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By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Nathifa Weekes, a senior guard from Montreal, scored a game-high 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds but it was all in vain as division-leading Laval defeated the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets in women’s university hoops action at Love Competition Hall, Friday.

Freshman Chanelle St-Amour, a Montrealer, led the Rouge et Or with 13 points.

The loss snapped a two-game win streak for the fourth-place Martlets, who had won four of their previous five contests and dropped to 5-8 in Quebec league play.

A ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ victory in Saturday's return match at Quebec City can clinch a playoff berth for the Martlets, who have a four-point lead over Concordia (3-10) with three left to play.

laval leads the Quebec league with an 11-3 record, followed by the Bishop's Gaiters (9-6) and UQAM (7-7).



Newspaper Box Score

Laval Rouge et Or vs ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets

(13/02/09 1800 at Love Competition Hall)

LAVAL ROUGE ET OR 65, MCGILL MARTLETS 43


LAVAL ROUGE ET OR

Chanelle St-Amour 3-12 4-4 13; Karine Bibeau 4-13 2-2 11; Elyse Jobin 4-11 2-2 11; Marie-M. Genois 3-7 2-2 8; Julie Chapados 3-5 1-2 7; Veronique Lamarre 3-6 0-0 6; Sandrine Ducruc 1-5 3-4 5; Melodie Lanel Dion 1-3 0-0 2; Maude Jacob-Tardiff 1-2 0-0 2; Kathryn Bariault 0-0 0-0 0; Eve Marquis-Poulin 0-0 0-0 0; Marjorie Ferland 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-65 14-16 65.

MCGILL MARTLETS (W)

Nathifa Weekes 5-12 6-9 16; Jennifer OBrien 2-6 4-6 8; Aurelie Lauzier 2-7 2-2 7; Stephanie Bergeron 2-14 0-0 6; Caroline Hebert 1-5 0-0 2; Shavern Weekes 1-1 0-0 2; Elise Lepine 1-4 0-2 2; Marie-Pier Brabant 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 14-52 12-19 43.

Laval Rouge et Or............. 22 12 21 10 - 65
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets (W)........... 11 14 10 8 - 43

3-point goals--Laval Rouge et Or 5-27 (Chanelle St-Amour 3-9; Elyse Jobin 1-6; Karine Bibeau 1-8; Melodie Lanel Dion 0-1; Marjorie Ferland 0-1; Julie Chapados 0-1; Marie-M. Genois 0-1), ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets (W) 3-16 (Stephanie Bergeron 2-9; Aurelie Lauzier 1-2; Caroline Hebert 0-1; Elise Lepine 0-1; Marie-Pier Brabant 0-3). Fouled out--Laval Rouge et Or-None, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets (W)-None. Rebounds--Laval Rouge et Or 49 (Julie Chapados 9), ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets (W) 28 (Nathifa Weekes 8). Assists--Laval Rouge et Or 13 (Marie-M. Genois 4), ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets (W) 7 (Elise Lepine 2; Aurelie Lauzier 2). Total fouls--Laval Rouge et Or 17, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets (W) 15. Technical fouls--Laval Rouge et Or-None, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets (W)-None.