Gaiters Top Unbeaten Redmen @ McGill

Thursday @ McGill

     BU     17   20   23   24  -  84
#3 MU    20   15   21   23  -  79

Thursday we  traveled into Montreal to  face CIS #3 and undefeated McGill.  McGill is a very well coached team that really plays well together...they were 10-0 vs. CIS opponents this year. This was going to be no easy task, but  we were confident & have not been slouches ourselves as we boasted  a record of 6-3 vs. one of  the toughest schedules of any team in the CIS this year according the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).

The game was intense right from the start. Both teams knew  what they were up against and it showed as it was very physical. The lead seesawed back & forth with neither team taking more than a 4 point lead  before  the 4th quarter started. We made a good  push to start the 4th quarter as we had 3 consecutive 3 pointers to take a double digit lead. McGill had switched to a zone to start the 4th because they had trouble guarding Jeremy Leonard-Smith the last  few minutes of the 3rd Q. We moved the ball well against the zone and found Tim Hunter for a 3 on the first possession & then Scott Ring connected on back to back 3's. To that point our inside game had carried us.

Jeremy Leonard Smith

We took a  lead as large as 14 before  McGill charged back. They had  cut it to  2 in the final minutes, but never had a shot to tie or take the lead fortunately. We had been very good  defensively for most of the game, but lost a couple of  shooters allowing McGill to make a run. We made our free throws for the most part  and our defense held as we won by 5. Did a lot of good  things, but still have not played our best basketball. We need to  clean up our rebounding as McGill out rebounded us by 12. Forunately we are taking care of the ball and forcing a lot  turnovers...we are plus 10 per game in turnover margin in 3 league games while leading the conference in field goal % defense.

Big Mike led us with 21 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks. Scott continues  to be very solid as he scored 18 pts on 7 shots while only committing 1 turnover in 34 minutes. Jeremy was strong around the rim scoring 17  while Onnex added his usual double digit effort with 10 points.

I am on the road recruiting as soon as I have the post finished, but will send out a first semester summary  next week while our guys are busy studying & writing final exams!
Rod