The Lancer women's basketball team rebounded from a loss on Friday night, to easily defeat the York Lions 88-69 Saturday in Toronto.
 
With the win, the Lancers are now 6-2 on the season and in a three way tie for first place in the OUA west division.
 
GAME STATS
Olivia Osamusali recorded the game's only double-double, pairing her 13 rebounds with 10 points.
 
York's Lindsay Sotbolt led all scorers with 24 points for the Lions. The Blue and Gold were paced by Carly Steer and her 20 points.
 
The Lancers put forth a dominating effort on the glass, pulling down 40 rebounds while York could only secure 21 boards.
 
GAME FLOW
The Lancers came out of the gate strong and built a 14-point lead in the first quarter. Led by guard Carly Steer's 11 first half points, the Lancers looked like they were on their way to a pretty safe halftime lead. The Lions had slightly different plans, however, and began to carve into the Lancer lead. Led by Katrina Collins-Samuels nine points, the Lions began to fight their way back into the game. Despite the Lions late surge the Lancers were able to take a lead into halftime, 35-31.
 
In the second half the Lancers got back to the basketball that gave them a big lead in the early going. In the second half the Lancers relied on Emily Prevost who scored 14 points in the final twenty minutes for the Lancers. Though Prevost led the Lancers, the Windsor offense was working well as a whole, hitting on almost 60 per cent of their shots.  The Lions offense put a respectable 46 per cent shooting but could not cool down the red hot Lancers, who went on to win 88-69.
 
UP NEXT
The Lancers host the Nipissing Lakers on Friday December 1st at the St. Denis Centre. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00pm and can be seen live at www.oua.tv.