The Windsor Lancers women's basketball team hit the hardwood determine to bounce back after suffering their first loss of the season to the Carleton Ravens on Friday night. The Lancers crossed town and overcame a less than stellar shooting performance to gut out a 49-45 win over the Ottawa Gee Gees.
 
The win keeps the Blue & Gold in a three way tie for first place in the west division, while the Gee Gees drop to 3-4.
 
Game Stats
Emily Prevost found her grove again and led the Lancers with 12 points. Ottawa was led by Brigitte Lefebvre-Okankwu who poured in 13 points.
 
Both teams had a player record a double-double. Prevost coupled her 13 points with 14 rebounds while Ottawa's Angela Ribarich scored 11 points and brought in 12 rebounds.
 
Both teams played phenomenal defense. Windsor only made 34 per cent of their shots on the night while Ottawa converted on only 28 per cent of their shots.
 
GAME FLOW
The Lancer relied on their defense early. With their offense in a rut, hitting on only 38 per cent of their shots, they needed the defense to stand tall. Fortunately, Coach Chantal Vallée's squad was up to the task, holding the Gee Gees to an impressive 25 per cent shooting through the first half. The normally high scoring Lancers found themselves in a tight defensive battle. However, Windsor did find some familiar territory of leading at halftime as the Lancers took a 24-21 lead into the half.
 
In the second half the Ottawa defense gave the Blue & Gold the same problems they had in the first half, making successful shots a rarity. The Gee Gees improved their offense, shooting 30 per cent in the second half.
 
Luckily for the Lancers Carly Steer and Prevost scored six second half points to lead the Lancers in scoring in the second half. The offensive boost helped the Lancers to split their weekend in Ottawa, going 1-1 with a win over the Gee Gees, 49-45.
 
UP NEXT
Up next the Lancers head to Kingston to take on the Queen's Gaels at 6:00pm on Friday Nov. 24 before playing at York on Saturday at 6:00pm. Both games can be seen live at OUA.tv.