Gaiters Split Weekend

Thursday @ Concordia
                                       
BU      18   15   21   19   11   -  84
CU      18   20   23   12   13  -  86

This overtime loss dropped our record to 3-4 in league play and a lot worse overall. Even my 7 year old daughter told me we should have a better record. I could not agree more and it obviously does not take a basketball savant to figure that out. Fortunately, the season is far from over and we will have the opportunity make amends for what has been a pretty disappointing season record wise so far.

Dave Belanger 16 pts on Saturday

I think we played  hard this game and did some things well. However,  Concordia was very comfortable, played well together and confidently hit some tough shots. We were not great and did not play to our capacity, but Concordia earned the win. After spotting Concordia a 14 point lead in the 3rd we battled back to take a 1 point lead in the 4th quarter. Concordia pushed back and held a 3 point lead with 30 seconds to go. We managed to tie the game on a Majid 3 pointer with about 20 seconds to go. Concordia missed a shot to win at the buzzer and we went to overtime. The game was tight again in overtime, but Concordia executed better than us and got the win.

Kyle was fantastic and kept us in the game almost by himself at times. He had 29 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals & 4 assists. Matt had 17 points while Majid contributed 13 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists. We had 23 assists  for  the game, but lost it with 22 turnovers and a few weak defensive efforts in the 3rd quarter.

Saturday vs. Concordia 

BU      11   15   15   18   -   59
CU       6   12   12   10    -   40

This was not the most exciting game played on campus! Combination of the slow tempo and playing in the new gym. The new gym, as currently designed, is a fantastic gym and practice facility, but it certainly lacks the character & energy of the Mitchell gym. Regardless, we very much appreciated the nice sized crowd and their support. We needed the win and that is all that matters.

Karim season high 15 pts

We decided to change things up and we went with a bigger line-up to start and played zone defense. The plan was to not stay in the zone too long, but when you only give up 18 points in the half you can't really change your method!  I don't think the zone is the answer to all our problems, but it was it was effective this night allowing us to stay in control from start to finish.

Dave Belanger led all scorers with 16 and he provided some toughness in the paint. Karim added a season high 15 points while Big Mike chipped in with 13 and 10 rebounds. Some flashes of improvement, but still a lot of things to work on before we can seriously think about knocking off the teams that are ahead of us like McGill and Laval.

Friday we travel to Ste. Foy to play Laval. Saturday we return to campus to play Laval in the back end of the home and home series. 

I will keep you posted!
Rod