The Windsor Lancer women's basketball team picked up their fourth consecutive win on Wednesday with a 61-51 win over the Laurier Golden Hawks at the Toldo Lancer Centre. 
 
STATS
Kali Grootenbeor led the way offensively for the Lancers with 13 points going 6/10 on FG, 1 for 2 on FT and snatching up 9 rebounds as well in the victory.
 
Reine Ndome had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists also contributing heavily to the offensive punch for the blue and gold. 
 
Mariame Dehkissia also had an impressive outing with 9 points and 8 rebounds along with Vanessa Budimunda who had 8 points and 4 rebounds in helping secure the win in Windsor. 
 
Laurier was co-led by Janet Enge who had 12 points and 7 rebounds and Miranda Campbell had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the loss.
 
GAME FLOW
The Golden Hawks came out of the gate flying in the first quarter doubling up on the Lancers 18-9 by the end of the first frame.
 
The Lancers would then generate a lot more offense in the second quarter especially out of the hands of Grootenbeor by locking in and scoring 20 points to storm back in the contest and nabbed the lead heading into half-time 29-27. 
 
Laurier found themselves outplayed by Windsor again in the start of the second half as the Lancers were able to again outscore the Golden Hawks notching 14 additional points to keep the lead to close out the third quarter 43-40.
 
Windsor would continue holding onto the lead down the stretch leading into the fourth quarter again outscoring Laurier 18-11 points made in the fourth.  Stable play and discipline throughout became the story along with steady closeout buckets made by Ndome and Dehkissia to seal the deal for the Lancer ladies with a 61-51 win.
 
With the recent victory the Lancers now improve their record on the season to 12-9 while Laurier falls to 7-14 on the current campaign.
 
UP NEXT
The blue and gold will be back in action to round out their regular season schedule on Saturday at 4:00pm when they host the Guelph Gryphons at the Toldo Lancer Centre.  Tickets are still available and can be purchased in advance at goLancers.ca/tickets or at the Toldo Lancer Centre box office starting one hour before game. The action will also be streamed live from the TLC and broadcasted on OUA.tv.  Fans can also follow along on our social media pages including Twitter for live in-game updates during the match.