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Opening woes

» Men’s basketball drops both games at home

Davie Wong
Sports Reporter

Ba: down 0-3 is not what any
team wants. Unfortunately,
after a rough week two at home,
that is where the men’s basketball
team finds itself. The men played
back-to-back home games this
weekend against VIU and Ca-
mosun.

The action started on
Friday evening as the visiting
VIU team looked to improve to
2-0. The game was off to a rapid
start as the Royals quickly built
momentum off of the home
crowd, making stellar defensive
plays on their end and cashing in
offensively. VIU came back in the
second quarter showing signs of
life, catching the Royals off guard
slightly. At the end of the first
half, the Royals held a 5-point
lead over VIU, with 2 Royals
players shooting for 10 points.

The lead was short lived
however, as VIU came out of
their locker rooms determined
to dictate the second half. They
walked all over the Royals in the
third quarter, shooting 18 points
and forcing the Royals into a
defensive position. The fourth
quarter consisted of lacklustre
defense as desperation from
both sides kicked in. However
at the end of the game, it was

: VIU that came out on top,

: outscoring the Royals 79-71.

: Five Mariners managed to shoot
: for more than 10 points on the

: stiff defence of the Royals. Only
: 3 DC players shot for more

: than 10 points in that game.

Saturday brought new hope

: as the Camosun Chargers came

: into town to play. Unfortunately
: for the Royals, that hope was

: swiftly dashed. The game

: started off poorly for the Royals

: as Camosun came out and

: charged ahead. They forced the

: shaken Royals squad to make

: bad mistakes both offensively

: and defensively. A total of 26

: points were scored by Camosun
: in the first quarter alone while

: the Royals were kept to 13. The

: second quarter was much more

: structured and less frenzied

: as the Royals kept Camosun

: to 15 points while outscoring

: them by1 point in an attempt

: to crawl back into the game.

The second half of the game

: was much better for the Royals.

: They showed excellent formand :
: composure on the court. This was :
: especially evident in the fourth
: quarter when the team rallied.

: Unfortunately, they came short of :
: a comeback and fell to Camosun
: with a final score of 79-72.

Overall, the team showed

signs of brilliance over the

: weekend, but couldn't put

: it all together to come out

: with wins. Head coach Denis

: Beausoleil thought that defensive
: rebounding was a big part of the
: team’s losses. “We completely

: got our asses handed to us on the
: glass.” The team was below 50

: percent in defensive rebounding
: in the first game, and a little bit

: Over 50 percent in the second

: game. For a squad whose

: offence is based off scoring on

: the transition; that percentage

: in defensive rebounding is

: something they must fix.

Being down o-3 to start a

: season can be tough for any team
: to overcome. But Beausoleil

: believes that his team can

: bounce back from this and still

: bea legitimate contender in the

: conference. “We have had worse
: starting records in years past with
: less talent and still made playoffs
: in years past. We are going keep

: working hard to improve and

: I know that we will. We have

: done it every single year.”

The men look to bounce

: back next week as they take on as
: they take on Quest (November

: 13) and Langara (November 14)

: in back-to-back games at home.

: Games start at 8 p.m. and 7 p.m.

: respectively.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

MEN'S BASKETBALL

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

 

 

 

 

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTITUTION CONF PTS
CAMOSUN 5-1 10
DOUGLAS 53 10
CAPILANO 5-33 10
VIU 4-2 8
UFV 2-4 4
CBC 2-6 4
COTR 1-5 2

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

INSTITUTION CONF PTS
CAMOSUN 6-0 12
DOUGLAS 6-2 12
UFV 4-2 8
CAPILANO 4-4 8
COTR 3-3 6
VIU 1-5 2
CBC 0-8 o