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By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Senior Nathifa Weekes, a 5-foot-7 guard from Brossard, Que., scored a game-high 21 points as ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ rallied from a six-point, third-quarter deficit to upend visiting Concordia 72-65 in women’s university basketball before a crowd of 324 at Love Competition Hall, Saturday.

It avenged Friday’s loss at Concordia, snapped a nine-game losing streak for the Martlets and was their first win since defeating Bishop’s in the season opener on Nov. 14. It also marked the team’s first win in five tries over Concordia, since a 64-52 decision on Nov. 22, 2007.

Weekes, who shot 5-for-13 from the floor and made 11 of 13 attempts from the foul-line, was also credited with seven rebounds, five assists, four steals and one blocked shot in 34 minutes of court time.

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ led 12-9 after the opening quarter, 34-28 at the half but trailed 51-47 after three stanzas.

Freshman forward Anneth Him-Lazarenko of St. Dorothée, Que., and guard Stephanie Bergeron of Montreal, added 18 and 16 points to the victory, respectively.

Him-Lazarenko, who stands 5-foot-10 and pulled down 11 rebounds, was 8-for-14 from the floor and 1-for-2 from the line.

Teammate Elisa Lépine, a 5-foot-11 freshman from Mission, B.C., contributed nine points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, including a dozen in the defensive zone.

Krystie Douglas, a junior from Chateauguay, Que., led Concordia with 14 points.

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, which had a 42-36 edge in rebounds, a 13-8 margin in steals, shot 39.3 per cent from the field (24/61), 41.2 from the three-point arc (7/17) and 73.9 from the line (17/23), compared to Concordia, who shot 37.5, 26.1 and 57.9, respectively.

The win moved ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ into a tie for third place with the Stingers as both teams have identical 2-6 records.

The Martlets will play a home-and-home series against Bishop’s next weekend, beginning on Jan. 23 at Lennoxville. The Stingers will play UQAM on the same dates.


Newspaper Box Score

MCGILL MARTLETS 72, CONCORDIA STINGERS 65
(Jan.17/09 18h00 at Love Competition Hall)

CONCORDIA STINGERS

Krystie Douglas 5-12 3-4 14;
Yasmin Jean-Philippe 3-10 4-4 11;
Kristin Portwine 4-6 1-2 10;
Melissa-A. Campbell 3-9 1-2 8;
Ebony Morris 3-9 1-2 7;
Kendra Carrie 2-7 0-2 5;
Anne-Marie Prophete 2-6 1-3 5;
Felon Harris 1-1 0-0 3;
Nekeita Lee 1-3 0-0 2;
Jamie Hynes 0-0 0-0 0;
Magalie Beaulieu 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 24-64 11-19 65.

MCGILL MARTLETS

Nathifa Weekes 5-13 11-13 21;
A. Him-Lazarenko 8-14 1-2 18;
Stephanie Bergeron 5-14 1-2 16;
Elise Lepine 4-7 0-0 9;
Aurelie Lauzier 1-4 4-6 6;
Shavern Weekes 1-6 0-0 2;
Caroline Hebert 0-2 0-0 0;
Marie-Pier Brabant 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 24-61 17-23 72.

Concordia Stingers............ 9 19 23 14 - 65
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Martlets (W)........... 12 22 13 25 - 72

3-point goals—

Stingers: 6-23 (Kristin Portwine 1-1; Kendra Carrie
1-4; Krystie Douglas 1-5; Yasmin Jean-Philippe 1-6; Melissa-A. Campbell 1-4; Felon Harris 1-1; Ebony Morris 0-2), ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ

Martlets: 7-17 (Stephanie Bergeron 5-10; A. Him-Lazarenko 1-1; Elise Lepine 1-3; Marie-Pier Brabant 0-1; Shavern Weekes 0-1; Aurelie Lauzier 0-1).

Fouled out—
Stingers-Ebony Morris,
Martlets-Aurelie Lauzier.

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Stingers 36 (Ebony Morris 8),
Martlets 42 (Elise Lepine 13).

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Stingers 11 (Melissa-A. Campbell 7),
Martlets 11 (Nathifa Weekes 5).

Total fouls—
Stingers 18,
Martlets 17.

Technical fouls—
Stingers-None,
Martlets-None.