The Nipissing Lakers women’s basketball team is close. So close.
The Lakers, who dropped to 0-2 on the season, pushed the number 12 team in the country and gave them all they could handle, but came up short by a final of 79-61.
And it was a slow start that did the damage.
Nipissing struggled early in the game and trailed 24-12 after the first quarter of play.
In the second, it was more of the same as Lakehead extended their lead heading into halftime by outscoring the Lakers 23-14 and leading 47-26 after 20 minutes.
In the second, it was a different story, but the deficit was too much to erase.
The Lakers bested Lakehead 20-16 in the third quarter, cutting into the Thunderwolves’ lead.
In the fourth, Lakehead sealed the win by edging Nipissing 16-15 and locked up the 18-poiint victory.
Alexe Galipeau-Wilson led the Lakers offence with 22 points, while Jamie Soffer and Angeline Campbell each had eight in the game.
Nipissing hosts a pair of games next weekend; Friday versus McMaster and Saturday against Brock.
A tough second half hurt the Nipissing Lakers men’s basketball team Friday night in their home opener.
The Lakers were outscored 49-37 in the second half after an even first half and came up short, losing 83-73 to the Lakehead Thunderwolves.
Nipissing came out strong and built up a 22-20 advantage after 10 minutes of play.
An even second quarter saw the Lakers take a 36-34 advantage to the halftime break after playing a solid 20 minutes.
In the third quarter, Lakehead stormed back with 27 points and took a five point lead into the final frame.
Nipissing was unable to mount a comeback as Lakehead extended their lead by five more points to finish with a 10 point victory, 83-73.
A great first half wasn’t enough as Nipissing falls to 0-2 on the season.
Marcus Lewis led the #Lakers attack with 24 points, Justin Hill had 15 and Marvin Ngonadi added 14 in tonight's game.
Nipissing hosts McMaster Friday night and Brock Saturday night next weekend.
The Nipissing Lakers women’s hockey team is having trouble winning at home so far this year.
The Lakers dropped their third straight home game of the season, losing 2-1 to the Laurentian Voyageurs Friday night in front of a huge crowd at Memorial Gardens.
Despite peppering the Vees net and outshooting them pretty badly, the Lakers managed just one goal in defeat.
After trailing 1-0 after one, Maria Dominico replied for Nipissing to even the score in the middle frame and send the teams to the second intermission all square.
Jetta Derenoski picked up the lone assist on the Nipissing goal.
Laurentian would score the lone goal of the third to take home the victory and send Nipissing to their third loss in North Bay.
The Lakers outshot Laurentian 28-17 in their first of two meetings of the season.
Nipissing hits the road for a pair of games next weekend, facing York and Guelph.
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