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14 •queensjournal.ca
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
No margin for Queen’s beats error left “We were more patient with what we wanted to do [than against Toronto. The game opened up with Ryerson],” Cowan said. “We ran competitive and scrappy play; the our systems more effectively and Gaels took a 17-13 lead in the getting off quick shots when we first quarter going head to head were open.” Bannister led the way with a with the Blues. The second quarter was more of the same theme as 52.9 shooting percentage and 25 Toronto outscored the Gaels 14-12, points to his name in addition to bringing the halftime score to seven rebounds, four assists and 29-27 with the Gaels holding a slim four steals. The fourth-year guard holds the second most points in the two-point lead. OUA and has been vital to the team all season. Cowan said that Bannister has We struggle with been important, even outside of speed and athleticism. the offence. The chaos that speed “The intangibles have been creates is something very important,” he said. “He has that we don’t deal with become more of a vocal leader than he has ever been and in the well. last month he has become our best defender as well.” In order for the 3-14 Gaels to —Duncan Cowan, men’s basketball make the playoffs they will need head coach to leap-frog Ryerson, Ottawa or Laurentian in the standings. Both With an utter collapse in the Ryerson and Ottawa are currently second half the night before, the 6-8 while Laurentian is 6-9. With Gaels wouldn’t let it happen again. seven games remaining in the The flood gates opened in the third season, time has caught up to the quarter as Queen’s filled the basket struggling Gaels and in order to see with shots. The team scored 34 post-season action, a high winning points to take a big 63-45 lead. Up percentage is needed to close out by 18, the team just needed to hold the season. Bannister said to do this, firm in the fourth to take the final the team needs to remain focused. “We know we are in a struggle score of 80-66. The win came on the back of an to make the playoffs,” he said. “We excellent overall team performance. are trying to take it one game at a Guards Dan Bannister and Chris time. We’ll see where we are in a Barrett and forwards Matthew few weeks.” Not all the odds are stacked Baker and Nikola Misljencevic all scored double digit points as the up against them; the team’s final team finished with a combined 50 five games are at home and they will get one more shot at Ryerson, per cent shooting percentage. Cowan said a large part of the Ottawa and Laurentian before the end of the season. There’s no success was hitting shots early. “Once you start hitting shots question that the team is in a hole, you get that confidence, it sort but the only way to get out is to of passes through the team,” he start climbing. said. “Players coming in hit their first shots.” He also said that the team exhibited greater offensive control. Continued from page 13
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recorded 10 kills and seven digs while libero Alex Oneid had nine digs. The Gaels focus was on their Saturday match against the Mustangs who they had lost to twice this year, both coming at home. The Queen’s Invitational saw a rare straight set loss for the Gaels and later in the regular season, Queen’s battled in five sets against Western. The Gaels have been forced to five sets in only five games this season, losing two of the matches. Western offers Queen’s the type of tough and intense competition that they will see in the playoffs and at the CIS level. Willis said the quality of games makes them important for the Gaels, who dropped their first game to the Mustangs in five sets at the ARC.
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on kills ... But just as essential is the setter who delivers the ball. ... Without the pass, we can’t run the set and those guys don’t get to score.
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—Brenda Willis, men’s volleyball head coach
“The more we play teams that are at our level and higher, the better we get,” Willis said. “Both the Western coach and I, when we shook hands, said ‘gosh I wish we could play each other more often.’ ... We got a lot closer [to] beating them in five in their gym, [which] shows that our progression as a unit is moving at a pace that is higher than their progression.” In the fourth set, with Queen’s down 2-1, Willis changed the Gaels’ approach. “We’ve been playing with a couple different serve-receive systems and we now have more options in our passing game,” she said. “I don’t think we went through any discomfort in making that change. We’re more versatile now because of it ... We looked more polished in the fourth and fifth [sets].” With competition in Toronto coming up, Willis said the Gaels simply need to focus on their own progress as the playoffs get closer. “My biggest concern is simply that we need [to] serve tougher and more consistently,” she said. “The tough servers aren’t consistent and the consistent servers aren’t tough. We need to shore that up. The other part of our game that I’m feeling is not at championship level is our passing, so that will continue to be a prime focus in our training for the next several weeks.”