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OUA women’s basketball power rankings – November 27
Jacob Smith Week four of the OUA women’s basketball season is complete. The pot was stirred, Guelph and Laurier came out of the weekend tied just as they were going into the weekend solving absolutely nothing, ranked teams won and lost and the meridian was painted red. Let’s get into some power rankings for this…
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Oluwatito Akinnusi’s not talked about dominance
Photo: Stephen Leithwood | Brock University Athletics Jacob Smith Brock Women’s Basketball got a win over the McMaster Marauders in their Paint the Meridian Red, Meridian Centre game on Saturday night. Going up against a sharpshooting, high scoring offence in McMaster, Brock had to get the upper hand in efficiency, and there were none more…
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Creating simple looks: Brock’s selflessness paying off
Jacob Smith The Brock Women’s Basketball team leads the OUA in assists per game, and they have the nations second and seventh leading scorers. Beyond that they’re creating opportunity for others, opportunity that is now being seized. The Badgers 18.2 assists per game have fuelled an offence where anyone can contribute if they know where…
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Setting up a divisional night
Jacob Smith Week four of the OUA season starts with two games we could look back on in February as games that had the largest impact on the outcome of the playoffs. The McMaster Marauders and Guelph Gryphons have home games this evening, hosting teams who they’re beside in the standing, with the Marauders able…
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An OUA women’s basketball tier list
Jacob Smith The OUA women’s basketball season is well underway. After five plus games from every team, it’s time for a quick analysis of where teams stand in the league. Let’s divide the league into four tiers, starting at the top. Tier 1 – Queen’s, Carleton, TMU The Queen’s Gaels, Carleton Ravens and TMU Bold…
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Garvey and Hall stand out in TMU win over Varsity Blues
Jacob Smith The TMU Bold women’s basketball team won 66-47 on Wednesday night at the University of Toronto to move to 5-0 on the season. TMU is still undefeated and there were parts of their game tonight that looked real good. Kaillie Hall continues to be one of the league’s best one-on-one defenders. Putting Kaillie…
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Queen’s and the kick out
Jacob Smith The Gaels kick out three is one of those things you almost forget about defensively because you’re so busy trying to win the rebounds, until they make four in a row and you’re wondering what hit you. That’s because it’s almost been kept as a second option/secret weapon that they are very capable…
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MVP Weinert
Jacob Smith The Brock Badgers are 2-1 after a loss to the TMU Bold, but through their wins and losses, dating back to 2021, they’ve gotten all-star level contributions from their 5’10 guard from St. Catharines. This season it’s been raised to a new level. Madalyn Weinert joined the Brock Badgers for the 2021 season…
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PPG’s Final Ride
Jacob Smith Emma Weltz is a 5’7 point guard from Timmins Ontario who has won a national bronze medal, a national silver medal and a OUA silver medal, but long before that the journey started with a trio that would set the foundation for a build to one of the greatest in the country. Emma…
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Three takeaways from week one of OUA women’s basketball
Jacob Smith We are officially done one week of the OUA women’s basketball season, and a lot happened. Contenders soared, teams played above expectations, highly anticipated rematches were written into schedules, and we got the beginnings of a picture of who teams are. Here are my three biggest takeaways from week one of the OUA…
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