Queens 57 Broncos 47
OLDS — For the first time in several years the RDC Queens can look at the Alberta Colleges Women’s Basketball League standings and see black figures.
The Queens upped their record to 3-2 with a 57-47 victory over the Olds Broncos Saturday to complete a weekend sweep against their Central Alberta rivals.
“We didn’t play as well as we did Friday (a 69-47 win), but despite the fact some of our shots weren’t falling we found a way to win,” said head coach Mike Woollard. “We still have a lot to learn as we go on, but we gutted it out and it was a win.”
The Queens offence started slowly as they trailed 13-10 after the first quarter. They still trailed 34-33 at the half but led 34-28 after three quarters as their defence held the Broncos to just seven points in the third quarter.
Jessica Foley led the Queens with 14 points and 12 rebounds while Desirae Paterson had nine points and 13 boards, Mozanga Ekwalanga six points and 10 rebounds. Sarah Williamson had seven assists and six rebounds while backup guard Gillian Griffin had seven points and Kaitlin Bracko seven rebounds. Sierra Hester had 19 points and Destiny Whitehead 15 for Olds.
The Queens dominated the boards, holding a 61-40 edge in rebounds.
Kings 99 Broncos 69
The Kings also started slowly, leading 24-13 after the first quarter and 39-29 at the half. However, they outscored the Broncos 43-20 in the third quarter to take control.
“It was a just a scrappy game from top to bottom,” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger.
Clay Crelin led the Kings with 22 points and seven rebounds while Jacob Cusumano was their player of the game with 20 points. Mari Peoples-Wong had 16 points and six rebounds, Lloyd Strickland 14 points, Reece Gavin 12 points and 11 boards and Matt Johnson 10 points.
Cody Bouchard had 29 points, Colton Short 11 and Cordell Minifree 10 for the Broncos.
Trojans 3 Kings 2
The RDC Kings are playing a bit shorthanded on the blueline, but they battled the SAIT Trojans every step of the way before dropping a 3-2 decision in Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League action at SAIT Saturday.
“We were down to four defencemen for much of the game,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper, who went into the game with five healthy defencemen.
The Trojans, who beat the Kings 5-1 in Penhold Friday, opened the scoring with Clayton Cumiskey beating RDC starting goaltender Mike Salmon at 4:25 of the first period. Mitch Board made it 2-0 four minutes into the second period. Doug Jones narrowed the gap for the Kings at 13:53 of the second period with Corey Tyrell making to 3-1 before the end of the middle stanza.
RDC’s Dustin Lebrun made the game interesting with his seventh goal of the season in the third period.
Salmon finished with 31 saves while Brayden Hopfe made 37 saves for SAIT.
The Kings return to action this weekend when they host Briercrest Bible College at 7:15 p.m. Friday and at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.
Meanwhile the RDC Queens hockey game at NAIT was postponed when the officials failed to show up. The Queens host SAIT Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Arena.