Box Score Heat complete weekend sweep of the Cougars on Kenyon Court
Justin McCaffrey, Mount Royal Cougars Sports Information
CALGARY, AB – The UBC Okanagan Heat completed the two-game weekend sweep of the Mount Royal Cougars winning 68-53 on Saturday evening. Claire Elliot had a game-high 16 points for the Heat. Becky Nash scored 15 points for the Cougars in a losing effort.
After a close call last night, the Heat were brought their best effort early on. They ran out to a 12-3 lead, helped in large part by the play of Kayla McFadden and Claire Elliot. The Cougars had no answer for the Heat on defence and trailed 23-9 after the first quarter.
Coach Nate McKibbon's talk at the break must have woke the Cougars up and got them back into the game to start the second. They moved the ball much better and were able to knock down some open looks. The Heat only outscored Mount Royal 15-13 in the quarter and led 38-22 at the half.
It was more of the same in the third quarter. Both teams alternated running the floor and pushing the pace on offence. However every time the Cougars scored, the Heat had an answer. For the second quarter in a row the Heat outscored the Cougars 15-13.
Mount Royal mounted a serious comeback in the fourth and final quarter. Angela Driscoll worked the ball around nicely with Becky Nash who continued to be Mount Royal's only offensive threat inside. With four minutes left, the Cougars cut the lead to 12 points late in the game. However the lead proved to be too much and UBC Okanagan prevailed 68-53.
The Heat improve to 8-3 with the victory and temporarily move into second place.
The Cougars fall to 1-11 on the season with the loss.
UBC Okanagan will continue on the road next weekend when they head up to Prince George on Friday night to play two games with UNBC.
Mount Royal will head out on the road as well. They will play TRU in Kamloops next weekend beginning on Friday night.
