Gaiters Win at McGill to Open RSEQ

Saturday at McGill 

BU      12    9   15   24  -  60
MU     13   15   9    22  -  59

This was the first of many brawls, so to speak, we will have with McGill this year. Both teams are physical and defensive minded which does not make for the prettiest basketball. Regardless, it was very competitive and certainly exciting at the end.

PG Kurt Caro...5 assists, 1 turnover v. McGill

We may not have had the lead for a full minute this game, but all that mattered was that we led at the end of 40 minutes. McGill took the lead early and we played catch up for the better part of the game. We did take a lead briefly in the 3rd quarter, but McGill pushed ahead midway through the 4th.

With 37 seconds to go we were down 59-52, but our guys executed well and managed to score 8 points in a very improbable 17 seconds. McGill acquiesced by missing  free throws & turning the ball over after we missed a free throw to open the door for us. In that stretch Majid scored a 3 point shot off a sideline inbounds play, Kurt scored a layup in transition & Majid scored the winning points off a 3 point shot off a baseline out of bounds play. That left McGill with 20 seconds to win the game. We defended very well and forced them into a scramble situation where they got a very good a look at the rim with 3 seconds to go that fortunately missed! After the ball got batted around Karim secured the rebound and the win.

Kyle 13 points

Coach Craig Norman did a great job preparing our guys defensively early in the week to play McGill. We did make a few mistakes, but we played hard and played as a team not giving up too many easy hoops. Offensively, Kyle & Majid (he deserves a picture on this post...I will locate 1 for next week!) each had 13 points to lead us. Karim had 11 rebounds while PK came of the bench to grab 6 rebounds, take 2 charges while playing some excellent defense. We had contributions from everyone and our team chemistry is really starting to come along. I like the direction our team is headed and getting this win is exactly what we needed.

We have one game this week. Thursday at 8 pm vs. Concordia. Both teams are 1-0 in RSEQ play. It should be a great game. Hope to see you there.
Rod