“It was an ugly game,” said head Keith Pruden about the Concordia women’s basketball team’s victory over the Carleton Ravens; a game that saw a total of 43 turnovers, “but I’ll take it.”
In what was their second game, and second win, in two days, the Stingers got this one done the hard way.
“Carleton (5-9) are a middle of the road team, they’re not very big and they’re not a very deep team. I think we exploited those two factors very well,” said Pruden, in reference to Concordia’s concentrated efforts in the low post on offense which resulted in the Ravens’ Sandra Veledar picking up three early fouls and Tamara McNulty eventually fouling out late in the second half.
Carleton also lost another player, albeit temporarily, when Rosie Warden went down just before half time, after a collision in the key with a teammate. At the time Carleton were up by nine, after Warden was forced to leave the court to be examined by her physio, Concordia went on a 9-0 run to even the score at 31 apiece just before half-time.
Warden returned in the second half and despite obvious pain, almost equaled her first half scoring feat, notching another ten to finish with 22 to lead all scorers.
“I don’ think the injury to Warden was an important factor in terms of the win. Its immediate impact was a shift in momentum, but they have other quality players. I’d like to think we won because I was all over my girls, I was pretty angry with some of the stuff I saw,” said Pruden.
With five league games remaining and Concordia, McGill and Bishop’s all potentially vying for the two remaining play-off spots, the result took on even more significance.
“This was a big weekend for us, and this win was very important leading up to next Tuesday’s game against McGill,” said Pruden.
Despite the much-needed result and the ten-point margin of victory, Pruden didn’t pull any punches when asked whether there was room for improvement before Tuesday’s game against McGill.
“We’re a very athletic team and we have to take advantage of that. We’re capable of hurting teams defensively, we just have to remember to do it.”
In what was their second game, and second win, in two days, the Stingers got this one done the hard way.
“Carleton (5-9) are a middle of the road team, they’re not very big and they’re not a very deep team. I think we exploited those two factors very well,” said Pruden, in reference to Concordia’s concentrated efforts in the low post on offense which resulted in the Ravens’ Sandra Veledar picking up three early fouls and Tamara McNulty eventually fouling out late in the second half.
Carleton also lost another player, albeit temporarily, when Rosie Warden went down just before half time, after a collision in the key with a teammate. At the time Carleton were up by nine, after Warden was forced to leave the court to be examined by her physio, Concordia went on a 9-0 run to even the score at 31 apiece just before half-time.
Warden returned in the second half and despite obvious pain, almost equaled her first half scoring feat, notching another ten to finish with 22 to lead all scorers.
“I don’ think the injury to Warden was an important factor in terms of the win. Its immediate impact was a shift in momentum, but they have other quality players. I’d like to think we won because I was all over my girls, I was pretty angry with some of the stuff I saw,” said Pruden.
With five league games remaining and Concordia, McGill and Bishop’s all potentially vying for the two remaining play-off spots, the result took on even more significance.
“This was a big weekend for us, and this win was very important leading up to next Tuesday’s game against McGill,” said Pruden.
Despite the much-needed result and the ten-point margin of victory, Pruden didn’t pull any punches when asked whether there was room for improvement before Tuesday’s game against McGill.
“We’re a very athletic team and we have to take advantage of that. We’re capable of hurting teams defensively, we just have to remember to do it.”
