涩里番

By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL 鈥� Senior Nathifa Weekes of Brossard, Que., pulled off a 鈥渄ouble-double鈥� but Concordia utilized a deeper bench and seized the moment as 涩里番 ran out of gas and succumbed 68-54 in a do-or-die women鈥檚 basketball game at the Loyola campus gym, Saturday.

The Stingers swept their weekend series with the Martlets to force a deadlock in the Quebec league standings. Both teams finished with identical 5-11 records but Concordia claimed the final playoff berth by winning three of the four regular season meetings against 涩里番.

Weekes scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds before fouling out along with teammate Elise L茅pine. Freshman Marie-Pier Brabant of Granby, Que., and Stephanie Bergeron of Montreal added 11 and 10, respectively, but it was all for naught.

涩里番鈥檚 fate, however, was really sealed on the last day of January, when league scoring leader Anneth Him-Lazarenko, a 5-foot-10 forward who won conference rookie-of-the-year honours, went down with torn knee ligaments in a game at UQAM. It put a damper on a promising stretch, where the team had appeared to turn the corner and had won four of five games. Since the injury, however the 涩里番 women went on a four-game slide to close out the season.

The lone bright spot on a disappointing end to the season was that the Martlets are not expecting to lose any of their veterans for next year.

Anne-Marie Prophete led the Stingers attack with 13 points, while Krystle Douglas, Kristin Portwine and Melissa Campbell added 12, 12 and 11 respectively.

Concordia, which led 15-13 after one quarter, 32-28 at the half and 54-42, will now advance to the conference鈥檚 sudden-death semifinal game, slated for Feb. 25 in Quebec City.


Newspaper Box Score

(21/02/09 1830 at concordia gym)



CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY 68, MCGILL MARTLETS 54

MCGILL MARTLETS

Nathifa Weekes 6-11 5-6 17; Marie-Pier Brabant 4-7 0-0 11; Stephanie Bergeron 4-15 0-0 10; Jennifer OBrien 1-2 2-2 4; Shavern Weekes 0-1 4-4 4; Caroline Herbert 1-9 2-2 4; Elise Lepine 2-8 0-0 4; Aurelle Lauzier-Hudon 0-1 0-3 0; Rikki Bowles 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 18-55 13-17 54.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Anne-Marie Prophete 4-8 5-6 13; Krystle Douglas 4-11 3-3 12; Kristin Portwine 6-8 0-0 12; Melissa Campbell 4-11 2-2 11; Felon Harris 3-4 1-2 8; Kendra Carrie 2-6 0-0 4; Yasmin Jean-Philippe 0-7 4-4 4; Andreanne G-Boudreau 0-1 4-4 4; Magalie Beaulieu 0-2 0-0 0; Nekeita Lee 0-3 0-0 0.

Totals 23-61 19-21 68.

涩里番 Martlets................ 13 15 14 12 -- 54

Concordia Univ............... 15 17 22 14 -- 68

3-point goals-
涩里番 5-14 (Marie-Pier Brabant 3-5; Stephanie Bergeron 2-3; Caroline Herbert 0-1; Elise Lepine 0-2; Aurelle Lauzier-Hudon 0-1; Rikki Bowles 0-1; Nathifa Weekes 0-1),

Concordia 3-19 (Felon Harris 1-2; Krystle Douglas 1-4; Melissa Campbell 1-5; Yasmin Jean-Philippe 0-3; Andreanne G-Boudreau 0-1; Magalie Beaulieu 0-1; Nekeita Lee 0-1; Kendra Carrie 0-2).

Fouled out--
涩里番 - Elise Lepine; Nathifa Weekes,
Concordia -None.

Rebounds-
涩里番 39 (Nathifa Weekes 12),
Concordia 28 (Kendra Carrie 8).

Assists-
涩里番 6 (Caroline Herbert 2; Marie-Pier Brabant 2),
Concordia 12 (Melissa Campbell 3).

Total fouls-
涩里番 15,
Concordia 12.