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OUA Basketball: Ryerson Rams at Ottawa Gee-Gees and the Laurier Golden Hawks

The Ryerson Rams men’s and women’s basketball teams will be playing at the MAC this Saturday in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) quarter-finals. The women’s team will be facing off against the Ottawa Gee-Gees at 6 p.m. and the men's team will be taking on the Laurier Golden Hawks at 8 p.m. Both teams are hoping to advance in the playoffs as contenders for the Wilson Cup. Ryan Skilton and Alex Lyle will be covering both games.

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We are live from the Mattamy Athletic Centre, where the Ryerson Rams men's and women's basketball teams are getting set for their opening round playoff matchups.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 10:42:28 PM
The Ryerson Rams women's team (16-3) is taking on the Ottawa Gee-Gees (14-5) at 6 PM ET. The Ryerson Rams men's team (17-2) will take on the Laurier Golden Hawks (7-13) at 8 PM ET.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 10:45:40 PM
Warmups are underway as the Rams are getting set to play their opening round match against the Gee-Gees.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 10:47:39 PM
The Rams women's team ranks second in the OUA in points per game. They're up against a team that allows the least points per game in the OUA, something to look out for in this game.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 10:53:07 PM
Rams starting five: Keneca Pingue-Giles, Silvana Jez, Cara Tiemens, Mariah Nunes, Annie Sokoloff

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 10:57:52 PM
And we're underway at the MAC.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:00:40 PM
Rams starting five introduced.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:00:48 PM
Ottawa opens with a three-pointer. Gee-Gees lead 3-0.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:01:09 PM
Jez scores the first basket for the Rams. Ryerson draws to within one.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:01:59 PM
We have some rowdy Ottawa fans in the house tonight.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:02:21 PM
Pingue-Giles steals the ball and puts it home off the rush. Ryerson trails 5-4.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:02:50 PM
Ottawa's Julia Soriano commits the first foul of the game. Tiemens to the line shooting two.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:03:44 PM
Ryerson's Mariah Nunes

by Alex Lyle 2/28/2015 11:46:28 PM
Chloe Mago

by Alex Lyle 2/28/2015 11:47:19 PM
At the half, Pingue-Giles and Jez lead the Rams with seven points each. Pingue-Giles and Sokoloff lead the team with six rebounds each (one offensive rebound and five defensive rebounds).

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:48:57 PM
Ottawa is struggling to get anything going offensively, with only two players chipping in (MacDonald with 14 points and Van Slingerland with seven).

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:51:58 PM
These T-shirts are being given away to fans near the court entrance

by Alex Lyle edited by The Ryersonian 2/28/2015 11:52:03 PM
The Gee-Gees are just eight for 43 shooting from the field (18.6 per cent). Ryerson has taken less attempts, but made more shots, going 11 for 29 from the field (37.9 per cent).

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:54:40 PM
The teams are back on the court for the second half.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:54:52 PM
The Gee-Gees strong suit all season has been their three-point field-goal percentage, something they have struggled with tonight, going 2-for-20 (10 per cent).

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:57:14 PM
Cara Tiemens opens the second half with a three-pointer. Ryerson now leads 35-21.

by ryan.skilton 2/28/2015 11:58:35 PM
Pingue-Giles strips the ball from Ottawa, breaks in alone, but misses the open layup.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:00:20 AM
The Rams are pressuring the ball well; really limiting Ottawa's chances to get anything going offensively.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:01:50 AM
I spoke too soon. Gee-Gees' Jen Stoqua gets her first points on the board, hitting the three to draw Ottawa within 11 points.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:02:33 AM
Pingue-Giles hits the three under pressure to give Ryerson a 41-27 lead. There are five and a half minutes left in the third quarter.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:04:12 AM
Rams' Pingue-Giles steals the ball from Gee-Gees' Forand, breaks in alone, hits the basket and draws the foul. She'll shoot one.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:05:48 AM
She misses, but Ryerson now has a commanding 43-28 lead.

by ryan.skilton edited by The Ryersonian 3/1/2015 12:06:13 AM
Rams' Sofia Paska hits the basket to give Ryerson a 47-30 lead.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:11:13 AM
Some miscommunication with the Gee-Gees as Ottawa's Jennifer Crowe passes to an invisible person and the ball goes out of bounds. Ryerson gets the ball.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:12:52 AM
Sokoloff is left wide open for the jumper. Ryerson now has a 20-point lead with just over a minute to go in the third quarter.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:14:19 AM
The Ottawa crowd has slowly become quieter as the Rams continue to increase their lead.

by ryan.skilton edited by The Ryersonian 3/1/2015 12:15:21 AM
Gee-Gees' Julia Soriano finally stops the bleeding for Ottawa, hitting the three and pulling her team to within 19 points.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:17:43 AM
The buzzer sounds. Heading into the fourth quarter, Ryerson leads 54-33.

by ryan.skilton edited by The Ryersonian 3/1/2015 12:18:24 AM
Out of town scoreboard update: Windsor 49, Toronto 33.

by ryan.skilton edited by The Ryersonian 3/1/2015 12:20:48 AM
Windsor is the No. 1 ranked team in the country. Ryerson lost to them earlier this year by just three points.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:21:31 AM
Nunes hits the three "all the way from Mississauga," says the announcer. Rams lead 57-33.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:22:23 AM
Pingue-Giles hits the basket and draws the foul. She makes the free throw and now has a team-leading 15 points on the night.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:23:22 AM
Keneca Pingue-Giles

by Alex Lyle 3/1/2015 12:23:23 AM
The crowd size at the MAC is respectable. The fans are making plenty of noise.

by Alex Lyle 3/1/2015 12:25:54 AM
Pingue-Giles grabs the rebound and powers it home to give the Rams a 25-point lead.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:27:36 AM
Ottawa's Akpene Kwamie fouls Pingue-Giles and she will go to the line, shooting two.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:29:10 AM
Pingue-Giles hits one of two. Ryerson leads 65-40.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:29:27 AM
Jez uses an interesting technique (underhand throw) to make the basket, but it just misses.

by ryan.skilton edited by The Ryersonian 3/1/2015 12:31:14 AM
Ryerson has really had a killer instinct in this game. The girls won't let up.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:31:36 AM
Pingue-Giles now has a team-leading 20 points.

by ryan.skilton 3/1/2015 12:32:02 AM

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