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Sports The Panther Prints _ January 30, 1996

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to help send Saturday’s game into overtime where Eireaan Rigby hit what proved to be the game winning basket. Rigby had 30 points in the 23 point drubbing on Sunday to move her into the top five in conference scoring with a 16.8 ppg average, while Kara Saunders scored 13 points and Stephanie Shive added 10.

Both the men’s and ladies teams will see action next on the 27 th and 28th of January and thanks to the wonders of modern technology, those games will be over by the time you read this but for the record, Saint Mary’s and Acadia will be in town for one game each.

The Acadia men’s team sits in first place in the AUAA with 22 points

- 10-0 at week’s end and were only

f 9 STANDINGS © Overcome "Cape" Fear by Jason Martell GP hee GA PTs The UPEI men’s and ladies but are only 1-1 on the road while the BLANCHARD HALL 1 qt ‘ 7 3 Zz basketball teams hooked up with UCCB _ Lady Axettes come in fourth in the WHITE LIGHTNING 1 1 0 12 2 ay last weekend for a pair of games with conference with 16 points. TEMPLAR REVIVAL 1 1 0 163 2 each squad, and abrubtly sent the Saint Mary’s mens and ladies Capers scrambling for the nearest teams only have one win each and both MARIAN HALL : Sloe wie Cree Marine Atlantic terminal. Huskies’ squads reside in the AUAA AVE 1 Qi lenis, B Bein, 0 The men’s team won both basement with records of 1-6 and 1-8 DWAYNE GILKS’ 1 Os: idk da ihe games by final scores of 87-81 and 91- _ respectively. BROTHERHOOD 1 0 Lote 18 0 ‘69, while the women eked out an 81-80 dadthd DESKERS 1 0 1 3 7 0 win in overtime on Saturday before Saying that the UPEI men’s . i pounding the lady Capers 80-57 on hockey team embarassed Cape Breton UeP Biko fic) RAD ewe Sunday. last weekend is a bit of an I HL STANDINGS | Conference scoring leader understatement, comparable to “Peter, ; Curtis Robinson scored 29 points on McNeely is a bad fighter’ or ‘‘The Saturday while pulling down 21 popcom at the Civic Centre is a little bit ee ae —_— rebounds to go along with a 25 point salty.’’ : performance on Sunday. Panther y The Panthershammeredthe §=—=—s—s«s = w Lb Tf GF GA PTS returnee Jason Macdonald had 15 points Capers 13-2 and were lead offensively WOLVERINES Bo Gey day he Ode 2853 in the Saturday victory while Doug by K.J. White (three goals, two assists), SHOOTING STARS 7 6 i : 0 Somes ee Newsome, Peter Lawlor, and Michael Willie Skilliter (two goals, one assist), MARIAN I 8 4 4 0 49. 5 72).8 Moore all scored in double figures in and John Nelson and Tyler Ertel who = AVC BO eh 32 OB the rematch. had four points each. Craig Johnson HAC N SAC Ges Bee eo Bhe OE “We really played well as a picked up the win for the Panthers in BROTHERHOOD 9° Bie 6 ce Ae IS “team this weekend,’’ said Robinson. ‘‘It — the net. : was really nice to see the guys play i Head coach Doug Currie and - SAINT DUNSTANS pene Corrs — mc take anything his ts didn’t — as well on oe = ze or er the win.” Sunday, though as they were downed aa __ The win gives the Panthers an _ by St. F.X. 3-2 in Antigonish. The . FLYING SHANIAS 7 : : : o as “ig overall record of 5-4 which is good for Panther goals were scored by Todd ae aie: third place in the conference, six behind — Walker and Clarke Trolley in a game THE ORIGINAL REDNECKS 8 . te 40 48 ie 10 Dalhousie and eight behind AUAA which saw UPEI fire 40 shots at X-Men BUSINESS SOCIETY Usual = tea ee ee leader Acadia. netminder Shawn Silver. St. F.X.’s CHIQUITAS eS Bee Se AF eee The Lady Panthers played their Brian Trenholm scored with only 4:21 ROYALTY (HC) ff 4 2 E 47° 362-9 best basketball of the season as their remaining in the game to snap UPEI’s_ ENGINEERS 6 kode Qa Oe 646.418 eB pair of weekend wins improved their three game winning streak and bring the MARIAN II 6 2 4 0 13 425.14 record to 4-7 and vaulted them into the —_ Panthers back to the .500 mark withan powNTOWN (HC) 6 1 5 0 23-86. 2 sixth and final playoff spot. Carolyn —_ overall record of 9-9-1. HITMEN Rc Ole 3 a ae ee Deighan hit a pair of clutch free throws Despite Sunday’s loss the ALUMNT 7 0 7 0 49. 39 <9

Panthers now have a total of 19 points and are only five points behind behind first place UNB.

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Useless stat of the week: The AUAA women’s basketball conference is one of the most competitive in the CIAU, yet only one team from the entire league is listed in the current national rankings. The Dalhousie women’s team had a perfect record of

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ranked 8th in the nation.

Someone should really tell the rankings committee that the days of the covered wagon are long since passed here in the Maritimes, and that the country’s best basketball is being played east of Montreal.