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the other press e flashGordon e dcsportseditor@yahoo.ca November 12, 2003

 

 

Road Trip Unfriendly

for Douglas Women
Women’s Basketball

 
   
 
     
    
   
 
    
   

David Lam

 

Flash Gordon
OP Contributor

 

It’s not the way Ed Lunn wanted to start his season.
He has worked very hard putting his girls through
the motions of being a successful BCCAA basket-
ball team. In one weekend they hit a wall. UCFV
gave Douglas a hefty reality check with a 30-point
whooping. In Kelowna, there was a similar result.
The common theme from the opening weekend is
a lack of “consistent defensive intensity,” according
to Head Coach Lunn. Douglas’ success in pre-sea-
son came when the team played strong defense for
the whole game. Wins against Malasapina and
Camosun proved that. Offensively, Douglas can
create and finish opportunities but they can’t do
well unless they cut down the number of easy
opportunities for the opposition to score.

While the girls aren’t happy with the losses, they
realize the mistakes and are willing to improve. Let’s
hope the next games go well. Look in the next issue

for an update.

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It was the first game of the season and Steve
McGilligan’s first opportunity to coach in his first
official BCCAA league game. After all the pre-sea-
son fooling about, all the cards had to be put on the
table. His team stayed with the Cascades until the
final moments of the game. With seconds left on
the clock, they knocked the lead down to two and
forced a turnover. In a reckless attempt to catch the
Cascades off-guard, the Royals jumped into action
and launched a three-point attempt. Unfortunately,
Nick Hope’s three-pointer didn’t go in and Douglas
had to foul. The Royals can come away from the
loss knowing they played at the same level with a
team like the Cascades who are always a strong
team.

The Sunday match-up in Kelowna was a rematch
from the UCC tournament where the Royals rolled
over the OUC Lakers. The boys played well despite
the long bus ride. Through the first half, they held
the Lakers at bay and Omar Ganief scored at the
half-time buzzer sending the Royals to the locker
rooms with a ten point lead. Fatigue allowed the
Lakers gain some ground on the Royals but Donald
Burton brought the game under control. Douglas
ended up winning by six. They played with a lot of
heart and made coach McGilligan proud.

Look in the next issue to see how the team faired
against the Kwantlen Eagles.

 

 

 

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