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By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Krystle Douglas, a 5-foot-5 guard from Chateauguay, Que., scored a game-high 15 points as Concordia overwhelmed ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ 70-43 in a key women’s basketball game with playoff implications at Love Competition Hall, Friday.

Both teams now face a must-win affair, in the season finale at Concordia on Saturday at 6 p.m. The fourth-place Martlets precariously hold the last playoff berth with a 5-8 record, while Concordia is fifth at 4-9. Whoever wins Saturday’s contest will clinch the final playoff berth in the Quebec league and advance to take on first-place Laval in a sudden-death semifinal at Quebec City on Feb. 25.

The only bright light for the Martlets was rookie Elise Lépine, a 5-foot-11 freshman forward from Mission, B.C., who had nine points, a game-high 12 rebounds, one steal and a single-game ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ record six blocked shots.

Montrealer Stephanie Bergeron, a first-year transfer from Franklin Pierce University, scored 13 for the Martlets, who are in the throes of a three-game losing streak since the loss of star freshman Anneth Him-Lazarenko, who suffered a torn ACL in her right knee on Jan. 31.

Concordia jumped into a 22-12 lead after the opening stanza and outscored the Martlets 14-4 in the second quarter to take a commanding 36-16 lead at the half. They increased that lead to 54-29 after three quarters. ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ committed a costly 24 turnovers that directly resulted in 24 points by Concordia.

The Martlets also shot a paltry 22.4 per cent from the field (13/58), 15.8 from the arc (3/19) and a respectable 73.7 from the free-throw line (14/19), compared to Concordia, which shot 34.4, 42.1 and 69.2, respectively.


Newspaper Box Score

(20/02/09 18h00 at Love Competition Hall)


CONCORDIA STINGERS 70, MCGILL MARTLETS 43

CONCORDIA STINGERS
Krystle Douglas 6-14 0-0 15; Melissa-A. Campbell 4-12 2-4 11; Kristin
Portwine 3-8 5-8 11; Nekeita Lee 2-7 3-4 7; Anne-Marie Prophete 3-6 0-0 6; Felon Harris 2-3 0-0 6; Kendra Carrie 2-7 0-0 6; A. Gregoire-Boudreau 0-0 4-4 4; Magalie Beaulieu 0-1 3-4 3; Yasmin Jean-Philippe 0-6 1-2 1; Jamie Hynes 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 22-64 18-26 70.

MCGILL MARTLETS (W)
Stephanie Bergeron 3-12 6-6 13; Elise Lepine 3-7 3-4 9; Marie-Pier Brabant 2-9 0-0 6; Caroline Hebert 2-13 1-3 5; Nathifa Weekes 1-7 2-4 4; Shavern Weekes 0-5 2-2 2; Jennifer OBrien 1-2 0-0 2; Aurelie Lauzier 1-3 0-0 2.
Totals 13-58 14-19 43.

Concordia Stingers............ 22 14 18 16 - 70
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets (W)........... 12 4 13 14 - 43

3-point goals—
Concordia Stingers 8-19 (Krystle Douglas 3-6; Kendra Carrie
2-4; Felon Harris 2-2; Melissa-A. Campbell 1-4; Magalie Beaulieu 0-1; Yasmin Jean-Philippe 0-2) ;

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets 3-19 (Marie-Pier Brabant 2-9; Stephanie Bergeron 1-6; Nathifa Weekes 0-2; Elise Lepine 0-2).

Fouled out—
Concordia Stingers-None,
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets -None.

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Concordia Stingers 36 (Kendra Carrie 7),
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets 35 (Elise Lepine 12).

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Concordia Stingers 11 (Krystle Douglas 3),
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets 5(Shavern Weekes 2).

Total fouls—
Concordia Stingers 20,
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets 18.

Technical fouls—
Concordia Stingers-None,
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets -None.