NORTH BAY, Ont. (January 5, 2019) - The Queen's Gaels (8-4) dropped a 61-48 decision to the Nipissing Lakers (3-9) to finish their northern road trip with a split at 1-1.
GAME FLOW
In the opening frame, Queen's executed on both ends as they were able to start off on an 11-2 run and close the first out with a 22-16 lead.
From there the offence went cold as the Tricolour could only muster eight second-quarter points while Nipissing managed 16 including a final second buzzer beater to take a 32-30 lead into halftime on Queen's.
After opening up a 41-38 lead thanks to a
Claire Litchfield three-pointer the Gaels struggled for the remaining 3:30 and found themselves down 47-42 heading into the final frame.
The home side once again put the pressure on Queen's and held on for a 61-48 win.
MUST SEE
Megan Saftich takes it to the hoop and gets the foul.
BY THE NUMBERS
16 - Rebounds hauled in by
Veronika Lavergne
24 - Points for Angeline Campbell of Nipissing
15 - Points for the Gaels
Maddie Morris setting a new career-high mark
22 - Percent shooting for Queen's on the night
CHASING DOWN 1,000
Marianne Alarie continues to chase down 1,000 career points and now sits at 945 after the weekend.
UP NEXT
The Gaels will return home next Friday night at 6 pm as they Ryerson Rams visit the Queen's ARC. Tickets are available at gogaelsgo.com/tickets or catch the action live on OUA.tv.
