Excellent 1st Half Pushes Gaiters Past UQAM

Wednesday vs. UQAM

BU            20   20   17   12  -  69
UQAM      12   10   18   18  -  58

If you were watching on-line and tuned out after the first half I would consider that a good choice. We definitely played our best basketball in the first 20 minutes. Defensively were sharp and kept UQAM off balance. Offensively we moved the ball, had good shot selection and only had 4 turnovers.

1st yr Wing Ryan Foster

The second half was not so much of the same. We had glimpses and a few highlights, but we did not sustain our intensity or focus for the duration of the second half and allowed UQAM to cut the lead down to 8 points in the 4th quarter. UQAM battles hard & really does compete, but we should have never let it get to that point. Is it part of the evolution of becoming a winning team? Might be, but I think I can speak for our coaching staff when I say we are going to lose our minds if we don't start putting teams away earlier when we have the opportunity!We need to develop that maturity in the coming games.

Defensively we managed to force UQAM into 25 turnovers while only turning over the ball 10 times ourselves. I believe we lead the CIS in turnover margin & steals. Offensively we were balanced, but shot poorly from the foul line for the 2nd straight game going 13-24.

1st yr Guard Jona Bermillo

Our scoring was pretty balanced with Onnex hitting for 16, Jeremy with 14 while Tim & Big Mike each added 12. Tim also added 6 steals & 2 blocked shots. Jeremy was solid defensively & really stabilized our team. Big Mike returned to form & showed us he was ready to play when his first fg attempt was a strong dunk attempt over defender drawing the foul. We need him playing with that mentality! Freshman guard Jona Bermillo had a strong 1st half contibuting 4 points & 3 steals.

Friday we travel to Laval which is never an easy trip. Laval is young, but has talent  and are a dangerous team...they did beat Concordia at home last game of the first semester. You can follow the game Friday at 8pm on www.rougeetor.tv.

Go Gaiters!!