WOMEN – Lancers Basketball

Windsor 82 – Laurier 76

The No. 10 women’s Lancers basketball team advanced to the OUA quarter-finals following an 82-76 win over the visiting Laurier Golden Hawks in the first round of the OUA post season on Wednesday night at the St. Denis Centre.

Windsor will now face the Carleton Ravens on Saturday, March 5th at the Ravens Nest in Ottawa, ON. The game will be broadcast LIVE on www.oua.tv.

Similar to their two previous meetings during the regular season, tonight’s game was neck and neck from the opening tip-off with the lead changing 14 times and score being tied eight times throughout the game.

Windsor narrowly out-rebounded Laurier 35-33, while the Hawks shot 43% from the field compared to Windsor 42.7%. The difference in the game came from the free throw line, where the Lancers shot an impressive 90% from the stripe, and the Hawks only made their free throws 69% of the time.

Windsor led a balanced attack as all five starters hit double digits on the scoresheet. Senior guard Emily Prevost led all scorers with a game high 21 points, while Carly Steer chipped in 17 points. Cheyanne Roger had 15 points to go along with her game high 9 rebounds, Caitlyn Longmuir had 13 points and Kaylee Anagnostopoulos put up 10.

The Golden Hawks had four scorers hit double digits and, by no surprise, were led by Kaitlyn Schenck with 19 points. Nicole Morrison and Heather Payne each chipped in 17, while Courtney Bruce had 14.

MEN – Lancers Basketball

Windsor 82 – Laurentian 73

Alex Campbell and the Lancer men’s basketball team defeated the Laurentian Voyaguers 82-73 in the first round of the OUA playoffs on Wednesday night at the St. Denis Centre.

With the victory, the Lancers will advance to the OUA quarter-finals on Saturday March 5th against the No. 5 McMaster Marauders at the Burridge Gym. Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00pm and can be seen live at www.oua.tv.

Campbell was a one man show literally scoring over 50% of the Lancers total points on the night. In his final game on home court, the fifth year guard opened the game with 13 of the team’s 18 first quarter points. With the Lancers trailing by one at the half, 37-36, Campbell was already at 21 points. He finished the contest with the games only double-double at 37 points and 10 rebounds, to go along with 4 steals and a block in 38 minutes of play.

Overall, the game was a tight match-up from the opening tip-off. With the score being tied five times and the lead changing 12, both teams scored 24 points in the paint while the Lancers doubled up on points off of turnovers, 18-9. Laurentian, however, took advantage of their bench scoring 14 points with their reserves, while the Lancers relied on their starting five.

Other Lancers hitting double digits included Isiah Osborne with 18 points and Tyler Persaud with 12.

Laurentian was led by David Aromolaran with 25 points, Sam Hirst with 15, Jospeh Sykes with 12, and Nick Simon with 10.