l ’c‘ WM Hull) (fHIlONICLE‘Wednesday, l'ebruary 5.10M . 23 9e 0'7 r - " ‘ Reachin re a“ i. «r; . ., . \’ O 9 I‘ ‘ l 3». v â€at; l%‘ , ' ’ - s . . . ‘4, r I. My. - “we" ’ i “ ' (11 t “ w 3'; " it? e op em ‘ ., 13".. 34 .. a Laurier women’s 3"" , â€v. .1 «a? ‘- basketball poised to a ï¬nish high in ‘ standings as regular ’ season comes to a ' ~ 3 close lg; vs a}: . 8v ADAM Manson a ( 'hmmi [e 5111/] f 2' r is been A high that has never dropped lot the nation- ’ ’ s" Ially ranked Wilfrid (miner University women's has ‘ . “ ketball team . .. â€' As the Golden Hawks head into their ï¬nal four games I. of the season. the team sits in set‘ond plate in ()UA standings and they have A ( hance to ï¬nish in the top 10 of( ,IS rankings. ... they solidiï¬ed their spot in second plat e With a con- "‘ nnt’ing till 48 Win over the Brock University Badgers on . \aturday at the taunt-i Alhlt’tlt’ t hmplex Stock lodge“ (and Katie W (6) and guard Jenalyn Yumol (8) battle tot a rebound with Lauder guards Samantha lacobs, team assists leader lee Anna t).sei put on her usual Mt. end We! Om ï¬ght. It the Laurie! Athlth Complex on Saturday. With the season Winding down. the Hawks have a good pass making magit. picking up a team~leading six (9530(9de highlnthestandmgs, ArmuiAuuwv-«t'r assists. while dropping eight poian herself and smoth- ering four rebounds tight delensive we. Strong coverage had to get through this lttm k team 1 â€She's one til the better trout guards in our league.‘ inside the three-point line forced Brock think they‘re a tough team " said Paul l-‘alco. head coach and manager of basketball to just a 28 per cent ï¬eld goal pt‘rt‘ent lakehead added some oï¬ensiw ptiwt't operations at launer "She's a really good pass“ and at age. over the Lhristtnas break as lyhsti really good defender she's someone who ignites our Lauriet's offence shot 40 per cent Williams, a former Georgia S‘tatt- guard tlflt'nt e in a lot of ways. esperially in transitions ‘ from inside the threepolnt line has turned the Thunderwolves Despite the 68 total points. laurier only had one M week! up. butler was ranked In eight games with the team. \‘Vlllhlllls player, taunt Doyle. who scored more than IO No. 7 in the country â€" the highest in has averaged more than 20 pulnls pm that has been one of the most impressive stats for school history for women's basketball game and 27 8 points per 4(ltll|n\1l(‘\ the veteran lat't‘tl team thIS year balanced scoring. ~â€" but they have since dropped to the “she's going to be a handful " \.|ltl “47le Is the team's leading point getter. averaging No 9 spot more loss to the No lWind lair o “We‘re going to have to l lllllt' .md to 7 points per game but she onlv ranks No 22 in (HM sot Lancers. play hard both nights to he stint-ssh†’ storing statistics This weekend, the (ridden Hawks Western and MrMastr-r, whit h .m- In On Saturday. lust two players iii the [aunt-r lineup host lakeheod in a double header on third and fourth place respettiveh In thi left without scoring a point Friday and Saturday. before heading on west. are close to [fluflt‘t in the standings According to Fako. that has been the fix us of lauri the road for the ï¬nal two matrhes of WI ll has 28 points but Western ist lose M's nï¬enre this year the season against MCMASIP! and West behind with 26 and s1. \1.istt‘rhas J.‘ “We‘re the type of team that shares the ball and tries em. If one of those trams lumps ahead Ml to ï¬nd holes in the other team‘s «Home? said Palm "lt's those turns an- ntpplng at the heeLs laurier, it could make .9 â€mint dim-trot r not necessarily going to one or two people. it‘s going to of the Hawks as they I“ jockey for ï¬nal in the playoffs, Mr has the best shot at the nght time ' playoff positions “Positioning I‘- tmportant ' said lair u ()n the defensive side (it the hall. laurier's guards "We've been talking about really trying to take it one game "For in. tMrMastt-r). lake-headWestem, they re all going [It showed their worth the (ls-tenet» limited Brod to just at a tlme.’ said Fako be tough challenges it's about playing our stvlt' of basket ’ eight points in the ï¬rst quarter. setting the tone for a "Fwy time we look too far ahead. It doesn't help us any We hall and our style of defenre ' .,