian 6pm
Sat., January 8 @ York 6pm
Up Next at Home:
Friday, January 14 vs Carleton 6pm
Sat., January 15 vs Ottawa 6pm
Have a great week.
Dave.
Moore scores 31 in exhibition win over Bishops
LENNOXVILLE, Que. (December 29, 2010) � Queen's Brittany Moore of Hannon, Ont., tallied 31 points in a 75-70 win over the Bishops Gaiters at the Concordia Reebok Women's Basketball Tournament on Wednesday.
Moore's 31 points were her most to date in the 2010-11 basketball. She shot 12-for-16 from the field as the Gaels advanced to the tournament semifinal
The first of Moore's five three-pointers tied the contest at 6-6, starting a 7-0 run that gave Queen's the lead for good. The Gaels led 18-14 after the first quarter, and stretched their lead to as many as 17 points on the way to a 38-27 halftime edge.
The Gaiters chipped away at the Queen's lead, and cut the gap to four points at 61-57 midway through the fourth quarter, but a pair of treys by Moore keyed a 9-0 run to stretch the Gaels' lead to 68-57 and put the game out of reach.
Three other Gaels hit double figures, with Hanna Koposhynska of Toronto scoring 12 points while Jill Wheat Marwayne, Alta. and Paige Robinson of Calgary chipped in 11 each. Wheat and Sydney Kemahan of Calgary led Queen's with seven rebounds each.
Bishop's was led by Gabrielle C-Caouette of Quebec City, who scored 14 points.
Queen's out rebounded Bishop's 28-18 and out shot Bishop's 52% to 43% from the field.
The Gaels' will face University of British Columbia on Thursday in the semifinal set for 6:00pm.
BOXSCORE
QUEEN GAELS 75, BISHOPS GAITERS 70
QUEEN GAELS
Brittany Moore 12-16 2-4 31; Hanna Koposhynska 5-5 2-2 12; Paige Robinson
5-9 0-2 11; Jill Wheat 2-5 7-7 11; Liz Boag 3-9 0-0 8; Gemma Bullard 1-9 0-0
2; Sydney Kernahan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-54 11-15 75.
BISHOPS GAITERS
Gabrielle C Caouette 5-9 2-3 14; Catherine Belanger P 5-10 0-0 12; Clare
Murphy 2-4 2-2 8; Melanie O Godcharles 3-6 0-0 7; Danna Janvier 3-6 0-0 6;
Jessy Roy 2-13 1-2 6; Gabrielle Chamberlai 2-4 0-0 5; Janelle Haddad 2-3 1-2
5; Annick S Charles 2-3 1-2 5; Katy Germain 1-5 0-1 2. Totals 27-63 7-12 70.
Queen Gaels................... 18 20 15 22 - 75
Bishops Gaiters............... 14 13 14 29 - 70
3-point goals-Queen Gaels 8-19 (Brittany Moore 5-9; Liz Boag 2-5; Paige
Robinson 1-2; Gemma Bullard 0-3), Bishops Gaiters 9-23 (Clare Murphy 2-4;
Catherine Belanger P 2-5; Gabrielle C Caouette 2-2; Melanie O Godcharles
1-4; Jessy Roy 1-3; Gabrielle Chamberlai 1-1; Katy Germain 0-3; Annick S
Charles 0-1).
Fouled out--Queen Gaels-None, Bishops Gaiters-None.
Rebounds-Queen Gaels 28 (Jill Wheat 7; Sydney Kernahan 7), Bishops Gaiters 18
(Gabrielle C Caouette 4). Assists-Queen Gaels 12 (Liz Boag 4), Bishops
Gaiters 11 (Annick S Charles 2; Melanie O Godcharles 2; Jessy Roy 2). Total
fouls-Queen Gaels 18, Bishops Gaiters 15.
Gaels fall to UBC 77-63 at Concordia Tournament
LENNOXVILLE, Que. (December 30, 2010) � The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds nipped the Queen's Gaels 77-63 during a semifinal game at the Concordia Reebok Women's Basketball Tournament on Thursday.
Brittany Moore of Hannon, Ont., scored a game high 18 points to go along with four rebounds in 27 minutes of play for Queen's. Hanna Koposhynska of Toronto was the only other Gael to break double digits securing 10 points. She also pulled down a game high five rebounds.
Gemma Bullard of Guelph, Ont. registered four rebounds in the loss.
Devan Lisson of Frederiction, NB and Alex Vieweg of North Vanouver, BC each posted 16 points in the win for UBC. Lia St. Pierre of Moncton, NB, tallied 13 points.
After an almost even first quarter and UBC holding a 22-19 edge, Queen's limped out of the gate in the second, scoring only 12 points compared to UBC's 23. The 45-31, 14 point margin at the half was enough as both teams traded points in the final two quarters to finish 77-63.
The loss pits Queen's against Memorial University in the third place game on Friday (Dec. 31) with the game set for 2:00pm.
