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Shaking off a mediocre start, the Queen's Golden Gaels came out firing in the second half and shot a blistering 62% from the field after the intermission to blow open a 4 point game at the half and defeat CCAA's St. Lawrence Vikings 80-52 at St. Lawrence for their second straight blowout win against an OCAA school this pre-season. The Gaels led only 32-28 at halftime but outscored STL by 48-24 as 6'6" sophomore Mitch Leger led the way with 28 points on 10/17 shooting and added 8 rebounds. Queen's also got 11 points including 3-4 3's from 6'2" second-year guard Baris Ondul. 6'5" freshman Jon Ogden pushed a double/double with 11 points and 8 boards while veteran Simon Mitchell added 9 points and 5 assists for Queen's. The Gaels also did a tremendous job on the glass outrebounding the Vikings 49-24. The Gaels now look forward to hosting a pair of games in two weeks as Paul Smith College (U.S. NAIA) visits Kingston on Friday, October 5th. The next evening, Queen's plays their first pre-season game against a CIS school as the UNB Varsity Reds visit the Bartlett Gym.

BRANDON WINS ALUMNI GAME: Thanks to Jeremy Sawatsky from Brandon Sports Information for this report... The Brandon University Bobcats won their annual alumni game Saturday night at the BU Gymnasium. Six current ‘Cats scored in double figures as the 2007-08 roster defeated a squad of former ‘Cats 115-73. Dany Charlery topped all scorers with 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists. Yuri Whyms delivered 16 points and 8 boards and Nikosey Quick notched 11 points and 9 assists. Adam Hartman scored 13, while rookies Kyle Vince and Martin Lawrence each had 11. “It was exciting for our guys to finally play on the same side,” joked first year Bobcat head coach Mike Raimbault. “I’m happy with how it went. We got all of our guys in the game, we played hard, we executed on offense… it was a lot of fun.” Former All-Canadian O’Neil Gordon led the alumni team with 18 points.