Gaiter Split on New England Tour

Friday @ Worcester Polytechnic Institute

BU        32    45   -   77
WPI      35    32   -   67

This was definitely a good win for us. WPI beat us last year in Lennoxville and is a very good NCAA D3 program who does not lose too many games in their own gym.

We had a slow start and we were in risk of getting blown out. Fortunately we regained our composure

Freshman Wing Abdul Kamane

and reduced at 10 point deficit to 3 at the halftime buzzer. We were pretty solid on both ends of the court in the 2nd half and took control of the game in the final 5 minutes.

Big Jonah Fogg helped keep us in the game in first half scoring all 8 of his career high points in the 1st frame. He and fellow freshman Abdul Kamane were the lone bright spots in the 1st half offensively. Freshman Yassin Naji was excellent defensively after a weak first few minutes.

Abdul led all scorers with 21 points & added 4 assists. Jona & Pete chipped in with 19 & 14 respectively. Yasmin had 7 points & 7 rebounds in a nice performance off the bench.


Saturday @ American International College

BU      26     26   -   52
AIC     40     36   -   76

The story of this game as our 32 turnovers. We have not been close to that since early October. AIC certainly did a good job defensively, but we did not help ourselves. Despite that we got better this game and made some mistakes we will hopefully learn from. This group has been pretty resilient and has shown progress. So, a game like this should be a beneficial experience...we should find that out Thursday @ UQAM!

3rd Yr Guard Pete Weston

Pete led us in scoring with 17 points. Dave had 11 and 6 rebounds. Not much else to speak of from an offensive perspective. We had some decent moments defensively, but when you turn the ball over you are not putting your defense in a position to be successful!












This week we commence RSEQ League play. Thursday we travel to UQAM for an 8pm tip-off. UQAM is a team with talent & athleticism. There will be no easy victories in our league as each of the other 4 teams are experienced and talented. If Thursday is jumping into the frying pan, then Saturday is jumping into the fire! We host McGill and they are currently ranked #3 in the CIS. They return everyone from last year and have added a transfer & recruits that will make them even tougher. Both games will be excellent challenges for our young group and we look forward to having the support of the BU faithful both in Montreal Thursday and back here at Mitchell on Saturday.

I will keep you posted.
Rod