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Royals rising
» Women’s basketball sweeps week

: Quest squad could do little in the
: second half to stop the offence of
: the Royals, who scored 36 points

Davie Wong
Sports Reporter

wre itwasabad week for:
one team, it certainly wasa : 57 for the Royals. :
The energy of the team could :
: only be described as jubilant as
: the team celebrated their first win :
: against the Kermodes in a very

: long time. The team carried that
: same level of energy into their

: next game against the Langara

: Falcons.

good week for this one. This week

the women faced off against the
undefeated Quest Kermodes and
the middle-of-the-table Langara
Falcons.

Action started on Friday
against the visiting Kermodes,
who were looking to extend their
regular season undefeated streak
to 25 games. Quest came to play.
However, with the help of Simran
Bir’s excellent sharpshooting in
the first half, the Royals were able
to keep the match close—taking
a two-point lead into halftime off
of a last second shot.

After the first half, it was the
excellent defence of the Royals
that did the rest, keeping the Ker-

was easily closed out as a stunned

to finish. The final score was 70-

The Falcons did well to meet

: the Royals in term of effort and

: caught them off guard early, gain-
: ing an early lead. They forced the
: Royals into taking bad shots the

: entire first half, but were limited

: by their own failures to convert. — :
: The stalwart defence of the Royals
: kept the onslaught of the Langara
: offence at bay and managed to

: take a tie into the second half.
modes to just 25 points. The game :
: that the Royals played their best

It was during the second half

: basketball of the weekend. While
: they only scored 20 points in the
: half, it was more than enough as
: they limited Langara to 9 points.
: Missed opportunities under pres-

sure were the real story of this

: game; but at the end of the game,

it was the Royals that came out on

: top, 61-42.

While happy with her team’s

: victories, coach Courtney Ger-

: wing believed that her team

: could have done better. “We hit
: shots when they mattered but I
: wouldn’t say we have a shooting
: game outside of the paint of the
: moment. I feel like we settle on
: taking bad shots when we can

: pressure the interior better.”

But she did recognize her
team’s effort to get the wins this

: weekend. “We buckled down

: defensively this weekend. We

: were much more competitive. We
: guarded the ball better and we

: attacked them more often”

(¥ Victory so close yet so far
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And more!

 

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTITUTION CONF PTS
VIU 41 8
CAPILANO 4-1 8
DOUGLAS 4-1 8
QUEST 3-2 6
CBC 2-3 4
LANGARA 2-3 4
CAMOSUN 1-4 2
KPU 0-5 oO

MEN'S BASKETBALL

INSTITUTION CONF PTS
VIU 5-0 10
QUEST 5-0 10
LANGARA 4-1 8
CAMOSUN 3-2 6
CAPILANO 2-3 4
CBC 1-4 2
DOUGLAS 0-5 Oo
KPU 0-5 oO

 

Photo by Davie Wong

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTITUTION CONF PTS
CAMOSUN 7-1 14
VIU 6-2 12
DOUGLAS 533 10
CAPILANO 5-33 10
UFV 2-6
CBC 2-8 4
COTR 1-5

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

INSTITUTION CONF PTS
CAMOSUN 8-0 16
DOUGLAS 6-2 12
UFV 4-4 8
CAPILANO 4-4 8
COTR 3-3 6
VIU 3-5 6
CBC 0-10 oO