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Kingston, Ont. (January 24, 2009) – Queen's women's basketball edged the Carleton Ravens 53-52 on a last second lay-up by
Brittany Moore of Hannon, Ont. Moore's basket was part of a bizarre sequence of events in the closing seconds.
With the Gaels down 52-51 and six seconds to play, Moore was fouled on a three-point shot by Carleton's Courtney Smith of Ottawa. The referees awarded three free-throw attempts to Moore and a chance to take the lead. On her first attempt she missed, but sunk her second attempt setting up the unusual ending.
With Moore readying for her third attempt, Raven's Head Coach Taffe Charles miscounted how many shots had been taken and failed to send his squad back to guard for a rebound.
Moore missed her final free-throw, but easily scored her own rebound on an undefended layup. She was the only player within 10 feet of the basket.
“It was totally my mistake,” said Charles after the game. “We didn't have any timeouts left so I thought I'd get a timeout in without actually have a timeout. I lost count of how many shots were being taken. When I realized the third shot was being taken, I was like 'oh we are in trouble.'”
“I just totally blanked out and no one was there to rebound,” added Charles.
Moore was surprised to find no Carleton defenders there to rebound, but added that she was lucky to get such an easy shot for the win.
“It was a perfect miss because I didn't have to run anywhere for it. That was a ridiculous ending, I'm shocked.”
Moore, the OUA scoring leader, finished as the game's top point producer with 21.
Alaina Porter of Burlington, Ont. also tallied 10 points in the Gaels win. Carleton's top scorer was Ashleigh Cleary of Kemptville, Ont., who poured in 18 points and 12 rebounds.
Queen's took a 24-18 lead into the half, but by the end of the third quarter that lead had wilted away to 35-32. In the final frame, Carleton outscored the Gaels 20-18, but Moore's bizarre three point play earned Queen's the win.
The Gaels (7-9) are in fourth place of the OUA East with 14 points tied with Laurentian. Next Friday they host the Ryerson Rams with the game set to begin at 6:00pm.
