The Laval Rouge et Or won their third straight Quebec university women’s basketball championship on Saturday as they defeated the Concordia Stingers 68-61 in Ste. Foy.
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It was the eighth championship for Laval, who also reeled off nine straight wins to finish out the season.
The Stingers gave Laval a hard time despite trailing 33-27 at the half.
They were only down by three with under a minute to go, when Jennifer O’Neill, a senior guard from LaSalle, missed a three-pointer that would have tied it up.
Laval out-rebounded Concordia 44-34 and also got 11 and 10 points, respectively, from French guard Elodie GZ
Concordia’s Marie-Pier Veilleux from Amos, Que. had the most points of all forwards, with 15, on top of her seven rebounds. Kristina Steinfort, of Dollard, had 10 points, and N.D.G.’s Rosie Douglas had eight.
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