Larocque and Picard-Hooper named McGill athletes of the week
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MONTREAL -- Natalie Larocque of Quebec City and Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., are the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ athletes of the week for the period ending Oct. 17, 2010.
Larocque, a 5-foot-7 guard with the basketball Martlets, was named tournament MVP as McGill defeated Laurier, Waterloo and Alberta to capture the Naismith Classic in Waterloo over the weekend. The 24-year-old master's student in physical therapy scored 47 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in three games. She was also credited with five steals and four assists. Larocque shot a stellar 50 per cent from the field (15/30), an equally impressive 50 per cent from three-point range (10/20) and was a perfect 7-for-7 from the foul-line. In Sunday's finale against Alberta, she scored a game-high 25 points, including a 6-for-12 performance from the three-point arc, which tied the team's single-game record for most three-pointers in one game. A first-year transfer from Northern Michigan University, she previous played at Dawson College.
Picard-Hooper, a 5-foot-10, 185-pound centre on the men's hockey team, scored four points, including a pair of goals, as the Redmen defeated UQTR 6-2 in Trois-Rivieres last Thursday. The 23-year-old finance junior assisted on the game's first goal to give McGill a 1-0 lead midway through the opening period, then scored early in third to put the Redmen ahead 2-1. After the Patriotes tied the game at 2-2, Picard-Hooper assisted on what proved to be the winning goal, then scored his second marker to put the game out of reach at 5-2 with five minutes remaining. A graduate of College de Chicoutimi, he joined the Redmen in 2008 after playing for St. John in the QMJHL.
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