Box Score With a good chunk of southern Ontario covered by an Arctic air mass, the McMaster women's basketball team shot the ball like it was playing outside, dropping a 62-48 contest to the Laurier Golden Hawks.

The Marauders got a 3-pointer from Rachael Holmes on their first shot of the game, but buckets were hard to come by after that.  McMaster led 17-13 after one quarter, but Laurier grabbed the lead in the second stanza and grew the advantage steadily over the final 30 minutes.

Despite having an edge in size overall, McMaster allowed Laurier to dominate inside as the Hawks held a 44-22 advantage in points in the paint, and outrebounded the Maroon 46-37.

Laurier just seemed to have more intensity as the Hawks showed great hustle, winning the majority of loose balls and swiping 14 steals.  McMaster struggled for the entire game and committed a troubling 25 turnovers, leading to 22 Laurier points.  

The Marauders made only 19 of 60 shots for a 32% field-goal percentage.  Laurier didn't torch the twine either, shooting just 37% from the floor but with McMaster turning the ball over and Laurier getting easy looks inside, the Hawks were able to prevail.  

Top shooter for McMaster was Clare Kenney with 14 points, while Laurier's Whitney Ellenor dropped a game-high 18.

McMaster will look to bounce back with a better effort this Saturday, when it travels to Toronto to face the Ryerson Rams, currently ranked 8^th in the CIS top-ten.