Lost Weekend

Thursday at McGill 

Score by Periods      1     2    3     4     Total

Bishop's............       7    13  20   27   -  67

McGill..............        29   16  18   17   -  80

After a first quarter where we were horrid and McGill was fantastic we seemed to wake up a little and play somewhat better. Unfortunately we did not play well enough to erase a 25 point halftime deficit. Defensively we were very poor as McGill made eight 3 point shots in the first quarter. They shoot the ball well and execute well. However, we did not do anything to deter them. 

We went to a smaller line-up in the 2nd half and showed a little more fight. We attacked better on offense and even if we were not going to win the game we were improving. With the number of injuries we have been going through our freshmen are getting a great opportunity to play. We played this game without Matt McLean and Scott Ring received an elbow to the face in the first half which resulted in a broken nose & mild concussion. Not sure when he will be back. Jeremy Leonard-Smith is officially out for the season & will get surgery on his foot February 19th. He will return next year to play his 5th year of eligibility. With so many young players we tend to struggle without our 3 captains in the line-up. It is making it tougher now,but it will benefit us in the future. 

Freshman Jaleel Webb led us with 14 points off the bench. Jaleel missed most of January as he had to be tested for a heart condition. The test results were favourable and we are happy to have him back. Big Mike, Dave & Majid all reached double figures while freshman point guard Kurt Caro had his best game in a Gaiter uniform scoring 9 points and dishing out 7 assists while committing on 1 turnover. 

Saturday @ BU

 
Score by Periods      1    2    3    4     Total

McGill..............       16  20   8   11   -  55

Bishop's............      11   9   16  12   -  48

Another subpar first half performance did not help us this night. McGill did a job of defending and we struggled to score. To compound that we made too many errors defensively in a half where we were struggling to score. Being down by 16 at the half was certainly more manageable than the game before when were down 25 at the half. 

In the 2nd half we did a better job in defensive transition and attacked a little better on offense. Jona was in foul trouble in the first half, but was a factor in the 2nd half as he created and facilitated our offense. We were able to cut the McGill lead to 6 a few times, but we missed 8 layups in the 2nd half which really was our undoing. Shoulda, coulda, woulda...make half those and it is a much different game. 

No offensive stars in this game. Freshman Chris Henny had a very good weekend is certainly benefiting from all our injuries with more court time. Chris is providing some excellent energy on the defensive end and is doing a good job rebounding from the wing position. Onnex led us with 8 rebounds, but failed to score a field goal for what is probably the first time in his 5 year career. 

The beauty of our league (due to our injury situation this is a 'beauty') this year is that as long as you finish in the top 4 you make the playoffs and where you finish has no impact on home court...the RSEQ Playoffs/Final Four is at Laval. As we sit in 2nd place we are in a good position. Winning 2 of our final 6 guarantees a playoff spot and winning 3 ensures we finish no worse than 3rd. That is not where our focus is though. We just need to get healthy, get better each week and hopefully hit our stride come playoff time. 

This Friday we host Concordia at 8 pm. Saturday we play the back half of the home & home at Concordia at 4pm. Notice the afternoon start at Concordia. We hope to see a few of you there! 

I will keep you posted!

Rod