Box Score

Brock forward Mackenzie Robinson drives toward the basket past Ryerson’s Rachel Farwell during the U Sports Women’s Basketball National Championship semifinal game Saturday, April 2.

Brock BROCK 13-3

Ryerson RYERSON 18-0

Brock BROCK

13-3

Final

Apr. 02, 2022

Ryerson RYERSON

18-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	OT 1	F
Brock BROCK	15	13	11	15	2	56
Ryerson RYERSON	12	13	19	10	10	64

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 4/2/2022 6:44:00 PM | Dan Dakin

Overtime heartbreak for Badgers in Kingston

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The Brock Badgers will compete for a medal at the U SPORTS Women's Basketball National Championships Sunday, April 3, but it's not the colour they were hoping for.

Competing in the U SPORTS semifinal game, the No. 4 Badgers fell to the No. 1 Ryerson Rams 64-56 Saturday after an epic battle that took overtime to settle. It was another heartbreaking loss for Brock, which dropped the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Critelli Cup final to the Rams, but it was also a much-improved effort from a week ago at home.

"It's one of those games where you don't really know how to feel," said Brock player of the game Victoria Lawrence, who had 14 points and five rebounds in the loss. "We all feel like it was a good game and it was close. We kept going and we put in the work."

Victoria Lawrence (#13) grabs a loose basketball.

The third-year guard and Psychology student from Ottawa said while the players feel like they made mistakes, they're also excited to contend for a medal at the nationals.

While they won't get a chance to play in their second-consecutive U SPORTS gold-medal game, the Badgers will play for a bronze medal Sunday at 3 p.m. at Queen's University, when they play either the hosting No. 7 Gaels or No. 3 Winnipeg Wesmen.

The game will be broadcast on CBC Sports.

"We still just have to come into the next game with the same mentality and the same game plan because it's going to be a challenge," she said. "We're keeping positive within ourselves and as teammates because we're still playing for a medal and we're in the top four in the country."

Brock led 15-12 after the first quarter Saturday before Ryerson came back to tie the game in the second quarter and then take its first lead of the game. The Badgers regained the advantage, however, and held a narrow 28-25 lead at the half.

Ryerson's best quarter of the game was in the third, when it outscored Brock 19-11 and, at one point, held a six-point lead.

Not done yet, the Badgers came back in the fourth quarter and took the lead on a clutch triple by Lawrence with 1:30 left on the clock. But once again, the Rams came back to tie it at 54-54, sending the game into overtime, where the game's top scorer Jama Bin-Edward hit a three, a jump shot and two foul shots to put the game out of reach and secure the dramatic win.

Brock's Madalyn Weinert matched Lawrence with 14 points and added 11 rebounds. Jenneke Pilling and Madison MacInnis added six points each for the Badgers.

For Lawrence, who played two years of college basketball before transferring to Brock, said she's proud of what she, and the team, have accomplished this year.

"As a player I think I've grown a lot in the past few games. There were negative thoughts, but once we had the chance to come to nationals, I thought 'wow, we're really accomplishing goals I never thought I could have reached,'" she said. "Making it to nationals, being Top 4 in the country and now playing for third place is something I'm going to be really proud of."