WINDSOR, Ont. (March 8, 2014) – The No. 10 Queen's Gaels fell to the No. 1 Windsor Lancers 73-48 in the OUA Championship in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday night.

The Lancers proved why they are the No. 1 team in the nation opening up with a 9-0 lead to start the game against the Gaels.  Turnovers hurt Queen's early with Windsor connecting off of their fast-break opportunities. Jenny Wright (Kingston, Ont.) got the Gaels offensive charge started in the latter half of the quarter finishing with four points in the opening frame. The Gaels went into the second down 23-7.

The second quarter had the Gaels come out hot. They scored the quarters first five points thanks to Liz Boag (Kingston, Ont.) and Wright. Boag was two for two from beyond the arc in the quarter as the Gaels pushed back against the Lancers. Wright was the hot hand for Queen's with 10 of the Gaels first 15 points.

Jessica Clemencon proved to be a tough matchup for the Gaels as she added 11 in the second quarter for Windsor who opened up their 16-point lead once again. The Gaels fought hard in the quarter and equaled the Lancers in points with 20 for each team but found themselves down 43-27 at half.

The Lancers opened up the third on a 10-2 run and lead by as much as 24 in the quarter. The Gaels stayed strong on the defensive end after that however, as Windsor added only one more point to the Gaels five to close out the quarter. Lancer shooters went cold in frame hitting only 27.8% of their shots but the Gaels also struggled going 3-15 from the field.

After going down with an injury near the end of the third, Wright returned to the game for the Gaels in the fourth quarter. Boag and Wright each had five in the quarter for Queen's but the lead was too large to make any sort of comeback.  Windsor outscored Queen's in the final quarter 19-14 to seal the win and the OUA title, their second straight championship and fifth in the last six years.

Langlois was named player of the game and finished with 25 points and six rebounds for the Lancers. The Gaels were led offensively by Boag and Wright who each had 17 points in the loss for Queen's.

Windsor had the advantage in points in the paint 34-18, points off turnovers 14-7 and fast break points 6-0.

"We'll take that as a learning experience," said Gaels head coach Dave Wilson after the game. "We know that we didn't start the game well as we wanted to but going forward we have a game on Friday and we can use what we learned here today to hopefully be much sharper when we start the game Friday."

The Gaels will return to Windsor next weekend for the CIS Final 8 Championship. The schedule for the tournament will be released on Monday by the CIS.