Volume 7, Number 21: 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Matthew Beards- 
     
     ley 
     
    

    
     The UPEI 
     
     Mens’ and Ladies’ Basket- 
     
     ball Panthers opened the 
     
     new Canada Games Field- 
     
     house with performances be- 
     
     fitting the spectacular new 
     
     facility in which they will 
     
     now play. 
     
    

    
     The weekend was a to- 
     
     tal success ,on all accounts 
     
     except one. In the first 
     
     game Saturday night the 
     
     Dalhousie Tigers spoiled the 
     
     party for the Lady Panthers 
     
     with a late game rally to win 
     
     64-58: The game was ev- 
     
     erything anyone could hope 
     
     for. The new. fieldhouse 
     
     which seats just slightly over 
     
     1400 was jammed full for 
     
    
   
   
    
     the game. Minutes before 
     
     tip-off, the bleachers were 
     
     full and the track above the 
     
     seating area which can acco- 
     
     modate 200 people Standing 
     
     Room full with people lined 
     
     up past the dividing curtain. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lady Panther captain Su- 
     
     san Knickle was the first 
     
     player to score in the new 
     
     fieldhouse when she nailed 
     
     two free-throws. _ Next 
     
     trip down the court, Paula 
     
     Edwards drained a _ three- 
     
     pointer to give the Lady 
     
     Panthers a 5-0 lead. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dalhousie refused to fold 
     
     under the impressing cir- 
     
     cumstances as they slowed 
     
     down the pace and patiently 
     
     ran out their offense. Na- 
     
     tional team member Angie 
     
     MacLeod was the big gun 
     
     for Dal as she scored 27 
     
     points to pace the Tigers. 
     
     MacLeod used her height 
     
    
   
   
    
     advantage over the smaller 
     
    
   
   
    
     Panther guards to drive and 
     
     shoot over them. Not all of 
     
     her points were easy as many 
     
     were tough under pressure 
     
     and from far out. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Lady Panthers con- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     tinued to have trouble run- 
     
     -ning a set offense and their 
     
     outside game has not yet 
     
     come around. As was the 
     
     case the last game between 
     
     the two teams, the Lady 
     
     Panthers shot a paltry 33% 
     
     from the floor. Their offense 
     
     in the first half consisted 
     
     of Susan Knickle driving to 
     
     the hoop and the tough in- 
     
     side work of Paula Edwards. 
     
     Lori Knickle was forced to 
     
     sit out most of the first half 
     
     as she picked up some early 
     
     fouls. Dalhousie led at the 
     
     half 30-27. 
     
    

    
     In the early going of the 
     
     second half, Dalhousie con- 
     
     tinued to press and threat- 
     
     ened to open up the game. 
     
     Then the 1700 plus in at- 
     
     tendance began to make 
     
     their presence known. Roar- 
     
     ing, stomping, screaming de- 
     
     fense, the fans tried to lift up 
     
     the Lady Panthers. Susan 
     
     Knickle then siezed matters 
     
     into her own hands and be- 
     
     gan to bring the Lady Pan- 
     
     thers back. Diving, slash- 
     
     ing, she worked her way in- 
     
     side, scoring from seemingly 
     
     impossible angles and posi- 
     
     tions. 
     
    

    
     Knickle gave UPEI its 
     
     longest lead on a play that 
     
     would prove to be the differ- 
     
     ence in the game a few min- 
     
     utes later. She drove the 
     
     lane from the left, threw up 
     
     a double pump layup, and 
     
     was fouled in the process. 
     
     The crowd roared to its feet 
     
     and Knickle exchanged high 
     
     fives with her teammates. 
     
     She made the free-throw to 
     
     give her team a 7-point lead 
     
     and the game seemed to be 
     
     well in control. 
     
    

    
     Then disaster struck. 
     
     Knickle again drove the 
     
     lane, only this time the Dal 
     
     defender was a step ahead 
     
     of Knickle. She held her 
     
    
   
   
    
     ground and Susan plowed 
     
    
   
   
    
     UPEI’s Trevor Wilock (24) skied to grab rebound over Acadia’s Ted 
     
     Byrne (32) looking on is Mark Cameron (11) left, Dave Dunn (33) far left 
     
    
   
   
    
     and Kevin Venoit, obscured. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     into her, the two players hit- 
     
     ting the floor as the whistle 
     
     sounded. Then as the play- 
     
     ers looked towards the ref- 
     
     eree, the obvious was called. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The crowd groaned as Susan 
     
     Knickle’s fifth foul was sig- 
     
    
   
   
    
     nalled.. A distraught mur-- 
     
    
   
   
    
     mur went through the crowd ! 
     
     as the Lady Panthers would | 
     
     be without their leader for 
     
     the four final minutes of the 
     
     game. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dalhousie wasted little 
     
     time as they went straight' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thursday, February 15, 1999 
     
    
   
   
    
     at the Lady Panthers who 
     
     seemed a little lost without 
     
     Knickle on the floor. The 
     
     Lady Panthers were also 
     
     hampered by the loss of Lori 
     
     Knickle fouled out minutes 
     
     earlier. Then problems con- 
     
     tinued at the offensive end 
     
     of the floor as they were un- 
     
     able to get the ball inside 
     
     to Paula Edwards, who may 
     
     have been able to right their 
     
     fastly sinking ship. Edwards 
     
     put together a remarkable 
     
     game as she scored 16 points 
     
     and handed down a game- 
     
    
   
   
    
     high 17 rebounds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Tigers scored 15 
     
     points over the final four 
     
     minutes to win the game 
     
     and put the Lady Panthers 
     
     plans to host a fifth AUAA 
     
     championship on ice; the 
     
     loss drops the Lady Panthers 
     
     to third place and gives the 
     
     UNB Red Bloomers a firm 
     
     hold on first place. Bar- 
     
     ring some huge upset, the 
     
     Red Bloomers should host 
     
     the AUAA playoffs. 
     
    
   
   
    
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