BARRIE, Ont. - It was a tough night for the Georgian Grizzlies men's and women's basketball teams as they hosted the Durham Lords Wednesday night at the Georgian College Athletic Centre in Barrie.
Coming off a dramatic buzzer beater to win their last game Friday night the Grizzlies men's team couldn't find the same energy they had in that contest.
Georgian battled but found themselves trailing and trying to play catch-up for most of the night eventually falling 87-74.
The Grizzlies couldn't find an answer for Durham's veteran point guard Ajahmo Clarke who had a game-high 34 points.
Teq Zwarych (Whitby) led the Grizzlies in with 16 points and in rebounds with 12 while second-year forward Glody Madymba had a solid effort off the bench scoring 15.
Georgian now holds a 5-4 record on the season to sit in fifth place in the OCAA East Division standings.
On the women's side Georgian had another incredible effort from Barrie's Summer Bly.
Last week's Grizzlies athlete of the week had a season-high 27 points along with 19 rebounds and six blocks.
Georgian also had a good effort from Collingwood native Erial Barnard who had 10 points to give her double digits in points for the second straight game.
The Lords were too much for the Grizzlies to handle as Georgian fell 57-43.
Both Grizzlies basketball team's will wrap up the first half of their OCAA season's Wednesday night when they travel to face the Centennial Colts in Scarborough.
Source: Georgian College
BARRIE, Ont. - Durham College cruised to their fourth straight conference win with a 57-43 victory over the Georgian Grizzlies in OCAA women's basketball Wednesday night.
After allowing an average of 63.6 points in their first five games of the season, the Lords defence has drastically improved allowing 19 and 43 points in wins over Fleming and Georgian.
The Lords were led by Kauri LaFontaine (Whitby, Ont.) who drained 18 points in the win. Kelsey Hare (Whitby, Ont.) added 13 points while Keriann Sullivan (Scarborough, Ont.) and Hellen Dumbuya (Whitby, Ont.) had eight points apiece.
With Durham leading 16-12 after the first quarter, the Lords defence took control of the game holding the Grizzlies to just six points over the next 10 minutes. Scoring opened up in the second half with Durham besting the Grizzlies 31-25 to earn the double-digit victory.
Durham is 5-2 in conference action (14-4 overall) and sits in third place in the OCAA East region. The Lords trail the Algonquin Thunder (7-0) and St. Lawrence Vikings (6-1), who are currently first and third in the OCAA rankings. Georgian falls to seventh place with a 2-5 record.
The Lords will wrap up the 2013 portion of their schedule on Wednesday night when they head to Toronto to take on the George Brown Huskies (3-3).
Source: Durham College