Hi Folks,
We finished a 3 game, 3 city road trip on Saturday, with
stops in St. Catherine’s (Brock), Hamilton (McMaster) and Guelph. We finished with only 1 win and 2 losses – a disappointing
result.
Queen’s 56 – Brock 68
Our first stop was in St. Catherine’s to face Brock where we
jumped out to an early lead and grew it to as much as 10 late in the first
quarter. We finished the quarter up
19-11, shooting almost 50% from the floor.
For an unknown reason (at least to me), our shooting touch left us for
the rest of the game, dropping into the low 20s. We were outscored 14-20 in the second and
10-25 in the third. The fourth quarter wasn’t
much better, although we did outscore Brock 13-12, but still only shooting in
the low 30s. We were unusually cold from
the 3pt. line, finding the mesh only 3 times in 22 attempts (13.6%). Marianne
Alarie was the only player to hit double digits, dropping 18 point.
Queen’s 54 – McMaster
79
No question our shooting woes continued on Friday night in
Hamilton shooting only 23% and scoring only 8 points in the opening quarter to
trail 8-18. While our shooting improved
somewhat in the second, our defense was unable to stop the Marauders as they
outscored us 17-23 to take a commanding 25-41 halftime lead. Mac continued to execute offensively
outscoring us by 4 in the third quarter (19-23) and 5 in the fourth quarter
(10-15) to rack up the big spread. Not
surprisingly they beat us in every significant statistical category (shots
taken, shooting percentage, rebounding, turnovers, steals, and assists). Marianne
Alarie led the way in scoring, again with 18 points, followed by Emily Hazlett with 13.
Queen’s 78 – Guelph 62
Despite the fact that this was our third game in as many
nights against fresh teams, we looked strong and rested. Our shooting in this game improved significantly
over the past two games (unfortunately Guelph had computer issues and was not
able to provide the stats). We
continued to get stronger as the game progressed, outscoring Guelph 14-10 in
the first, 20-17 in the second, 22-15 in the third and 22-20 in the
fourth. Five players finished in double
digits with Marianne Alarie chalking
up her usual 18, while Jenny Wright
and Abby Dixon each had 11. Emily
Hazlett and Robyn Pearson finished
with 10 apiece.
We will be holding our annual ID/Training Camp on Sunday, November 29th. On court sessions will be from 9:30-11:45am
and again from 1:30-3:30pm. During the
break in between, we will conduct a facility tour and a question and answer
session (for players and parents). The
camp is designed for players in Grade 10-12 that may be interested in Queen’s
as a university destination. There is no
charge for the camp, but please drop me an email so I can keep track of the
numbers.
Up Next at Home:
Saturday, November 7 vs. York 6pm (league opener)
Up Next on the Road:
Friday, November 13 @ Laurentian 6pm
Saturday, November 14 @ Nipissing 6pm
Have a great week!
Dave.
