Another Week, Another Split

Friday vs. UQAM

BU             24   19   18   20   -   81
UQAM        18    7    14   18   -   57


We were finally back in the Mitchell Gym on Friday. It was nice to play in a gym where the fans can actually impact the atmosphere again. There was a good crowd and it was very loud at times. Something that was missed.

To the game...we played a very good offensive first quarter and had zero turnovers. It makes it easier to score when you are getting a shot or drawing a foul every time down the floor! Defensively we had some

Big Mike... 23 & 12

lapses, but did a much better job in the 2nd quarter holding UQAM to 7 points. After leading by 18 at the half we managed to push the lead as high as 29 in the second half, but did have some lapses and allowed UQAM to close back to 16 at one point. Regardless, with the exception of a few minutes we were pretty solid.

Big Mike had his best game in a couple of years scoring 23 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Majid contributed 15 points and 12 rebounds while Kyle added 11 pts and 7 rebounds. Jona was good off the bench as he scored 9 and had 4 steals.

Saturday at UQAM

BU           19   13   15   17   -   64
UQAM      19   15   20   17   -   71

We certainly did not play with the same urgency as the night before and maybe rested a bit on the success we had the evening before...which is ALWAYS a recipe for disaster! Winning back to back in our league is never easy and especially when you are playing the 2nd game on the road. The team that is more disciplined

Jona...solid weekend.

and wants it more usually prevails. That was the case this game as UQAM was able to take control of the game in the 3rd quarter and we were never able to grab the lead again. We had opportunities late, but managed to shoot ourselves in the foot when the opportunities presented themselves.

Kyle led us with 22 pts & 9 rebounds. Jona added 10 points. The telling stat for us was a season low 7 assists. Less than half our league leading average. That pretty much was the tale of the tape so to speak.


That game at UQAM was our final road game of the RSEQ season. We have our final 4 league games at home in Mitchell and host the playoffs here as well. We are not guaranteed a playoff position yet, but we are tied for 2nd place and have the favourable home schedule the rest of the way. We are all hoping this home stand will help provide us with what we need to turn the corner on a season that has been a struggle to this point.

This week....we host Concordia on Friday and McGill on Saturday. I will keep you posted!
Rod