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weltz vs toronto
Robin Kasem
76
Toronto TORONTO
83
Winner Queen's QUEEN'S
Toronto TORONTO
76
Final
83
Queen's QUEEN'S
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Toronto TORONTO 18 18 16 24 76
Queen's QUEEN'S 17 22 29 15 83

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

Weltz career highs of 21 points and five steals leads No.7 Gaels to 83-76 win over Toronto

KINGSTON, Ont. (November 22, 2019) - The No.7 Queen's Gaels (6-3) survived a late comeback to defeat the Toronto Varsity Blues (0-7) 83-76 at the Queen's ARC in Kingston on Friday night in women's basketball action.

GAME FLOW
The Gaels established an early lead for as Michelle Istead led Queen's with seven points in the frame and Emma Weltz helped get the Gaels out in front with a nice steal that she turned into two points with a lay-up.

Toronto stayed close throughout the frame and was able to take the lead 18-17 off of a jumper from Nada Radonjic giving Toronto the lead after the frame. 

The Gaels once again started out strong and quickly pulled ahead, a three off of a great passing possession resulted in Isabella Belvedere nailing the wide-open shot to put Queen's up six. The lead reached as many as nine as the Gaels continued to hold the hot hand from beyond the arc but Toronto finished out the frame on a 6-0 run with Sarah Bennett hitting a pair of jumpers to make the halftime score 39-36 Gaels.

The third frame saw the Gaels continue their strong shooting and defensive play. Queen's outscored Toronto 29-16 in the frame building their lead out to 16 as they closed the frame with a Laura Donovan layup to lead 68-52.

The Varsity Blues would simply not go away however as they turned the tables on Queen's in the early stages of the fourth quarter. After the Gaels went up 18 points Toronto went on a 12-2 run to close the gap to just eight points midway through the final quarter.
In the final minutes, the Gaels lead dropped to just five points but strong free-throw shooting from Emma Ritcey and Donovan allowed the Tricolour to hang on for the victory 83-76.

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16 - Total steals for Queen's compared to just nine for Toronto
31 - Points off of turnovers for the Gaels compared to just 15 for Toronto

UP NEXT
The Gaels are back in action on Saturday night at 6 pm at the Queen's ARC as they welcome the Ryerson Rams to Kingston. For tickets visit gogaelsgo.com/tickets or catch the action live on OUA.tv.
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