Queen's have already met their AUS opponent earlier this season losing a three game series (2-1) in Newfoundland. Scores of those pre-season games were 54-44, 67-59 for Memorial and 68-60 for Queen's.
BOX SCORE
UBC THUNBERBIRDS 77, QUEEN GAELS 63
QUEEN GAELS
Brittany Moore 5-13 6-7 18; Hanna Koposhynska 5-9 0-2 10; Liz Boag 4-13 0-0 9; Sydney Kernahan 4-7 1-2 9; Paige Robinson 2-7 2-3 6; Jill Wheat 3-10 0-0 6; Lisa Minutillo 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 24-60 11-16 63.
UBC THUNBERBIRDS
Devan Lisson 6-9 0-0 16; Alex Vieweg 6-8 4-4 16; Lia St Pierre 5-8 2-2 13; Zara Huntley 3-6 2-2 8; Arianne Duchene 2-3 2-2 6; Chloee St Amour 2-6 1-1 6; Veronica Spangehl 2-2 1-3 5; Kristjana Young 2-5 0-0 4; Leigh Stansfield 1-3 1-1 3; Virginia Watson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-51 13-15 77.
Queen Gaels................... 19 12 16 16 - 63
UBC Thunberbirds.............. 22 23 16 16 - 77
3-point goals-Queen Gaels 4-15 (Brittany Moore 2-6; Lisa Minutillo 1-1; Liz Boag 1-6; Paige Robinson 0-1; Sydney Kernahan 0-1), UBC Thunberbirds 6-14 (Devan Lisson 4-6; Lia St Pierre 1-1; Chloee St Amour 1-5; Arianne Duchene 0-1; Zara Huntley 0-1).
Fouled out--Queen Gaels-Hanna Koposhynska, UBC Thunberbirds-None. Rebounds-Queen Gaels 27 (Hanna Koposhynska 9), UBC Thunberbirds 24 (Alex Vieweg 4; Veronica Spangehl 4; Chloee St Amour 4).
Assists-Queen Gaels 12 (Brittany Moore 4), UBC Thunberbirds 20 (Chloee St Amour 6). Total fouls-Queen Gaels 19, UBC Thunberbirds 17.
Koposhynska's 18 points leads Queen's to third place finish
LENNOXVILLE, Que. (December 31, 2010) - The Queen's Gaels finished the 2010 calendar year with a 69-59 win over the Memorial SeaHawks on Friday in the third place game at the Concordia-Reebok Women's Basketball Invitational.
This was the Gaels second win in four games against the SeaHawks in exhibition play in 2010.
Hanna Koposhynska of Toronto was the game's leading scorer sinking 18 points with 10 of those coming on free-throws. Koposhynska was 10 of 11 from the foul line. She also added nine rebounds in the win and was named a tournament all-star.
Gemma Bullard of Guelph, Ont. and Liz Boag of Kingston, Ont. also broke double digits registering 15 points each.
Queen's controlled the first half of the game holding a 45-19 lead at halftime and held on despite being outscored 40-24 by Memorial in the second half.
Box Score
Memorial SeaHawks vs Queen Gaels 31/12/10 14:00 at loyola gym
QUEEN GAELS 69, MEMORIAL SEAHAWKS 59
MEMORIAL SEAHAWKS
Samantha Kavanagh 3-8 5-5 12; Robyn ORielly 4-10 2-2 12; Grace Fishbein 4-11
0-2 9; Jennifer Parsons 3-6 2-2 8; Emily Jameson 3-7 0-0 7; Kim Devison 2-8
1-2 6; Ally Forsey 1-10 1-2 3; Kelia Pond 1-3 0-0 2; Amanda Martret 0-1 0-0
0; Cassidy Brothers 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-65 11-15 59.
QUEEN GAELS
Hanna Koposhynska 4-12 10-11 18; Liz Boag 6-9 2-2 15; Gemma Bullard 6-12 1-2
15; Lisa Minutillo 3-8 0-0 7; Sydney Kernahan 3-5 0-0 6; Jill Wheat 1-1 2-2
4; Paige Robinson 2-7 0-2 4. Totals 25-54 15-19 69.
Memorial SeaHawks............. 9 10 19 21 - 59
Queen Gaels................... 24 21 10 14 - 69
3-point goals-Memorial SeaHawks 6-17 (Robyn ORielly 2-3; Kim Devison 1-5;
Emily Jameson 1-2; Samantha Kavanagh 1-2; Grace Fishbein 1-5), Queen Gaels
4-13 (Gemma Bullard 2-5; Liz Boag 1-3; Lisa Minutillo 1-4; Paige Robinson
0-1). Fouled out--Memorial SeaHawks-None, Queen Gaels-Sydney Kernahan.
Rebounds-Memorial SeaHawks 24 (Ally Forsey 5), Queen Gaels 36 (Hanna
Koposhynska 9). Assists-Memorial SeaHawks 13 (Emily Jameson 3; Grace
Fishbein 3; Ally Forsey 3), Queen Gaels 13 (Paige Robinson 4).
Total fouls-Memorial SeaHawks 12, Queen Gaels 23.
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