Gaiters Grind Out Win @ Concordia

Saturday @ Concordia

BU       18   17   16   18 - 70
CU       17   21    9     8  - 55

After jumping out to 15-6 lead that was sparked by a couple of blocked shots by Big Mike & Matt Concordia came roaring back and pretty much controlled the rest of the first half. The point differential was never really more than a point or two, but it felt like the home team was carrying the play. That was punctuated by a 3 point shot off the dribble as the buzzer sounded to end the half which gave Concordia a 2 point lead.

We cleaned up a couple of things defensively at half time and our guys dug in & held Concordia to 9 pts in the 3rd and 8 pts in the 4th. We always have the goal of trying hold a team to 'a single digit quarter', but that is never easy. To put two of those together is pretty rare. The pride our guys showed

Freshman Jaleel Webb

defensively signaled to me that we are starting to gel a bit defensively and are developing some team toughness at that end of the floor. The last 3 weeks of practice we have been relatively injury free with exception of not having Jeremy. This has been huge for the development of our new guys who we really depend on in our rotation.

Our 'no stats' MVP for the game was Matt McLean....he only played 18 minutes due to foul trouble, but managed to play most of the 4th quarter with 4 fouls and not fouling out. He helped anchor our defense and just did a lot of little things to help us win that won't often get noticed. Freshman Jaleel Webb would receive consideration as well with a couple of timely hoops and some nice defense.

Big Mike led us with 16 points, 11 rebounds & 3 assists. Onnex had a very solid & well rounded game with 14 pts, 4 rebounds, 4 steals & 3 assists.

Sr. Mike Andrews

Scott Ring did a very good job managing the game with 10 points, 2 assists and 0 turnovers in 36 minutes.

Next up...Friday we host Laval who is coming off a bye week. They are talented and offensively skilled. They are a team who will be challenging for top spot in the league. Game time is 8 pm and the link for the webcast will be available on www.gaiters.ca.

I will keep you posted!
Rod