The
      Cadre
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      26
      January
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sports
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Men’s
      and
      women’s
      Panthers
     
     
      look
      positively
      ahead
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      MARC
      MACDONALD
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Now
      just
      past
      the
      All-
     
     
      Star
      Game,
      last
      year’s
      AUAA
     
     
      champs
      the
      UPEI
      Lady
      Pan-
     
     
      thers
      are
      looking
      forward
      to
     
     
      the
      remainder
      of
      the
      season.
     
     
      The
      Panthers
      had
      been
      tied
     
     
      for
      first
      in
      the
      Atlantic
      confer-
     
     
      ence’s
      East
      Division
      with
      the
     
     
      UNB
      Varsity
      Reds
      before
      the
     
     
      weekend
      of
      January
      8th
      -
      10th.
     
     
      They
      fell
      to
      second
      place,
      how-
     
     
      ever,
      after
      the
      Reds
      won
      in
     
     
      what
      was
      the
      Panther’s
      first
     
     
      two
      consecutive
      regular
      sea-
     
     
      son
      losses
      in
      almost
      two
      years.
     
     
      When
      asked
      about
      the
      week-
     
     
      end,
      Marie-Claude
      Couture,
     
     
      third
      year
      guard
      and
      a
      captain
     
     
      for
      the
      Panthers
      squad,
      noted
     
     
      that
      it
      had
      been
      a
      difficult
      se-
     
     
      ries
      of
      games
      but
      it
      that
      came
     
     
      out
      positive.
     
    

    
     
      Even
      though
      her
      side,
      the
     
     
      East
      Division,
      lost
      in
      the
      All-
     
     
      Star
      Game,
      Couture
      enjoyed
     
     
      the
      game.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPE!
      Sports
      Centre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “It’s
      not
      my
      type
      of
     
     
      game,
      but
      it’s
      always
      good
      to
     
     
      get
      recognized,”
      Couture
      said
     
     
      in
      describing
      her
      experience.
     
    

    
     
      In
      the
      Men’s
      All-Star
     
     
      game,
      Scotty
      Morrison
      had
      12
     
     
      points
      for
      his
      East
      Division
     
     
      team.
      “There
      was
      no
      pres-
     
     
      sure,”
      he
      said
      about
      the
      game
     
     
      “We
      were
      able
      to
      just
      go
      out
     
     
      there
      and
      have
      some
      fun
     
     
      There
      was
      not
      much
      defence
     
     
      played
      but
      there
      was
      a
      lot
      of
     
     
      threes
      and
      dunks.”
     
    

    
     
      Unfortunately
      for
      the
     
     
      Men’s
      Panthers,
      their
      record
     
     
      (3
      wins
      and
      6
      losses)
      does
      not
     
     
      show
      how
      well
      they’ve
      been
     
     
      playing.
      The
      Panthers
      who
      are
     
     
      third
      in
      the
      Eastern
      Division
     
     
      have
      had
      an
      up
      and
      down
      sea-
     
     
      son.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Morrison,
      fourth
      year
     
     
      guard
      and
      captain
      explained,
     
     
      “we're
      playing
      well
      in
      a
      lot
      of
     
     
      games
      but
      our
      record
      isn’t
      that
     
     
      good,
      mostly
      because
      we
      don’t
     
    
   
   
    
     
      play
      well
      for
      the
      whole
      forty
     
     
      minutes.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      weekend
      of
      Janu-
     
     
      ary
      16th
      -
      17th
      saw
      both
      the
     
     
      men’s
      and
      women’s
      Panthers
     
     
      play
      very
      good
      games,
      but
      end
     
     
      up
      with
      different
      results.
      The
     
     
      women
      pulled
      off
      a
      close
      win
     
     
      against
      Dalhousie
      on
      Satur-
     
     
      day
      (63-60)
      and
      used
      strong
     
     
      defence
      on
      Sunday
      to
      thump
     
     
      Acadia
      75
      to
      53.
      The
      Men
      lost
     
     
      in
      both
      outings
      in
      games
      that
     
     
      could
      have
      gone
      either
      way
     
     
      The
      results
      were
      Dalhousie
     
     
      83
      UPEI
      75
      on
      Saturday
      and
     
     
      Acadia
      80
      UPEI
      74
      on
      Sun-
     
     
      day
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Both
      the
      Men’s
      and
     
     
      Women’s
      Panthers
      are
      to
      play
     
     
      at
      Saint
      Mary’s
      on
      Saturday
     
     
      23rd.
      The
      future
      is
      looking
     
     
      brighter
      for
      the
      men,
      who
      ex-
     
     
      pect
      to
      have
      fourth
      year
      guard
     
     
      Mike
      Moore
      back
      to
      the
      team
     
     
      the
      week
      of
      Januafy
      24th
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      30th.
      Other
      positive
      signs
      for
     
     
      the
      men
      are
      excellent
      play
      from
     
     
      forwards
      Chris
      Smith,
      Jim
     
     
      Morris,
      Dave
      Love,
      and
      Nate
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Phillippe.
      As
      well,
      guards
      Scotty
     
     
      Morrison,
      Jonathan
     
     
      McKercher
      and
      Mike
      Sirois
     
     
      have
      been
      playing
      well
      and
     
     
      knocking
      down
      threes
      con-
     
     
      sistently.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “We're
      a
      young
      team
      but
     
     
      we're
      improving
      every
      game,”
     
     
      Morrison
      said,
      looking
      toa
      good
     
     
      future.
      “In
      the
      long
      run
      I
      think
     
     
      we'll
      be
      there.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      Women’s
      team
      will
     
     
      be
      secking
      to
      continue
      their
      run
     
     
      of
      exasperating
      opposing
     
     
      coaches
      and
      teams
      with
      their
     
     
      smothering
      defence
      and
      ex-
     
     
      plosive
      offense.
      In
      anticipation
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      upcoming
      games,
      Couture
     
     
      says,
      “we
      had
      a
      couple
      injuries
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      some
      le
      were
      sick
      but
     
     
      we
      stayed
      focused
      and
      posi-
     
     
      tive
      ..
      .
      nothing
      can
      stop
      us.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We're
      into
      it.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Vey)
     
     
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