Hi Folks,
Just one game to report on this week: a 69-60 victory over
Ottawa. It was nice to be back at home
where our record, dating back to last season, is now 21-2. Great to play in front of our home town
crowd.
Queen’s 69 – Ottawa 60
There are a couple of important notes about this game. One, Ottawa had a very depleted line-up,
missing their starting post player (6-2), their starting forward (6-1), and
starting point guard (5-11). This left
them with a fairly small and inexperienced line up. Two, despite the final score, this was one of
our worst executed games, resulting in 21 turnovers and only 50 field goal
attempts (we normally have over 70).
Ottawa did a very good job of taking us out of our rhythm, making it
difficult to get any sustained runs going in the game. On the bright side, we did force 26
turnovers, but had difficulty converting the turnovers into points. We were aggressive taking the ball to the basket
and were rewarded with 45 foul shots.
However, we only converted 25 of those shots, leaving behind 20 points
from the foul line. The one bright spot
(without a caveat) was our 3 point shooting, going 6-15 (40%).
Jenny Wright led the way with 18 points, while Liz Boag
added 13. Abby Dixon and Andrea Priamo,
both added 11 points and grabbed 7 and 6 rebounds respectively. Robyn Pearson continued her dominance on the
boards with 11 rebounds to go along with her 8 points.
A reminder, we will be holding our annual ID/Training Camp on Saturday, November 29,
2014. This is an ideal opportunity
for anyone in Grades 11 or 12 to display their talents and receive instruction
from the Queen’s coaching staff. The
day’s schedule is as follows:
9:30-11:45am
On-court session
11:45-12:15pm Lunch
break (on own)
12:15-12:45pm
Facility Tour (parent’s welcome)
12:45-1:30pm Q&A
session with Q’s coaches (parent’s welcome)
1:30-3:30pm On-court
session
There is no cost for
the ID/Training Camp – just let me know so that I can prepare for the numbers.
Our fall exhibition season has come to a close, with league
play starting on the road this weekend.
Our overall record is 8-3 (7-3 vs. CIS schools) and we are ranked #9 in
Canada in the first poll of the season.
Realistically, we need to be playing better by the weekend if we want to
beat a very tough Lakehead squad, on the road.
Up Next on the Road:
Friday, November 7 @ Lakehead 6pm
Up Next at Home:
Friday, November 14 vs. Waterloo 6pm
Saturday, November 15 vs. Laurier 6pm
Have a great week!
Dave.
