º«¹úÂãÎè

By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Stephanie Bergeron, a first-year transfer from Franklin Pierce University, scored a game-high 24 points as the visiting º«¹úÂãÎè Martlets upset UQAM for the second time in three days, with a convincing 80-67 decision, Saturday.

Bergeron shot 6-for-12 from the floor, inlcuding 4-of-9 from three-point range. She also went a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe, grabbed four rebounds and was credited with

She was one of four Martlets to reach double figures in scoring, was joined by rookie Anneth Him-Lazarenko (18 pts), Nathifa Weekes (16) and Elise Lépine (11).

The Martlets have won four of their last five games and have climbed back in the playoff race. With four games remaining before the end of the regular season, º«¹úÂãÎè sits in the fourth and final playoff berth in the five-team Quebec conference with a 5-7 record and sit two points behind UQAM, which fell to 6-6).

º«¹úÂãÎè has a home-home series with Laval, Feb. 13-14, before closing out the regular season with a pair of games against Concordia.

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Newspaper Box Score

(Jan. 31 at UQAM)

MCGILL UNIVERSITY 80, UQAM 67

MCGILL UNIVERSITY
Stephanie Bergeron 6-12 8-8 24; A. Him-Lazarenko 6-11 4-5 18; Nathifa Weekes
5-7 6-9 16; Elise Lepine 5-11 0-0 11; Aurelie Lauzier 1-1 3-4 5; Caroline
Hebert 1-2 2-2 4; Marie-Pier Brabant 1-4 0-1 2; Shavern Weekes 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 25-49 23-29 80.
UQAM
Jessica Bibeau-Cote 5-13 5-6 18; Karine Boudrias 4-15 4-4 14; Stephanie
Youakim 3-13 5-6 11; Irline Noel 5-5 0-0 10; Marjolaine G-Theoret 1-8 4-4 6;
Julie Lemieux 1-2 2-2 4; Michelle A-Bellemare 2-12 0-2 4; Sandra Zummo 0-0
0-0 0; Valerie-E Guillaume 0-1 0-0 0; Alix Vandal 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 21-72
20-24 67.

º«¹úÂãÎè............. 17 29 19 15 - 80
UQAM.......................... 24 8 15 20 - 67

3-point goals--º«¹úÂãÎè 7-21 (Stephanie Bergeron 4-9; A.
Him-Lazarenko 2-4; Elise Lepine 1-5; Marie-Pier Brabant 0-2; Shavern Weekes
0-1), UQAM 5-27 (Jessica Bibeau-Cote 3-7; Karine Boudrias 2-8; Marjolaine
G-Theoret 0-1; Michelle A-Bellemare 0-4; Alix Vandal 0-3; Stephanie Youakim
0-4). Fouled out--º«¹úÂãÎè-None, UQAM-Irline Noel. Rebounds--º«¹úÂãÎè
University 32 (A. Him-Lazarenko 8), UQAM 39 (Marjolaine G-Theoret 9;
Stephanie Youakim 9; Irline Noel 9). Assists--º«¹úÂãÎè 17 (Nathifa
Weekes 9), UQAM 12 (Stephanie Youakim 5). Total fouls--º«¹úÂãÎè University 19,
UQAM 24. Technical fouls--º«¹úÂãÎè-None, UQAM-TEAM 2.


Play Analysis


º«¹úÂãÎè vs UQAM (31012009 - Period 4 00:02)

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
º«¹úÂãÎè....... 0 14 4 2 - 20
UQAM.................... 5 0 6 9 - 20

POINTS IN PAINT 1 2 3 4 - Tot
º«¹úÂãÎè....... 10 14 8 4 - 36
UQAM.................... 12 4 6 10 - 32

2ND CHANCE POINTS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
º«¹úÂãÎè....... 4 7 2 1 - 14
UQAM.................... 4 2 6 2 - 14

FAST BREAK POINTS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
º«¹úÂãÎè....... 0 0 0 0 - 0
UQAM.................... 0 0 0 0 - 0

BENCH POINTS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
º«¹úÂãÎè....... 2 2 2 0 - 6
UQAM.................... 4 2 0 2 - 8

SCORE TIED BY 1 2 3 4 - Tot
º«¹úÂãÎè....... 0 1 0 0 - 1
UQAM.................... 3 0 0 0 - 3

LEAD GAINED BY 1 2 3 4 - Tot
º«¹úÂãÎè....... 0 1 0 0 - 1
UQAM.................... 1 0 0 0 - 1