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By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Stephanie Bergeron, a first-year transfer from Franklin Pierce University, scored a game-high 24 points as the visiting McGill Martlets upset UQAM for the second time in three days, with a convincing 80-67 decision, Saturday.

Bergeron shot 6-for-12 from the floor, inlcuding 4-of-9 from three-point range. She also went a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe, grabbed four rebounds and was credited with

She was one of four Martlets to reach double figures in scoring, was joined by rookie Anneth Him-Lazarenko (18 pts), Nathifa Weekes (16) and Elise Lépine (11).

The Martlets have won four of their last five games and have climbed back in the playoff race. With four games remaining before the end of the regular season, McGill sits in the fourth and final playoff berth in the five-team Quebec conference with a 5-7 record and sit two points behind UQAM, which fell to 6-6).

McGill has a home-home series with Laval, Feb. 13-14, before closing out the regular season with a pair of games against Concordia.

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Newspaper Box Score

(Jan. 31 at UQAM)

MCGILL UNIVERSITY 80, UQAM 67

MCGILL UNIVERSITY
Stephanie Bergeron 6-12 8-8 24; A. Him-Lazarenko 6-11 4-5 18; Nathifa Weekes
5-7 6-9 16; Elise Lepine 5-11 0-0 11; Aurelie Lauzier 1-1 3-4 5; Caroline
Hebert 1-2 2-2 4; Marie-Pier Brabant 1-4 0-1 2; Shavern Weekes 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 25-49 23-29 80.
UQAM
Jessica Bibeau-Cote 5-13 5-6 18; Karine Boudrias 4-15 4-4 14; Stephanie
Youakim 3-13 5-6 11; Irline Noel 5-5 0-0 10; Marjolaine G-Theoret 1-8 4-4 6;
Julie Lemieux 1-2 2-2 4; Michelle A-Bellemare 2-12 0-2 4; Sandra Zummo 0-0
0-0 0; Valerie-E Guillaume 0-1 0-0 0; Alix Vandal 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 21-72
20-24 67.

Ï㽶ÊÓƵ............. 17 29 19 15 - 80
UQAM.......................... 24 8 15 20 - 67

3-point goals--Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 7-21 (Stephanie Bergeron 4-9; A.
Him-Lazarenko 2-4; Elise Lepine 1-5; Marie-Pier Brabant 0-2; Shavern Weekes
0-1), UQAM 5-27 (Jessica Bibeau-Cote 3-7; Karine Boudrias 2-8; Marjolaine
G-Theoret 0-1; Michelle A-Bellemare 0-4; Alix Vandal 0-3; Stephanie Youakim
0-4). Fouled out--Ï㽶ÊÓƵ-None, UQAM-Irline Noel. Rebounds--McGill
University 32 (A. Him-Lazarenko 8), UQAM 39 (Marjolaine G-Theoret 9;
Stephanie Youakim 9; Irline Noel 9). Assists--Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 17 (Nathifa
Weekes 9), UQAM 12 (Stephanie Youakim 5). Total fouls--McGill University 19,
UQAM 24. Technical fouls--Ï㽶ÊÓƵ-None, UQAM-TEAM 2.


Play Analysis


Ï㽶ÊÓƵ vs UQAM (31012009 - Period 4 00:02)

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ....... 0 14 4 2 - 20
UQAM.................... 5 0 6 9 - 20

POINTS IN PAINT 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ....... 10 14 8 4 - 36
UQAM.................... 12 4 6 10 - 32

2ND CHANCE POINTS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ....... 4 7 2 1 - 14
UQAM.................... 4 2 6 2 - 14

FAST BREAK POINTS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ....... 0 0 0 0 - 0
UQAM.................... 0 0 0 0 - 0

BENCH POINTS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ....... 2 2 2 0 - 6
UQAM.................... 4 2 0 2 - 8

SCORE TIED BY 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ....... 0 1 0 0 - 1
UQAM.................... 3 0 0 0 - 3

LEAD GAINED BY 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ....... 0 1 0 0 - 1
UQAM.................... 1 0 0 0 - 1