The Lancer women's basketball team dominated their final weekend of 2017 with convincing victories over the Nipissing Lakers and Laurentian Voyageurs. Windsor beat the Lakers 65-46 Friday night before running away with a 89-48 win over Laurentian on Saturday evening.
 
The victories move the Lancers into sole possession of first place in the OUA west division standings with an 8-2 record heading into the holiday break.
 
FRIDAY vs NIPISSING
Lancer fifth year guard Carly Steer led all scorers with 15 points, while Tyra Blizzard was right behind her with 14 points. Emily Prevost had the games only double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
 
Jordan Gutt came off the bench for the Blue & Gold and chipped in 10 points in the win. Alexe Galipeau-Wilson led the visitors with 12 points.
 
The Lancers outshot an impressive 45.3% compared to the Lakers 38.5%, and also dominated the game defensively, out-rebounding Nipissing 35-19.
 
SATURDAY vs LAURENTIAN
Steer once again led all scorers with 23 points, while the Voyageurs were paced by Adriane Bruni who scored 16 points.
 
The Lancers had a great day from three-point land, going 50 per cent from behind the line, and put forth a dominating effort on the glass, pulling down 38 rebounds while Laurentian managed just 18.
 
The Lancers came out the gates strong. Steer led all scorers in the first half with 17 points, 15 of them from beyond the arc. Laurentian took away the inside and actually had a better shooting percentage than Windsor, however, there was no answer for Steer. Despite being outshot in both attempts and percentage the Lancers lead by double digits at halftime, in part due to Emily Prevost's effort on the glass, giving the Lancers six rebounds. Led by Steer and Prevost, the Lancers were able to take a 35-21 lead into the break.
 
In the second half it was more of the same for the Blue and Gold. The Lancers offense was relentless I the second half, scoring more points in the third quarter than either of the first two quarters. Prevost led the Lancers scoring six points in the quarter while Steer quieted down a bit.
 
The Voyageurs continued to search for answers against the Windsor defense as they went 3 for 10 from the field in the quarter. The Lancers led 64-35 after three quarters and ran away with it, 89-48.
 
UP NEXT
The Lancers are now off for the holiday break and return to action for a pair of exhibition games in December with they host the Laval Rouge et Or on December 28th & 29th at 7:00pm.