Hi Folks,
Not the weekend we were looking for to close out our regular
season: losing by 5 points to both Ryerson and Toronto, to finish with a 14-5
regular season record. The losses
dropped us from the 2nd ranked team in the province to 5th,
one spot away from an opening round bye in the playoffs. Instead of hosting a second round game next
Saturday, we will host an opening round game on Wednesday against Laurentian. The winner will travel to Hamilton on
Saturday to take on McMaster.
Queen’s 61 – Ryerson 66
To say we started this game poorly would be an
understatement, going a full 7 minutes without recording a point. Five turnovers in that span and our inability
to convert on any of our shots, left us down 13 before we found the bottom of
the net. We did finish the quarter on an
11-6 run to trail 11-19 after one quarter.
The second quarter was not much better, converting on only 5 of 17 shots
and failing to get to the foul line once.
We were outscored 10-13 in the quarter to trail 21-32 at the break. The third quarter we converted 6 of 18 shots,
but were more aggressive, getting to the foul line 7 times (making 5) to score
18 in the quarter. Unfortunately our
defense could not contain Ryerson as they matched that output, so we trailed
39-50 heading into the fourth. We came
to life in spurts in the fourth quarter scoring 22 points, while holding
Ryerson to 16, but could not overcome the 11 point deficit. Emily
Hazlett finished with 19 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 assists. Robyn
Pearson chalked up another double double with 14 points and 13 rebounds,
while Marianne Alarie added 10
points. Jenny Wright also hit double digits with 10 rebounds.
Queen’s 70 – Toronto 75
Another slow start to the game saw us miss 11 of our first 12
shots, despite having very good looks.
Fortunately Toronto struggled to put the ball in the hoop as well. We then went on a good scoring spree, but
Toronto managed to find their rhythm as well.
First quarter ended with us leading 16-13. Toronto’s Rahshida Atkinson took control in
the second quarter scoring 11 of her team’s 17.
We put up 13 to trail 29-30 at the half.
The pace picked up in the third quarter and we were unable to contain
Toronto’s offence and with less than a minute and a half to go in the quarter,
they were up 10. We managed to score 6
straight points to cut the lead to 4 at the end of 3, 50-54. Turnovers became the story of the fourth
quarter. We had opportunities to control
the game, but 18 second half turnovers killed any momentum we tried to
establish. Jenny Wright finished with a season-high
28 points, along with 9 boards, 5 steals and 4 blocked shots. Emily Hazlett had 13 points, while Robyn Pearson & Andrea Priamo each
hit double digits in rebounding, finishing with 13 and 12 respectively.
Up Next at Home -
Playoffs:
Wednesday, March 2 vs. Laurentian 6pm*
* Please note that, as per OUA regulations, complimentary
tickets are not accepted for playoff games. Tickets can be purchased at our Customer
Service Desk.
Cheers,
Dave.
