OUA roundup: Clemencon unstoppable; No. 2 Lancers roll to 94-81 victory over Mustangs

WINDSOR, Ont. - Led by the dominating play of forward Jessica Clemencon, the Windsor Lancers women's basketball team rolled to a 94-81 victory over the Western Mustangs on Wednesday night at the St. Denis Centre.

With the victory, the No. 2 nationally-ranked Lancers move to 9-0 in conference play and now sit two games ahead of the Mustangs in first place in the OUA West Division.

Played in front of a capacity crowd in Windsor, the visitors had no answer for Windsor's rookie standout who dominated both ends of the floor in the victory.

On Wednesday night, both teams got off to hot starts in the early going as they showed why they are two of the top teams in the province again this year.

The Lancers broke out to an early 9-4 lead to open the game before the Mustangs charged back to tie the game 11-11.

The first quarter stayed tight throughout as neither team was able to break free from the other. The Lancers were able to take a lead late in the quarter after a Laura Mullins three-pointer was rounded out with two foul shots from Clemencon to give the home team a 27-25 lead.
 
The Lancers stayed in control in the second despite being challenged by the constant attacking play of Western's Amanda Anderson.

The score was tied at 41-41 until a pair of Western turnovers were converted by Miah Langois and Bojana Kovacevic to put another late quarter run in motion for Windsor.
 
After baskets from Kristy Chute and Clemencon, Windsor held a 54-50 lead at the half.

In the third quarter, the Lancers were able to finally break away from the Mustangs thanks to more impressive post play from Clemencon and Raelyn Prince. Western had no answer for Clemencon as she dominated inside the paint in the second half.

Windsor outscored Western 27-17 in the third quarter to take a 81-67 lead after three quarters of play.

The final quarter saw the Mustangs try and mount a late run but it was not to be as the Lancers cruised in the fourth to the 94-81 victory.

The story of the game was the unstoppable play of Clemencon who finished with 36 points on an incredible 14-of-19 shooting. The native of St. Rambert, France was also 8-of-8 from the free throw line and added seven rebounds and three assists on the night.

Mullins also had a strong game with 15 points and 6 rebounds while Shavaun Reaney finished with 12 points and six rebounds.

Prince had one of her best games of the season as she chipped in with 10 points and eight rebounds and played solid defence in the paint. Chute also had a strong showing with 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists on the night. Langlois added five points and six assists in the win.

The Lancers will be back in action on Saturday night when they host the Brock Badgers at the St. Denis Centre. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.

BROCK 85, WATERLOO 52

At Brock, the Badgers (7-2) opened the second half of the season with an 85-52 victory over the Waterloo Warriors at the Bob Davis Gymnasium Wednesday night.

Once again it was the Badgers strong defensive pressure causing havoc to the opposition as they forced Waterloo to 43 turnovers in the contest leading to a 47-6 difference in points off turnovers.

Brock had six players with nine or more points led by junior Hillary Woodside (Fall River, N.S.) who led all scorers with 17 points including going 3-for-4 from beyond the arc.

Junior Devyn Cuncic (Carlisle, Ont.) recorded a season high 12 points going 6-of-9 from the field. Senior Whitney Gorges (Welland, Ont.) contributed with 11 points and seven rebounds while sophomore Emily McKay (Toronto) added 10 points and a career-high seven steals. Rounding out the Brock leaders were senior Lauren Stewart (Hamilton, Ont.) who chipped in with nine points and five rebounds and sophomore Tara Giallonardo (Fonthill, Ont.) who finished with nine points and six steals in the victory.

Leading the Warriors were Stephanie Shea and Erin Button who finished with 14 and 12 points respectively.

LAURIER 65, GUELPH 54

At Guelph, the Wilfrid Laurier women's basketball team picked up their fourth win of the season with a 65-54 road victory over the Guelph Gryphons.

Renata Adamczyk (Greensville, Ont.) led the way for the Golden Hawks with a 16 point effort. Megan Grant (Thunder Bay, Ont.) and Christa Mancino (Port Colborne, Ont.) chipped in 14 and 10 points respectively.

Laurier also outrebounded the home team 30-27.

For the Gryphons Alex Russell (Paradise Valley, Ariz.) scored a team high 14 points as Guelph moves to 1-8 on the season.

The purple and gold built up a lead in the first quarter and kept building to hold a 37-24 advantage by half. While the Gryphons outscored the Hawks in the two remaining quarter, albeit by one point in each, it wasn't enough to overcome their first half deficit.

The 4-5 Hawks will now travel to London to take on the Western Mustangs on Saturday at 1 p.m. in their quest to get back to .500.

Source: Windsor Lancers, Brock Badgers, Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks