Monday 30 November 2009

Articles from the Weekend

An unbelievably exciting finish Saturday night at Queen's as 6'2" Baris Ondul hits a buzzer-beating 30 footer to give the Gaels a one-point victory, amid some controversy. Ondul's winner offset a three by Anto Raic with 2.2 seconds remaining that had given the Badgers the lead and brought them back from a huge deficit.

Slow start sinks Badgers

The Brock men's basketball team's hopes of entering the Christmas break with a .500 record ended Saturday night in Kingston with a horrible first quarter against Queen's.

The Badgers trailed 19-3 after the first quarter and, despite outscoring Queen's 27-16 in the final quarter, ended up on the losing end of a 60-59 decision.

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Foul costs Mac loss to Ravens

McMaster centre Ryan Christie fouled out of the Ontario University Athletics basketball game against Carleton Ravens for doing exactly what coach Joe Raso told him to do.

But the his fifth foul turned out to be a pivotal moment because it led to a pair of technical fouls - on him and Raso.

As a result, Mike Kenny sank four free throws as the No. 1-ranked Ravens went on to defeat the No. 3-ranked Marauders 83-74, at Burridge Gym on Saturday.

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Vikes women cagers sweep in Manitoba as men rebound

A trip to Manitoba is just the confidence builder the University of Victoria Vikes women’s basketball team needed heading into the Christmas break.

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Waterloo hoops squads head into break on a high

A visit from a pair of eastern rival schools was just the tonic for struggling local university basketball teams this past weekend.

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BU Men’s Basketball Get First Win

The Bishop’s men’s basketball team got off the snide Friday night at Mitchell Gymnasium, holding off the visiting Concordia Stingers 77-71. The victory is the first league win for BU this season and the first win against Concordia since January 6th, 2006.
Concordia attacked the basket early and often, highlighted by Evens Laroche’s emphatic put-back dunk that gave the Stingers an early 11-5 advantage. Bishop’s struggled to put the ball through the basket early on, especially BU’s super-rookie, Onnex Blackwood, who couldn’t buy a hoop in the first frame.

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