MONTREAL - UQAM's Veronique Boivin scored 25 points and Inga Aleksaite added 12 to go along with 18 rebounds as the Citadins ended the Bishop's Gaiters season with a 70-57 win in Montreal on Saturday in RSEQ University women's basketball.
Marie Berrouette (Montreal, Que./Dawson College) tallied her fourth double-double in as many games against the Citadins with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Rookies
Amaiquen Siciliano (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Velez Sarsfield) and
Tamara Pinto (Buenos Aires, Argentina/) added 11 and 10 points respectively in the loss.
It was a dream start for the Gaiters in must win game. They started 5-5 from the field and grabbed an 11-0 lead before timely UQAM three-point shooting chipped away at the lead.
Bishop's parlayed that into a 25-16 advantage after one quarter, while the Citadins replied by winning the second 16-7 to even the score at 32 at halftime.
A 23-8 third quarter from the Citadins forced the Gaiters to the brink, and despite a late push, the they were unable to dig themselves out of the hole. UQAM went onto a 70-57 victory and clinched the fourth and final playoff spot in the conference.
Bishop's finished just 31.9 percent from the floor and 22.7 percent from three-point range while UQAM connected at 32.9 percent from the floor and 36.8 percent from behind the arc.
"I think this game was indicative of a lot of our games this year," said Gaiters' bench boss
Craig Norman. "We played a strong first half but seemed to falter in the second half. It was size against speed, size doesn't get smaller but speed can slow down. I am proud, we are young and gained a lot of experience tonight, it was like a playoff game."
The loss ends the Gaiters season at 2-14 while UQAM moves onto play the Laval Rouge et Or in the RSEQ semifinal on Wednesday.
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