LENNOXVILLE, Que. – The Bishop's Gaiters basketball teams both have a single game this weekend, at home to the Concordia Stingers on Friday night. The women's game tips off at 6 p.m., while the men's game follows at 8 p.m. Both games will be webcast on SSN Canada (www.ssncanada.ca) with live stats available at http://livestats.prestosports.com/bishops. Tickets for Friday's doubleheader are $8 for adults, and are available at the door.

(N.B. The men's start time is 8 p.m. Some earlier materials had the game incorrectly listed as a 4 p.m. start.)

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LENNOXVILLE, Que. – Katy Germain '10, a member of the Bishop's Gaiters women's basketball team from 2006-11, has signed a professional contract with TSV Towers Speyer-Schifferstadt of the 2.Bundesliga, the German second division, through the end of the 2011-12 season.

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LENNOXVILLE, Que. – Audi Glass '09, a member of the Bishop's Gaiters lacrosse team from 2005-08, has been signed by the Ohio Machine of Major League Lacrosse. The Machine are entering their first season in the eight-team professional field lacrosse league. Glass was signed to the club's 40-man training camp roster following the league's annual collegiate draft last week.

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LENNOXVILLE - The Bishop's University Department of Athletics added two names to the RBC Wall of Distinction at a ceremony held on Saturday afternoon in the John H. Price Sports Centre. This year's inductees are David King '92 and Pierre Tibblin '91, who both starred on the Gaiters men's basketball team in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The inductees were also honoured at the Gaiters' basketball doubleheader later that afternoon.

The RBC Wall of Distinction was created in 1991 to honour individuals who have made significant contributions to the Bishop's University athletic program through athletic participation and contribution as an athlete or through outstanding services to athletics as well as teams who have won national championships, or otherwise excelled.

A total of 42 individuals and eight teams have been placed onto the RBC Wall of Distinction.

LENNOXVILLE, Que. – Facing a must-win situation, the Bishop's Gaiters overcame a 17-point deficit to defeat the Laval Rouge et Or, 79-73, in Quebec university men's basketball league play at the Mitchell Gym, Saturday afternoon. The Gaiters came into the contest three games behind the fourth-place Rouge et Or, with only nine games left. With the win, the Gaiters are now two games back of a playoff spot, with a pair of contests yet to come against Laval.

LENNOXVILLE, Que. – A career-high 16 points by Riley Shkimba (Kingston, Ont.) led the Bishop's Gaiters over the Laval Rouge et Or, 72-56, in Quebec university women's basketball league play at the Mitchell Gym, Saturday afternoon. The five-foot-ten sophomore came off the bench to drain four three-pointers for the Gaiters, who never trailed in the contest and picked up their second win in less than 24 hours.

MONTREAL – The old adage that "bad things come in threes" was never more evident for the Bishop's Gaiters men's basketball team than on Friday night. The UQAM Citadins hit a trio of three-point shots in the last two minutes to edge the Gaiters, 82-79, in a hard-fought Quebec university men's basketball league matchup at the UQAM sports centre.

MONTREAL, Que. – A double-double by Catherine Bélanger-Pâquet (Quebec City, Que.) led the Bishop's Gaiters to a 73-57 victory over the UQAM Citadins in Quebec university women's basketball league play tonight at the UQAM sports centre. Bélanger-Pâquet scored 13 points and grabbed ten rebounds as she picked up her second double-double of the season. With the win, the Gaiters snapped their two-game losing streak, and picked up their first win of 2012. 

The inductees will also be honoured at the Gaiters' basketball doubleheader, set for Saturday afternoon at 2 and 4 p.m.