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WBB - Wilson - Laurier
Rick Zazulak
59
LAURIER WLU-W 6-7
81
Winner McMaster Marauders MAC-W 9-4
LAURIER WLU-W
6-7
59
Final
81
McMaster Marauders MAC-W
9-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
LAURIER WLU-W 9 19 14 17 59
McMaster Marauders MAC-W 18 23 18 22 81

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Ethan Ready, Basketball Correspondent

Women's Basketball: Marauders Extend Winning Streak By Committee

Four McMaster players scored in double digits, as Mac downed Laurier 80-59 Saturday.

The McMaster Marauders women's basketball team continued to fly high, as they stretched their winning streak to four games with a 81-59 victory over the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Saturday.

Linnaea Harper would lead the Marauders, finishing the game with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Harper would drain all four of her shot attempts from three-point range while teammates Hilary Hanaka (15), Olivia Wilson (15), and Sarah Gates (12) were the other Marauders with double-digit games.

McMaster head coach Teresa Burns let her squad continue their success by committee, as four Marauders finished the game with double-digit points totals.

Nicole Morrison continued her scoring ways for Laurier. Ranking second in the OUA for points per game (20.3), Morrison finished the game scoring 19 points, completing 7-of-17 from the field while her teammate Irena Rynkiewicz was the only other Golden Hawk who tallied double digits with 14 points.

With the victory, the Marauders improved to 10-4 on the season and slid into second place in the OUA's West Division.

As for Laurier, the loss marks their fourth straight as they'll look forward to a back-to-back matchup against the Algoma Thunderbirds next weekend.

Laurier hasn't been able to enjoy the new year as much as the Marauders, having failed to find the win column in 2018, a run including a heartbreaker against the Guelph Gryphons that saw them lose by a single point, 64-63 on Wednesday.

In the opening quarter, the Marauders got their shots dropping early, taking an early 18-9 lead by the end of the opening ten minutes.

McMaster wouldn't ease up on the pressure, as they forced the Golden Hawks to commit eight-second backcourt violations on three occasions in the opening half of play.

Marauder Olivia Wilson worked the paint in the opening half of the game, scoring 13 points. She finished the game totalling 15 points and six rebounds.

Perhaps the only downside of the Marauders performance in the opening twenty minutes of play could be found in the Golden Hawks ability to force seven turnovers. McMaster finished the half having only forced a single turnover.

Mac turned that around in the second half, as they racked up six turnovers while continuing their dominant rebounding performance. The Marauders finished the game having totalled 52 rebounds.

Up next for the Marauders, they'll travel to Windsor to take on the Lancers on Wednesday, January 20. The game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at Windsor's St. Denis Centre.

All Marauders away games can be streamed on OUA.tv.
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