Hi Folks,
Our trip to the Nation’s Capital proved inhospitable at
best. Facing the 9th ranked
Ottawa GGs (we had dropped to 10th) we lost a 2 point game, followed
by a sound beating at the hands of Carleton by 16. We are looking forward to playing at home
this weekend (first time since November 21).
Queen’s 44 – Ottawa 46
As the score would indicate, this was not a pretty
game. Ottawa jumped on us right from the
start building a 14 point lead six and a half minutes into the quarter. We held them scoreless the rest of the
quarter and managed 6 points of our own to cut the lead to 10-18 after the
first. We continued to chip away in the second
quarter but could only muster 14 points, holding Ottawa to 10. That left us down 24-28 at the half. We had controlled the boards quite well, but
surrendered 11 turnovers in the half.
The third quarter was much the same as the second, as we continued to
chip away eventually taking a 1 point lead by the end of the third, 36-35. We held the lead through most of the fourth
quarter, but our shooting percentage abandoned us late in the quarter,
finishing at only 14% in the second half and being outscored 8-11 in the final
frame to lose 44-46. Andrea Priamo had a very solid
performance, recording a double-double with 11 points and 11 boards.
Jenny Wright was 1 rebound shy of a double-double with 10 points and
9 boards. Robyn Pearson also hit double digits with 10 rebounds.
Queen’s 68 – Carleton
84
This was a case of a team that was very motivated and
physically ready to play. Carleton
dominated us in all aspects of the game from the opening tip …… and shot the
ball extremely well. They had built a
double digit lead very quickly, holding us to only 4 points mid-way through the
quarter, en route to a 12-25 first quarter thrashing. We settled and matched their physicality a
little better in the second quarter, but Carleton was able to increase their
lead by 2, 28-43, shooting 50% from the 3-point line and 53% overall. We were unable to regroup at half, and
suffered through the third quarter being dominated on the boards and
surrendering another 20 points to our 11.
With the game well out of reach, we were able to convert a little better
in the fourth, outscoring Carleton 29-21, to finish with the 68-84 loss. Marianne
Alarie led the way with 17 points, while Andrea Priamo added 15. Sarah Saftich finished with 10 points.
NBA All-Star Weekend
Update
Our game time on Saturday, February 13 against Windsor has
changed slightly to a 4:30pm tip-off
(was originally 4pm), and now there is a $5
discount available for students by:
For student tickets only:
1) www.nbatickets.com
2) Select Saturday,
February 13, 2pm
3) Select #
of tickets
4) Click
“OUA Offer”
5) Enter
code: 5OFFOUA
Shoot for the Cure –
Breast Cancer Research Update (over $4,000 raised to date)
Third year forward, Andrea
Priamo, has taken the lead again this year in our Shoot for the Cure,
Breast Cancer awareness game scheduled for Saturday, February 6 at 6pm against
Lakehead University. Six other team
members will be cutting their hair following our game to donate for the purpose
of making wigs for cancer patients. If
you would like to make a donation please click on the following link: http://tinyurl.com/ShootforaCureQueens
You can donate to an individual or to the Team (which will
be equally divided amongst the 6) – since they have a little friendly
competition going on!
Up Next at Home:
Friday, February 5 vs. Guelph 6pm
Saturday, February 6 vs. Lakehead 6pm (Shoot for the Cure game)
Friday, February 12 vs. Western 6pm
Up Next on the Road:
Saturday, February 13 vs. Windsor @ EnerCare Centre 4:30pm (NBA All-Star Centre Court Event)
Have a great week!
Dave.
