Dynamo alone at 2-0 after Day 2 of Reebok Shoot for the Cure
October 15, 2011
LENNOXVILLE, Que. – The Montreal Dynamo senior team are the only unbeaten team after Day 2 of the Reebok Shoot for the Cure tournament at the Mitchell Gym. They improved their record to 2-0 after a 67-62 win over the Queen's Gaels (1-1) in the day's final game. Earlier, the U of T Varsity Blues (0-1) had downed the host Bishop's Gaiters (0-2) 87-60, and Team Blue-Green defeated Team White 79-61 in the Champlain-Sherbrooke Showcase Game.
Tournament play concludes on Sunday with a pair of games. The Queen's Gaels and Toronto Varsity Blues will open proceedings at 11 a.m., followed by the Gaiters (3-2, 3-2 CIS) facing the Dynamo at 1 p.m. All games are at the Mitchell Gym, and admission is by donation.
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SHOWCASE GAME: TEAM BLUE-GREEN 79, TEAM WHITE 61
The first game of the day was a "Showcase Game" involving the Champlain College Cougars and the Cégep de Sherbrooke Volontaires. Both teams' rosters were split, and then combined to form Team White, and Team Blue-Green.
Blue-Green led throughout, holding a 19-16 lead at the first quarter, 35-32 at halftime, and 55-48 after three quarters.
Valerie Tremblay led Team Blue-Green with 20 points, while Catherine Claveau scored 15, Jessica Pellerin added 13 and Patricia Levasseur scored 11. Claveau and Pellerin each had double-doubles, with Claveau grabbing ten boards and Pellerin 13.
Marie-Douce Bergeron scored 16 points and added 13 rebounds for Team White in a losing cause.
GAME 3: TORONTO 87, BISHOP'S 60
Joanna Medri's 16 points led the U of T Varsity Blues to an 87-60 win over the host Bishop's Gaiters in Game 3 of the tournament. Medri went 7-for-11 from the field, including two three-pointers, as she led all scorers and was named the Blues' player of the game. The Blues led for the majority of the game, after opening on a 9-2 run, and evened their weekend record to 1-1.
Joanna Medri's 16 points led the U of T Varsity Blues to an 87-60 win over the host Bishop's Gaiters in Game 3 of the tournament. Medri went 7-for-11 from the field, including two three-pointers, as she led all scorers and was named the Blues' player of the game. The Blues led for the majority of the game, after opening on a 9-2 run, and evened their weekend record to 1-1.
Toronto built on their opening run to take a 17-8 first-quarter lead. The Gaiters came back in the second, and briefly took the lead at 27-25 late in the first half on a pair of baskets by Véronique Fortin-Tremblay, but the Blues scored the last five points of the half to take a 30-25 lead at the break. U of T pulled away in the third quarter, leading 59-43 and led by as many as 32 points in the fourth.
In addition to Medri's 16 points, three other Blues scored in double figures, led by Sherri Pierce's 11 points, and ten each from Jill Stratton and Megan Stoncius.
For Bishop's, Clare Murphy scored a team-high nine points, and was named player of the game.
The Blues shot 39.2% from the field, while the Gaiters were held to only 26.2% shooting. Turnovers doomed the Gaiters, as Bishop's coughed the ball up 31 times, while Toronto only made 13 miscues. The Gaiters outrebounded Toronto 54-46.
GAME 4: DYNAMO 67, QUEEN'S 62
Karine Bibeau's 24 points led the Montreal Dynamo to a come-from-behind win, 67-62 over the Queen's Gaels in Game 4 of the tournament. The former Laval Rouge et Or hit four three-pointers, including the pivotal trey with 2:44 left, and was 8-for-16 overall as the Dynamo clinched at least a share of the tournament championship.
Karine Bibeau's 24 points led the Montreal Dynamo to a come-from-behind win, 67-62 over the Queen's Gaels in Game 4 of the tournament. The former Laval Rouge et Or hit four three-pointers, including the pivotal trey with 2:44 left, and was 8-for-16 overall as the Dynamo clinched at least a share of the tournament championship.
Queen's had led through most of the first half, including 21-19 after the first quarter, and took their largest lead of the night at 39-29 with nine seconds left in the half. However, a three-pointer on the halftime buzzer by Bibeau cut the gap to 39-32.
The Dynamo had the advantage in the third quarter, with Bibeau scoring seven straight points to pull the seniors to within one at 42-41, and then a connecting on another trey with 23 seconds left to give the Montrealers a 50-48 lead. Bibeau's final three-pointer in the fourth quarter put the Dynamo up 60-59 with 2:44 left, and they never looked back.
The only other Dynamo in double figures was Marian Fortier, with ten points. Audrey Latendresse scored nine and grabbed a game-high ten rebounds.
Queen's had four players in double digits, with Hanna Kopshynska scoring 12 points, and Jenny Wright, Rachel Urosevic and Lisa Minutillo adding ten each.
The Dynamo outrebounded Queen's 45-38, and outshot them 38.9% to 33.8%. The Dynamo went 18-for-22 from the free-throw line, while the Gaels were 5-for-9.
