The Windsor Lancer women's basketball had a busy weekend first on the road travelling up to St. Catharines on Friday night to take on the Brock Badgers where they dropped a 67-52 contest to the Badgers.
Meanwhile on Sunday the Lancers returned home to host the Guelph Gryphons where they lost a hard-fought battle with the Gryphons 72-65 at the Toldo Lancer Centre to round out their road-and-home weekend.
FRIDAY STATS
Mariame Dehkissia and
Vanessa Budimunda each scored 8 points in the loss on Friday night to the Badgers at the Bob Davis Gymnasium in St. Catharines.
Also putting up points on the stat sheet was
Reine Ndome who had 7 points while a trio of Lancers in
Leah Tate,
Grace Koffi, and
Isabella Anes each put up 6 points in the loss to Brock.
The Badgers were led by Madalyn Reinert's 19-point performance that led Brock past Windsor.
HOW IT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY
The first quarter saw competitive play between both squads which resulted in an 18-18 tie by the end of the first.
The Lancers were outscored 15-12 in the second quarter and again in the third quarter 18-10 which allowed the Badgers to widen the gap on the scoreboard making it hard for Windsor to battle back.
The Badgers marched on to close out the fourth quarter on top with a 16-12 final quarter performance and 67-52 win over Windsor to improve to 15-11 on the season and drop the Lancers to 14-4 on the campaign.
SUNDAY STATS
Reine Ndome had a double-double performance in the loss on Sunday at home to Guelph with her 14 point and 11 rebound two-way performance. Vannessa Budimunda also had a 14-point game and 9 rebounds one shy of recording a double-double of her own.
Leah Tate had 10 points and
Isabella Anes scored 9 points in the tough loss at the TLC.
Guelph was led by Julia Colavecchia who led the Gryphons over the Lancers with her 18-point performance in Windsor.
HOW IT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY
The Gryphons put on an offensive show in the first frame of the game with a 21-10 lead heading into the second quarter.
In the second, both teams traded buckets with a similar 14-13-point production between both teams with Guelph earning the edge to remain ahead at halftime with a 35-23 score.
Guelph stayed ahead of the Lancers throughout the third quarter to head into the fourth up 55-41.
Meanwhile in the fourth quarter, the Lancers outscored the Gryphons for the first time in the contest with a 24-17 spread but despite their valiant efforts late in the game they could not quite catch up to the Gryphons who edged out the Lancers 72-65 for a final score in Windsor in front of a jubilant home crowd on hand at the Toldo Lancer Centre.
UP NEXT
Up next the Lancers will take a trip up to Waterloo to take on the Laurier Golden Hawks on Friday February 9th for a 6:00pm tipoff time and then go across town to play the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday February 10th which will tipoff at 4:00pm.
Fans can catch the Lancers road action streaming on oua.tv or follow the Lancers official social media platforms including on X for live in-game updates and scores throughout the games.