NORTH BAY, ON - Friday night in North Bay, the Gryphons women's basketball team matched a season-high with 71 points and picked up a convincing 24-point victory over the Nipissing Lakers. With the result, the Gryphons have now won two of their last three games and improve to 3-12 on the season. With the loss, Nipissing falls to 1-15.

The Gryphons set the tone physically Friday night, out-rebounding the Lakers 45-34 and earning a total of 30 trips to the free throw line (compared to just 16 for Nipissing). The 20 made free throws and 30 free throw attempts by U of G were both season-highs. The Gryphs were able to build up an 11-point lead heading into the locker room, with third year guard Samantha Renshaw (Fort Erie, ON) scoring 11 of her 13 points in the opening 20 minutes of play. Fellow third year guard Haley Belyk (Regina, SK) finished the night with a game-high 16 points while also recording team-highs in both rebounds (8) and steals (4).  

The Gryphs also received some solid contributions off the bench from sophomores Abbey Clark and Sarah Holmes. Clark poured in 11 points on an efficient 4-of-7 shooting, while Holmes filled up the stat sheet with 7 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. The U of G bench outscored the Nipissing bench 20-9.

The Gryphons will now look to sweep their northern Ontario road trip on Saturday night when they head to Sudbury to face the 3-13 Laurentian Voyageurs. 
 

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