Hi Folks,
Happy New Year! I
hope you had a great holiday break and were able to relax and enjoy time with
family and friends.
We headed to Montreal for the Concordia tournament for 3 games, capturing only 1 win against 2
losses. We beat Bishop’s 64-56, lost to
Concordia 47-66 and to McMaster
48-75. We are still not at full
strength with Gemma Bullard & Gia Spiropoulos out of the line-up with
concussions (and Emily Hazlett missing the last game of the tournament with a
shoulder injury), but we are still struggling with our “finishing.” We shot 34% vs. Bishop’s, but only 26%
against Concordia and McMaster. Our
offensive execution was actually not bad (considering we had been off on
holidays for a while), but our finishing and overall ball handling was
questionable. I am confident our scoring
touch will return soon – we are too good a shooting team to be bogged down much
longer.
SID game reports: http://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2014/12/28/WBB_1228144954.aspx?path=wbball
Shoot for the Cure –
Breast Cancer Fundraiser game is this Friday, January 9th
against Nipissing. Five of our players
will be cutting their hair following our game and donating the locks for the
making of wigs (Abby Dixon, Andrea Priamo, Emily Hazlett, Gemma Bullard, &
Nicole Morse). We are having a little
contest (not that basketball players are competitive J) to see who can raise the
most money – of course Breast Cancer Research is the ultimate winner. If you would like to donate, please
visit: http://my.e2rm.com/TeamPage.aspx?teamID=582540&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=direct%2fnone
You can donate to an individual player or, if you wish to
support all of them, you can donate to Queen’s and we will divide the donation
equally amongst all 5 players.
I forgot to mention in my last Newsletter, that 2015 recruit,
Myriam Fontaine, captured the Gold Medal at OFSAA in Cornwall in late
November, leading the way with 16 points in the finals. Congratulations to Myriam and her father,
Steph, coach of the La Citadelle Patriotes.
Up Next at Home:
Friday, January 9 vs. Nipissing @ 6pm (Shoot for the Cure
game)
Saturday, January 10 vs. Laurentian @ 6pm (Kingston Impact
Day)
Up Next on the Road:
Saturday, January 17 @ York 6pm
Have a great week!
Dave.
