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Friday vs. Laval

BU       26   21   14   26  -  87
UL       18   21   18   19  -  76

This was the 2nd weekend of the home & home portion of our league schedule. Beating any team twice in a row is never easy and Laval is very formidable. They have size to match up with us and some talented perimeter players. They certainly gave us some problems defensively all weekend and when they get going they are very difficult to stop. Fortunately we are starting to become a lot more cohesive offensively as we shot almost 54% from the floor on Friday night.

We had a strong 1st quarter scoring 26 points, but we could not shake Laval until the final quarter

Dave Belanger - BU Athlete of the Week

when we went on a 10-2 run and had a 16 point lead just over 5 minutes to go. Although we played well in the 4th quarter it was costly as we lost Jona & Majid to ankle injuries. We had already lost Matt in earlier in the game as he was fouled with excessive force & pulled to the floor on a dunk attempt in the 1st quarter. We did not have any of those 3 guys on Saturday night, but hope to have them back soon.

Freshman Dave Belanger continues to shine. Dave had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead us. Big Mike is rounding back into form as we saw glimpses of what made him the league MVP last year. He had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. Onnex & Scott had 11 & 10 a piece while Jona and Majid chipped in 9 each. Jona led us with 5 assists while Majid had 10 rebounds as well. Freshman Chris Henny had a career high 7 points and did a nice job off the bench.

Saturday @ Laval

BU       23   11   14   26  -  74
UL       22   19   23   21  -  85

Playing without Matt, Jona & Majid was going to be a challenge, but I felt we could be up to the task. It left us with 3 veterans and 7 freshman dressed to play. Unfortunately Laval was too good for us on this night. We struggled defensively and Laval did a nice job of attacking throughout the game.

The bright spots for us were the continued good play of Dave and Big Mike. They each had 24 points and combined for 19 rebounds while shooting 73% from the floor. We struggled making open shots and we could not keep pace with Laval.

Big Mike 24 & 10 Saturday night

Next up we travel to McGill on Thursday night to play them at 8 pm before hosting them on Saturday night in our annual Winter Homecoming game. We hope to have a better performance at McGill on Thursday than the drubbing we received at the end of the 1st semester. Hope to see a few friends, family and alumni at the game Thursday night.

Too our Men's Basketball Alumni, if you are able to be here on Saturday there is an open gym from 3 to 4:30 for an alumni scrimmage as well as a post game reception at the Sports Centre immediately after the game. Hope to see a few of you back on Saturday!

I will keep you posted!
Rod