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Over the January 19th and 20th weekend in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, the Algoma Thunderbird women and men’s programs hosted the Ottawa Gee Gees and Carleton Ravens on OUA action at the George Leach Centre on the campus of Algoma University.
In game one of the weekend for the Algoma women, the west division 2-10 Thunderbirds took to the court to take on the nationally ranked east division 12 – 2 Ottawa Gee Gees who were ranked tenth in Canada on January 19th. Kaila Fong led Algoma with eight points in the 87 – 31 loss. Quebec City’s Qeila Mbonihankuye scored seven points for Algoma while Sault Ste Marie rookie Ashlyn Noble finished the game with five points in the loss. In Saturday’s contest on the hardcourt at the George Leach Centre, the 2 – 11 Thunderbirds faced the number two nationally ranked 13 – 1 Carleton Ravens. At the George Leach Centre on January 20th, Algoma was led by Thunder Bay’s Allison Read with seven points in the 71 – 38 loss at the George Leach. Vancouver, British Columbia’s Kaila Fong also found the basket for seven points in Algoma’s eleventh loss of the season while Winnipeg, Manitoba’s Brooke Gruhn added six points for the Thunderbirds Saturday evening.
Vancouver, British Columbia’s Kaila Fong also found the basket for seven points in Algoma’s eleventh loss of the season while Winnipeg, Manitoba’s Brooke Gruhn added six points for the Thunderbirds Saturday evening.
Thunderbird women’s coach Katie Hamilton told Saultsports that “I was really impressed with our team Saturday vs Carleton. I thought they really took the things they learned facing a top 10 in Ottawa Friday where we looked a little out of our league, made the necessary adjustments and battled much better against number 2 ranked Carleton on Saturday. Just like our previous weekend, I was really pleased with our total team effort. I think we are getting great energy, productivity and minutes from our bench, which will be so impactful for us down the stretch here as we play some very important games coming up. We are looking forward to going head to head with two great teams next weekend. Again, we believe if we stick with the game plan and execute accordingly, we give ourselves a chance to compete with anyone in our league, and I think we proved that to ourselves and our fans on Saturday. We hope to see big crowds out next weekend at home!!!”
On the men’s side, the west division 1 – 11 Thunderbirds met the number one nationally ranked east division 13 – 1 Ottawa Gee Gees on Friday evening in Sault Ste Marie with Ottawa, Ontario’s Jaylen White has eleven points in the 87 – 50 loss to the Gee Gees for the Thunderbirds. Scoring ten points for Algoma was Ottawa’s Patrick – Oliver Mpoyi along with Saskatoon’s Adong Dut and Markham’s Austin Nynambok both sinking five points each for the Thunderbirds. Ottawa’s Johan Germain led all Thunderbirds on Saturday evening against the 8 – 6 Carleton Ravens in Algoma’s 85 – 65 loss. Winnipeg’s Boluwatife Obasoto found the basket for 15 points as well as Patrick – Oliver Mpoyi rounded out the top three scorers for Algoma with 13 points on Saturday.
Visit Freeze Frame Photos by Bob Davies photo gallery of the Carleton Ravens versus Algoma Thunderbirds in OUA women’s action on January 20th.
The Thunderbirds women and men will be playing on home court on Friday, January 26th and Saturday, January 27th when they host the TMU Bold on January 26th followed by the Toronto Blues on January 27th with the women tipping off 6:00 p.m both evenings while the men take to the hardcourt both nights with start times of 8:00 p.m at the George Leach Centre.
