LENNOXVILLE, Que. – The McGill Redmen used a balanced attack to defeat the Bishop's Gaiters, 61-44, in Quebec university men's basketball league play at the Mitchell Gym, Friday night. Four players scored in double figures for the Redmen, who picked up their third straight win.

LENNOXVILLE, Que. – A double-double by Anneth Him-Lazarenko led the McGill Martlets over the Bishop's Gaiters, 63-55, in Quebec university women's basketball league play at the Mitchell Gym, Friday night. The fourth-year guard scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, both game highs, for the Martlets, who now lead the Quebec conference by 1 ½ games.

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LENNOXVILLE, Que. – A strong all-around performance by Jessy Roy (Val d'Or, Que.) led the Bishop's Gaiters to a 59-55 victory over the league-leading Concordia Stingers in Quebec university women's basketball league play at the Mitchell Gym, Friday night. The fifth-year point guard scored 12 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and made a team-high seven assists and four steals, as she led the Gaiters to their third consecutive victory.

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. – 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, 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. 

While the Bishop's University campus went into a deep freeze last weekend, Alex Perno, the Bishop's Gaiters women's basketball head coach, was not among those searching for an extra blanket. Instead, Perno was in Guayaquil, Ecuador (average temperature, 30° C) last weekend, delivering clinics to coaches and players.

Perno took advantage of a rare weekend off from league play to work with approximately 20 of the top players in the South American country, helping to improve their fundamentals and their defence.