KINGSTON, Ont. - The St. Lawrence College women's basketball team made quick work in their home opener against the Durham College Lords, going 7-of-10 from the three-point line in just the first quarter. The strong play led to the 79-61 SLC victory, making it back-to-back wins to start the season.
Haley Gourdier, Abby Heron, Lacey Knox and Nicolle Gaudet all recorded three pointers in the first quarter, with Knox finishing with 15 points before hitting the bench to start the second quarter. In the end, the Vikings put up 38 points in just the first 10 minutes of play, to take the 38-17 lead. While SLC would slow down their play in the second quarter, only scoring 13 points, they kept the Lords to just nine points.
Despite being outscored 35-28 in the second half, the Vikings would never give up the lead. As the strong play from the first quarter was enough breathing room for SLC to secure the victory.
"We definitely fed off the home crowd to start the game," said SLC head coach Remy Simpson.
"The girls were on fire and it seemed everything went in. But in the second half, we definitely cooled off. Something we are going to have to build on before our game against Fleming."
Ontario Colleges Athletics Assoication (OCAA) women's basketball player of the week Knox led the Vikings with 24 points, and seven rebounds. First-year player Abby Heron played a solid 31 minutes, finishing with 16 points, seven rebounds and two steals. Blythe Glutelus was all over the court fighting for loose balls, and would finish the game with six steals
SLC will take advantage of a bye week, and face the Fleming College Knights on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. in Peterborough, Ont.
Source: St. Lawrence College
KINGSTON, Ont. - The Durham College women's basketball team could not overcome a 51-26 halftime deficit as they dropped a 79-61 decision to the St. Lawrence Vikings.
After only scoring nine points in the second quarter, the Lords broke out of their offensive slump by scoring 28 in the third. However, the green and gold could not keep the same pace in the final 10 minutes as the Vikings improved to 2-0 on the season.
The Lords fought hard to get back in the game and cut the lead to just 11, but it seemed as if they were up against the sixth man the entire night with three players fouling out.
Reigning OCAA player of the year Lacey Knox scored 24 points for the Vikes, but was held to just nine in the second half. Knox put down 40 points in St. Lawrence's opening victory over Georgian.
The Lords scoring attack was well-balanced with Kauri LaFontaine leading the way with 15 points. Kelsey Hare registered 14 while Kate Mowat and Kayla Marshall had 11 and 10 points, respectively.
The Lords are 1-1 in conference play to start the season and will be up against the three-time OCAA champion Algonquin Thunder on Friday night. Tip-off at the CRWC is at 6 p.m. The Thunder are 1-0 this season after a 62-37 victory over George Brown.
Source: Durham College