No One Said It Would Be Easy!

Thursday at Concordia

BU         8    19    13   13   -   53
CU        12   24    20   16   -   72

Last week our opponent had many more shot attempts due to our turnovers & lack of offensive rebounding. This week was the opposite...we had 11 turnovers this game, the same number of free throws as Concordia & 9 more shot attempts. It should have provided better offensive numbers considering we were decently efficient last week. However, it did not work out that way. Part of it was our doing and you have to give ConU some credit.

Abdul Kamane, 13 points & 9 rebounds

We never did really build much momentum until the 3rd quarter, but that was squashed by ConU making 2 contested buzzer beater 3's at the end of the shot clock & quarter in the last minute of the 3rd Q that ended our run. We never recovered from that and never threatened them the rest of the way despite playing with great effort.

Abdul was our only double digit scorer with 13 points to go along with 9 rebounds. Pete Weston was back in the line-up, but he and Jona struggled all weekend. We are at a point where we need them to provide some scoring if we are going to win. The young guys just are not quite ready to pick up the slack for our top 2 scorers being shut down.


Saturday vs. Concordia

BU        15    12    16    18   -   61
CU        19    15    12    18   -   64

This was a better overall performance, but we had a couple of stretches that cost us dearly. Defensively we were not sharp to start the game and then in the final 4 minutes of the first half we allowed ConU to go on a bit of a run.

We continuously fought back, but they always seemed to have an answer. In this game ConU made three contested 3 pointers at the end of the shot clock and that certainly impacted the game. Sometimes you need a little luck going your way, but I feel in most cases you do create your own luck! Despite that, we did show toughness and never did let Concordia get away from us. We had a chance to tie up the game at 60 with 30 seconds to go, but went 1-2 from the foul line. Concordia closed out the game going 4-4 from the foul line and we went 2-4, but had to miss 2 free throws on purpose to  create an opportunity to erase a 3 point lead in the final 8 seconds. Nice effort and add it to our library of game experiences for this team.

Nick Harvey, 12 points & 10 rebounds

Nick had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Abdul chipped in 11 points and 5 rebounds. Jona had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. All his points came in the 2nd half and he did not score in game Thursday. Not sure if I remember him going scoreless since his 1st year. Despite that he battled through the adversity and kept us close.


We now sit at 2-10 in league play. Our chances of making the playoffs sit somewhere between slim & none. We basically need to win our last 4 games and hope Laval loses all 4. I like our chances of winning all 4 better than Laval losing all 4 though. We host UQAM Friday night in our only game of the week. Our only focus is the next game and getting better each week.

Thanks to our alumni who were able to support us Thursday at Concordia. We always appreciate seeing some friendly faces wearing purple when we are on the road!
Rod