In their first game of a five game road trip, the Lancer women's basketball team headed up the 401 to London and used a strong second half to cruise past the Western Mustangs 89-62. Â
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The Lancers remain undefeated with a 4-0 record and sit atop the west division standings while the Mustangs move to 3-2 and sits in third.
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GAME STATS
Emily Prevost recorded a double-double, scoring 24 points while bringing down 14 rebounds for the Lancers.
Carly Steer led all scorers with 24 points with 21 of them coming from behind the arc.
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Julia Curran led the way for the Mustangs with 19 points on 8/12 shooting.
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The Lancers shot 10/28 from behind the three-point line while only surrounding one successful three point shot, going 1/13.
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GAME FLOW
The Lancers were sluggish out of the gate, struggling to score consistently and never getting a firm grip on the Mustangs. Despite this, Windsor led after the first 10 minutes of play, 19-17.
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In the second quarter the Lancers would found more success.
Olivia Osamusali was able to give Windsor a few extra possessions with seven first half rebounds. The Lancers out-rebounded the Mustangs 25 to 7. Windsor's dominance on the boards went a long way in allowing an offense that only shot 34 per cent to score. The Lancers went into the break up 44-31.
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In the second half, the Lancers' offense came out of the break with a new efficiency; improving its shooting percentage behind big performances from Steer and Prevost. The duo scored 14 and 16 points in the second half respectively. Prevost also put forth a fantastic effort on the glass, pulling down a team leading 14 rebounds. The Lancers used the extra possessions and a second half field goal shooting performance of 50 per cent to cruise past the Mustangs 89-62.
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UP NEXT
Windsor will now travel to the nation's capital for a Friday night contest against the Carleton Ravens, on November 17th. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00pm and can be seen live at ww.oua.tv.