Still Hanging In!

Saturday vs. Concordia

BU          18    19    19    18   -   74
CU          33    11     8     14   -   66

Sr Captain - Jona Bermillo

Saturday was Senior Night with Jona Bermillo being the only graduating potential non-returner on our team. Jona has had a very successful 4 years here...played in 3 league finals, won the league title last year, has been a league allstar once already and will be again this year. Great person and key player on our team...really hoping he comes back for his 5th year even though he will be graduating in the Spring with a degree in Economics. I think there is a decent chance he will return...fingers are crossed!

With Saturday being our last home game, I wanted to thank our fans as they have supported this young squad through more losses than wins this year. The best has yet to come for this group and that is pretty evident to anyone who has seen us play. The atmosphere was fantastic Saturday, there was the usual & appreciated community support along with the students being very loud!

On to the game, we did not have the start we had planned! We felt if we were ready to defend we could hold ConU to a relatively low number offensively...33 in the 1st quarter was not the number we were looking for! We did not panic, cleaned some things up and held them to 33 for the next 3 quarters. Offensively we were pretty consistent as the line score would attest to.

Down 7 at the half, we came out strong in the 3rd quarter. We moved the ball and were sound defensively leading to 15 ConU 2nd half turnovers. We continued to play pretty well in the 4th quarter and took the lead for good with about 4 minutes to go.

Freshmen Forward, Duncan Lambert

We had 5 guys score in double figures which was a first for us this season. Jona had 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists & 3 steals with 1 turnover in a very senior like outing. Freshman Duncan Lambert was a spark off the bench with 13 points and some excellent defense. Pete & Abdul chipped in 12 a piece while Nick added 10 points & 8 rebounds. Big Jonah Fogg started in the place of injured captain Dave Belanger. Jonah had 8 points & 5 rebounds. He really has come along in the 2nd semester. Gaiter great, Rob Burns, has been putting some extra time in the gym with Jonah and it is certainly showing. Thanks Rob!

So, the win keeps us alive in the playoff race! Any BU loss or Laval win ends our playoff chances...that's been the case for 2 weeks now. McGill did us a huge favour by winning at Laval by 1 on Friday night. Laval was actually up 23 points with 3:30 to go in the 3rd quarter in that game! As I watched, I was sure our doom was imminent. However, I barely had time to go through the 7 stages of grieving before McGill went on a 19-2 run to make it a game again and go on to win!

Saturday we play at McGill at 4PM...Laval is at UQAM Saturday. We need to win and hope Laval loses to set up decisive final league game at Laval the following week. Still a very precarious situation, but much more viable than it was 2 weeks ago. We are hoping to get a little support on Saturday at McGill from our friends and alumni in Montreal as we play in this do or die game vs. the top team in our league!

I will keep you posted,
Rod