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By John Edwards, Bishop’s & Earl Zukerman, McGill

MONTREAL – A "double-double" by Amanda Piribauer of Kingston, Ont., her fourth of the season, led the Bishop’s women to a 50-38 win over the Martlets in university hoops action at Love Competition Hall, Saturday. Piribauer scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Gaiters prevailed in a tight defensive struggle.

The first half became a defensive struggle, with both teams having difficulty getting their offences untracked. An 8-0 McGill run in the first quarter allowed them to lead 8-6 after 10 minutes. The Gaiters regained the lead with 3:35 left in the half as Piribauer’s 15-footer put the Gaiters up 13-11, and BU took a 15-13 lead into halftime. The Gaiters shot 7-for-32 in the first half, while McGill was good on only five of their 31 shots.

Bishop’s started to find the basket early in the second half, as a pair of Piribauer layups and a three-pointer from Katy Germain of Val d’Or, Que., put BU up 22-13 two minutes into the half. The Gaiters were never threatened through the remainder of the game, as McGill was unable to draw any closer than six points. The Gaiters shot 52.6 per cent in the second half (10-for-19), while McGill continued to struggle, hitting only 26% of their shots.

Piribauer’s 17 points led all scorers, while Germain finished with 14. Piribauer’s 13 rebounds were also a game-high, with Jessy Roy of Val d’Or, Que., Mélanie Ouellet-Godcharles of Gatineau, Que., and Robyn Wilson of Vancouver, B.C., grabbed six each. Roy also had five assists.

For McGill, Nathifa Weekes scored 12 points, while Stephanie Bergeron added nine and Anneth Him-Lazarenko scored eight.

The Gaiters outrebounded McGill 47-23, and outshot McGill 33.3 per cent to 20.7. Bishop’s was 13-for-15 from the free-throw line, including 12-for-12 in the second half, while McGill was perfect on all 11 attempts from the charity stripe.

The win kept Bishop’s (6-4) in a tie for second place with UQAM, who swept Concordia over the weekend.

McGill (3-7) remained in fourth place, two points ahead of cellar-dwelling Concordia. The Martlets will host UQAM on Thursday, Jan. 29 in the first of a home-and-home series. The follow-up affair is slated for Saturday evening.

The Gaiters next action is a series against first-place Laval (7-1), who were idle over the weekend. Friday’s game is set for Quebec City, with the return match in Lennoxville on Saturday night.

Newspaper Box Score

(1/24/09 18h00 at Love Competition Hall)

µþ±õ³§±á°¿±Ê’S GAITERS (W) 50, MCGILL MARTLETS (W) 38

µþ±õ³§±á°¿±Ê’S
Amanda Piribauer 6-11 5-6 17; Katy Germain 3-5 6-6 14; Laure Pitfield 3-5
0-1 6; Jessy Roy 1-4 2-2 4; M Ouellet-Godcharles 1-10 0-0 3; Marie-Eve
Lemoine 1-4 0-0 2; Robyn Wilson 1-2 0-0 2; F. Craig-Thompson 1-4 0-0 2;
Annick S. Charles 0-0 0-0 0; G. Cote-Caouette 0-2 0-0 0; Christelle Cote 0-4
0-0 0. Totals 17-51 13-15 50.

MCGILL
Nathifa Weekes 4-12 3-3 12; Stephanie Bergeron 4-16 0-0 9; A. Him-Lazarenko
1-8 6-6 8; Aurelie Lauzier 2-5 0-0 4; Marie-Pier Brabant 1-6 0-0 3; Elise
Lepine 0-7 2-2 2; Jennifer OBrien 0-0 0-0 0; Caroline Hebert 0-0 0-0 0;
Shavern Weekes 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 12-58 11-11 38.

Bishop’s (W).......... 6 9 18 17 - 50
McGill (W)........... 8 5 10 15 - 38

3-point goals--Bishop’s Gaiters (W) 3-14 (Katy Germain 2-3; M
Ouellet-Godcharles 1-7; Jessy Roy 0-1; Marie-Eve Lemoine 0-1; G.
Cote-Caouette 0-1; Christelle Cote 0-1), McGill Martlets (W) 3-22 (Stephanie
Bergeron 1-7; Marie-Pier Brabant 1-4; Nathifa Weekes 1-4; Elise Lepine 0-1;
Shavern Weekes 0-2; Aurelie Lauzier 0-2; A. Him-Lazarenko 0-2). Fouled
out--Bishop’s Gaiters (W)-None, McGill Martlets (W)-None. Rebounds--Bishop’s
Gaiters (W) 47 (Amanda Piribauer 13), McGill Martlets (W) 23 (Nathifa Weekes
6). Assists--Bishop’s Gaiters (W) 14 (Jessy Roy 5), McGill Martlets (W) 5
(Elise Lepine 1; Aurelie Lauzier 1; Marie-Pier Brabant 1; Stephanie Bergeron
1; Nathifa Weekes 1). Total fouls--Bishop’s Gaiters (W) 14, McGill Martlets
(W) 13. Technical fouls--Bishop’s Gaiters (W)-None, McGill Martlets
(W)-None.