Gaiters Move to 2-0 in RSEQ

Thursday @ Concordia

BU      20   23   11   22   -  76
CU      12   13   19   25   -  69

Concordia  was coming off a big win over Laval last week. So, we knew  they would be playing with some confidence. Especially in their own gym. Fortunately our guys matched and bettered their intensity in the first half building an 18 point lead  at the half. We were not perfect, but we did  do some things well both offensively & defensively.

Majid Naji...solid play the last few weeks.

The 2nd half was a different story. Concordia came  out and simply played harder  than us. The game got  a bit frenetic as it does in that gym at times and we (including me!) were not as composed as we could have  been. We were up 12  or  14 with 3 minutes  to go,  but Concordia did not  relent and with a couple of breaks they cut the lead to 4 at one point very briefly with under a minute to go. Some positives and some negatives in the game. Either way we will take the road win.

Kyle  led all scorers with 18 points. Big Mike had 12 points, 7 rebounds & 4 blocked shots. Jona & Karim each chipped in with 10 a piece while Kurt had 9 points, 5 rebounds & 3 assists.

We play our 3rd of 5 straight road games this  Thursday at Laval. This will be a difficult game as Laval may have the best combination of talent & athleticism in the league. They have a lot  of weapons that can be a challenge to contain. Game time is 8 pm...you will be able to  find the webcast link on www.gaiters.ca later this week. 

In other exciting news, we received our first recruiting commitment this week from 6'6 forward Owen Martel of Georgetown, ON. Owen is a high level athlete and a great kid. He is someone who will represent our program very well in the community, in the classroom and on the basketball court. He is very well coached by Steve Pettit at Georgetown District High School and Zelimir Stevanovic at IBSA, one off the premier club programs in Ontario. I believe Owen will  have an impact on our program in his first year and has a chance to be a very special  player at BU. At 6'6, with a 6'9 wingspan & close to a 40 inch vertical  jump, he will have the ability to play on the wing or inside. We are very pleased to welcome Owen to our program!

I will keep you posted!
Rod