OUA Uncovered: Basketball 2010-11

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Brock Badgers

stead going for a highoctane, athletic approach. The size ‗issue‘ is borne out by the fact that the Badgers‘ leading rebounder in 2009-10 was their 5‘9‖ guard Gorges who averaged 5.4 rpg and Brock ranked 15th (out of 16 teams) in opponents‘ rebounds per game, with 44.23rpg. Khounviseth, himself is more than aware of this potential Achilles‘ heel and says that ―It will be a challenging season if we don't take care of the basketball and do a better job of rebounding the ball.‖ On the flip-side, the athletic attacking style of play G Whitney Gorges saw Brock score more points overall than any other team in OUA with 1533 while their 69.68ppg was good for third in the conference (the discrepancy being produced by RMC forfeiting games to Windsor and Western who thus only had 21 games each). After a hot start last Fall with five straight wins to start the regular season, Brock settled into a rhythm which saw them finish the cross-conference schedule with a solid 6-2 record. Shortly after the Christmas recess, they ran OUA championselect, Windsor to OT, only to fall short 73-80 in Windsor, before dropping a close one in London by a mere point a week later against Western, again in OT. Three straight wins to close the regular season saw the Badgers secure a home playoff quarter final (with the three-way tie for third place coming down to head The Official E-Magazine of OUA

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