Thursday @ #9 McGill
BU 19 25 23 12 - 79
MU 6 15 22 26 - 69
This was kind of a funny game…McGill was without their 2
best players and couple of key veteran guys as they were off to the FISU 3-3
Championships in China. We were without 2 starters & our 6th man
who were are injured. When we play again in a couple of weeks the game will look a little different from a personnel
perspective.
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McGill struggled in the first half and we pretty much had
our way with them until the middle of the 3rd quarter despite not
playing particularly well…made a lot of mistakes that McGill did not take
advantage of. At that point we did have
a 30 point lead which we did not take the opportunity to improve upon. From
there McGill was loose, made some plays and we kind of just got caught watching
the clock wind down. Very frustrating as a coach! We will take the road win regardless.
Abdul had 22 points & 14 rebounds to go along with 4
steals. Sr tri-captain Duncan Lambert stepped up to fill the void our injuries created
as he had a career high 17 points which included five 3 pointers in the 2nd
quarter alone. Dunc had a nice weekend for us and did a number of good things in both games. Jordan
added 12 points & 7 rebounds in just 13 minutes.
Saturday vs. Laval
(OT)
BU 15 24 21 20 13 - 93
UL 23 20 10 27
6 -
86
Great atmosphere in our gym on Saturday. The crowd was as
large the week before, but this crowd was very loud and engaged. Especially in
the 4th quarter. Fortunate to have the support we have from the
community and our students.
Laval was well rested and well prepared as this was their
only game of the week. They have a veteran group that is athletic & capable
of really scoring at times. They hurt us in transition with their ability to
push the ball. Especially in the 1st half where they controlled the
game and we were fortunate just to hang in and only be down 4 at the break.
We had an excellent 3rd quarter defensively and
it would have been better had we not fouled a 3 point shooter after and ill
advised turnover in what should have been the last possession of the quarter.
Live and learn, we missed an opportunity to go into the 4th with a
double digit lead.
Into the 4th Laval clawed back to take leads as
big as 5 points. We managed to hang on though. With 31 seconds left Laval had
the ball up 3. We had our most versatile and athletic defensive line up on and
elected to get a stop or steal instead of fouling…a dicey coaching decision, but our
guys made it look like the right one! With about 10 seconds left Kevin stripped
their guard of the ball a few feet on our side of midcourt and proceeded to
finish the layup at the other end while getting fouled. He made the free throw
to tie the game, we held defensively on Laval’s last possession and we were in
OT.
In overtime Abdul made a tough shot followed by freshman
guard Connor Kelly making an ‘and 1’ layup & FT to put us up 3 for a lead
we would never give up. Connor had great
weekend scoring 8 points in each game. With Joany being out it opened up some
court time which he took advantage of. 2nd year guard DJ Ngom sealed
the game with a steal as he read Laval’s play perfectly and secured the ball
before getting fouled.
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| 2nd Yr Guard - DJ Ngom |
Abdul is getting back to his old self as he led all scorers
with 25 points. After a sub par game at McGill, Kevin was back to his old self with
21 points & 5 assists. Nervens had moments in this game with 10 points, 7
rebounds & 5 assists, but he is still only scratching the surface of his
potential.
Next Game: Saturday we head to Concordia to face the Stingers.
ConU is currently 1-1 in RSEQ play and has been touted as one of the favourites
to win our league. Take note the game is
4 PM.
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