Another Split Weekend

Friday at Laval

BU        21    10    18    23   -   72
UL        14    12    16    15   -   57

This was supposed to be the tougher game to win. However, I think our guys have a comfort level playing in Laval's new gym and there does not seem to be much of a home court advantage from that perspective. We

Matt 15 pts, 7 rebounds, 4 assists

 played pretty solidly at both ends of the floor throughout the game. With the exception of giving up 21 points to Laval off our turnovers it was a nice team effort. We had 4 guys in double figures scoring, we had 24 assists on 29 field goals and out-rebounded Laval by 10.

Matt led us in scoring with 15 points and added 7 rebounds & 4 assists. Karim & Kyle each scored 13 while Jona came off the bench to knock down four 3 pointers for 12 points.



Saturday vs. Laval

BU        16    11    20     8   -   55
UL        14    15    12    16  -   57

Another nice crowd at BU. Impressed with the support we are getting despite the gym situation. Very blessed to have the community support we have. Please keep hanging in...we SHOULD be in Mitchell by next game!!

We had a decent start and weathered some Laval  runs in the 1st half to be in 2 point game. After a shaky beginning to the 3rd quarter we found some momentum that lasted almost 15 minutes. Defensively we held Laval to about 12 points during that stretch scored 24 of our own. The wheels fell off in the final 5 minutes as we just could not score and did not generate any viable offense. We were also dealing with foul trouble as Big Mike fouled out followed by Kyle who picked up his 5th foul while wiping away the defender's hand which was on his hip while driving to the rim. It can be very tough for every team to score in our league at times due to the liberties that the defense are allowed take on offensive players.

Regardless, with 25 seconds to go we were up 55-54. Laval came down and we guarded their initial action before they were able to get into the paint & kick it out for a contested 3 that they knocked down with 7 seconds to go. We were unable to score on our last possession and another tough loss was in the books. The frustrating part was we were one basket away from putting Laval away with about 3 or 4 minutes to go...1 more hoop would have broken them and it would have been a 15 pt win. That is the game though and there is always a lot to learn from it and why you never give up!

Karim...returning to Allstar form!

Despite the result we are in 2nd place tied with Laval with a 5-5 league record. We are getting better each week and are moving closer towards playing to our potential. We are healthier than we have been all season and the rest of our schedule sets up pretty well for us. We should be able to play our first true home game on February 6th (make no mistake, there is difference playing in Mitchell, but it does not guarantee anything!) and 5 of our last 6 games will be in Mitchell along with the RSEQ Final 4.

We have bye week now and do not play again until we face UQAM on February 6th here. Final road game v. RSEQ opponents is February 7th at UQAM.

I will keep you posted!
Rod