Toronto Varsity Blues
(Toronto, Ont.) on multiple occasions as Toronto‘s leaders. Schutz went on to record her 14th double-double against Carleton in the OUA East semifinal with 18 and 18, but it was to no avail as Toronto was to ultimately fall to the regular season tabletoppers, 68-46. G Erin McNeely For a team that played .500 basketball in both the regular and post- seasons, it comes as little surprise that they pretty much hit parity on the scoreboard as well. Toronto‘s average score line during the 2009-10 regular season was in the region of 64-62 in their favour, so clearly a defensive lapse here or there could make a difference for a team hovering around the middle of the pack. Points such as this are never lost on Coach Belanger who states that success is more likely to come the Varsity Blues‘ way should they ―defend hard and with effort for 40 minutes in every game.‖ Belanger goes on to say that if her players lose ―defensive focus and place our emphasis on scoring instead of stops‖ the season will be made all the more difficult. On the offensive end of the floor, the Blues should have things relatively well covered. The three top scorers from last year all return in the form of Medri (7.8ppg), Schutz (18ppg) and McNeely (7.8ppg) while within the freshman class Jill Stratton (Etobicoke, Ont.) and Liane Bailey (Montreal, Que.) show the greatest potential for increasing the potency of the Blues attack. Perhaps one hole that a The Official E-Magazine of OUA
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