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March 3, 1993

Hoopsters Enter the BCCAA Provincial
Championships for their Second Year

Double Wins Qualify Both Men and Wom

 

by Elaine Leong

Douglas College’s Women’sand
Men’s Basketball Teams of 92-93 have

noproblemsearning their berthsinto
the Provincial BCCAA Finals.

They do face the challenge,
however,” of winning the right to
home court advantage. This system
has been in effect for approximatly
five years in the BCCAA league. The
team with the best season record will
host the playoffs and finals.
According to women’s coach Richard
Norman, the teams who had earned
home court advantage , since the
format came into the system, have
alwa me to icipate in the
Nationals

Currently, both teams are
practicing for the Finals coming wy
this Staion’. March 5 and ae fi

The women hold almost a
flawless record of 13 wins and 1 loss
and is tied with University College of
Fraser Valley who has an identical
record of 13 wins and 1 loss in the
BCCAA League. With the exception
of four games, Douglas has crushed
enn re eae.

wo of the more crucial games
were against UCFV. The first
agai UCFV on January 15th at
(CFV was the only loss that Douglas
had suffered. That first game was
intensely played with several ties in
therunningscoreand 12 lead changes.
The two scores stayed with 6 points
ofeach other for the entire game. The
case was that the team who had the
last oppurtunity in the game toshoot
would win the game. This certainly
proved true as UCFV sunk the
winning basket taking the game with
a 65-63 win.

In the rematch, Feb. 5 it was a
completely different story. Though
the first half was also a contest with
bothscores staying within 6 points of

each other with the exception of the
UCFV lead 124, the second half
showed off the Royals’ superb
defense as the Royals, parti ily
Robyn Knight, were noted for their
superior grasp on the skills needed
for the vi :

The spirit was more intense as
both teams were looking forward to
earning home court advantage for
the playoffs on Feb. 26 and 27. The
majority of scoring tries in the game
ane fx foul aes as both ine
consistently commited foulssending
both teams into one-on-one bonusin
the first and the second halves.

The Royals were able to pull
away to lead 57-45 with five
remaining in the game. However,
UCFV was definitely not going to
leave ee without their
remaining| puttowardsclosing
the margin to 59-55 (for DC).

It was when there was 4:36
minutes left in the game that the
UCFV coach Sandy Chambers was
assessed with a bench technical foul
for mouthing off the official about a
foul which was called against her
players.

Celeste Rivet of the Royals sunk
one of the two foul shots awarded
from the bench technical foul and
Tilly Woods sunk both baskets of the
one-on-one bonus shots of the
previous foul.

From that point in the game,
Douglas took on a 11-2 run. Eight of
the last eleven points came from foul
shots as UCFV continued to foul the
Royals. Douglas took in victory of
70-55.

This 15 point win placed the
Royals in the number one spot in the
BCCAA e even though UCFV
held an identical record of wins and
losses.

As B.C.’s top college team, the
Royalsranconfidently ontothecourt
on Feb. 26 and 27, to tip off against

 

Dec. 5 Douglas 72
Dec. 12 Douglas 71

Jan. 15 Douglas 63
Jan. 22 Douglas 91

Jan. 23 Douglas 72
Jan. 29 Cariboo 53

Feb.5 UCFV 55
Feb.6 TWU 66

 

Women’s 92-93 Season Basketball Record
Update from December 5th to March 1

Jan. 12 Douglas 72 @ Okanagan 37

Jan. 16 Douglas 64 @ TWU 51

Jan. 30 Okanagan 51@ Douglas 85

Feb.12 Douglas 91 @ Malaspina 59
Feb.13 Capilano 47 @ Douglas 90

Feb.19 VCC 61 @ Douglas 83
Teams Games Wins Losses Points
Douglas 14 3 007 26
UCFV 14 13 1 26
TWU 14 8 6 16
Cariboo 14 8 6 16
Capilano 14 5 9 10
vcc 14 4 10 8
Malaspina 14 3 11 6
Okanagan 14 2 12 4
Semi-Finals

Feb. 26 Cariboo 63 @ Douglas 84
Feb. 27 Cariboo 61 @ Douglas 83

@ Cariboo 56
@ VCCLangara 38

@ UCFV 65
@ Malaspina 52

@ Capilano 44
@ Douglas 76

@ Douglas 70
@ Dougals 88

 

 

 

 

 

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All Canadian Tilly Woods goes up for one of several rebounds for the Royals against Sun Demons Nelly Tardif.

Woods has been selected as an All Canadian for the second consecutive year while playing for Douglas.

4th ranked Cariboo College Sun
Demons.

Anincredibleshow of teamwork
and ball-handling skillsawed the fans
as the Royals took some fast-paced
breakaway runs. The s' passing
from Mandy Kirkin the backcourtin
the post, toAll-Canadian Tilly Woods
in the front court by the three point
line, to Robyn Knight in the Douglas
key, who made a “behind the back”
pass to Shelby Laidlaw who sunk
two points was just one example of
the Royals’ good experience on the
floor with the ball.

Mostof the points camealongas
Jenee Lutz and Celeste Rivet drove
several times into the key past the
Sun Demon Defense. Woods and
rookie Marlee Siemens play post
positions.

Every Royals that hustled onthe
court had numerouschances toscore
from the post, outside the key and a
few from Pehind the three-pointline.

Woods put upa gallanteffortas
she challenged the Sun Demons who

were on a breakaway run, drawing
in two offensive fouls.
FortheSunDemons,#15, Sandra
Pasman stood out with winning
efforts as she was successful to

ee the Royal’s flow with a
quick of interception.

Van Santen and Woods beat the
Sun Demons to 90% of the rebounds
at both baskets.

Brook Nygard and Penne
Familusi also enjoyed a good fast-
paced game as they played in the
post and as forwards by the 3-point
line.

Unfortunatley an injury was
suffered by Douglas in the game as
Pasman of the Sun Demons was
caughtbetween Familusiand Woods.
Pasman swung her elbows high in
attempt to clear some room around
her. Her elbow connected with
Familusi’s face. Pasman was
immediatly assessed with an
offensive foul but it was too late as
Familusi ran off the court with a

bleeding nose.

Douglas, however, still came
through with a 84-63 victory.

The following day, the Sun
Demons and the Royals met once
again in the Douglas gym and
again, Douglas’ brilliant plays and
pace brought in a well-deserved
victory of 83-61.

The Royals have passed this
step and are now currently
practicing for the finals.

Head coach Richard Norman
and coach Steve Todd are pleased
with the team ce and
look forward to the finals this
weekend.

“We feel good. They've [the

layers] to get more serious
Soa tne dekae We're healthy
on the offense but we gave up too
many baskets over the weekend,”
Norman said.” We should’ ve been
able to keep their [Cariboo] score
in the fifties, but that’s what
happens when the topranked team
plays against the 4th ranked team.
These two games are part of the

 

 

 

PHOTO: ELAINE LEONG