Zain Rashid | Staff Writer
Featured Image: Lions men and women lose opening OUA games. | Courtesy of YorkU Lions
The Lions men’s and women’s basketball teams hosted the Queen’s Gaels on Friday October 26. Unfortunately, both Lions teams lost to the Gaels despite brilliant individual performances from Katrina Collins-Samuels and Chevon Brown.
The women’s game was tightly contested with both teams neck and neck until the end of the third quarter. The Lions lead 14-12 after the first quarter, but the Gaels outscored them by four, en route to a tow-point half-time lead. The third was a stalemate, as both teams scored sixteen points in the third quarter, and the Gael’s maintained their two-point lead going into the fourth.
Unfortunately for York, Queen’s offence and defence tightened up in the final frame, as they outscored the Lions by seven points in the fourth, and the Lions fell 66-57.
In the men’s game, the Gaels started aggressively, leading 26-11 after the first quarter. The Lions then went toe to toe with their opponent’s for the next two quarters, outscoring them in the second quarter by three points. However, the first-quarter deficit was too much for York to overcome, as they lost by a score of 89-76.
Outstanding Lions performers were women’s captain Katrina Collins-Samuels, who notched 12 points, seven assists, four rebounds and three steals, and men’s guard Chevon Brown, with 28 points, five rebounds and three assists.
Both teams will be on the road for their next two games against the Windsor Lancers on Friday, and the Western Mustangs on Saturday.
