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Jason Scourse
90
Winner Queens Gaels QUE
56
Nipissing Lakers NIP
Winner
Queens Gaels QUE
90
Final
56
Nipissing Lakers NIP
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Queens Gaels QUE 21 29 20 20 90
Nipissing Lakers NIP 9 16 15 16 56

Game Recap: Basketball (M) | | Shawn MacDonald (Sports Information Officer)

Gray drops 20, defence shines in season debut win over Nipissing

NORTH BAY, Ont. (October 25, 2019) - The Queen's Gaels (1-0) got a strong effort on both sides of the court as they took down the Nipissing Lakers (0-1) 90-56.

GAME FLOW
The first five minutes of the opening quarter saw the two teams getting a feel for one another but it was the Lakers who held the edge 5-4 early. A three-pointer from Bruno Chan was quickly followed up by a Quinton Gray jumper and the Gaels got ahead 9-5. The Gaels held pace from there and took a 21-9 lead after the opening frame.

Gray totalled 17 points for the Gaels in the opening half as he shot 6-7 from the floor including 3-3 from beyond the ARC. The Gaels held Nipissing to just 25 points in the opening half while Queen's finished with twice as many at 50. Nipissing shot just 27.3% from the floor and had only one steal and no blocks while the Gaels piled up four steals and three blocks in the opening half.

The second half saw the Gaels slow the pace but rookie Benjamin Bercovitch was able to drop 15 points while Quintin Ashitei had 17 for the Lakers. Queen's still outscored Nipissing 40-31 and finished with a 90-56 victory.

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15 - Points for rookie Benjamin Bercovitch in his OUA debut
11 - Rebounds for Bruno Chan
40 - Rebounds for Queen's compared to just 28 for Nipissing
30.6 - Per cent shooting from Nipissing after a strong Gaels defensive effort

UP NEXT
The Gaels are back in action on Saturday night as they visit the Laurentian Voyageurs in Sudbury, Ontario. Tip-off is set for 8 pm and the game can be seen live on OUA.tv.
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