Box Score

The Waterloo Warriors re-opened OUA league action with a strong 85-51 win over the visiting Algoma Thunderbirds on Friday night. Eleven players hit the score sheet as all 12 players saw at least five minutes of action. Four Warriors were in double figures, led by Jacqui Rodrigues (Waterloo) with 16 points and Madison Behr (Ancaster) with 14.
 
Play was close in the first half as both teams shot over 46% and neither team was able to establish a consistent lead. Algoma did have an 8 point run near the end of the first quarter and Waterloo responded with a 7 point run to start the second. At half time the score was just a four point margin for Waterloo at 36-32.
 
Waterloo started the second half with forced turnovers and good shooting and a 16 point run gave them a 20 point lead with only four minutes gone in the half. Algoma never got the margin under 10 again and Waterloo extended the lead in the fourth quarter by allowing just 5 Algoma points in the final period. Waterloo shot 49% for the game. Forcing 33 Algoma turnovers led to a wide margin in shot attempts at 70 to 45. The Warriors also held the rebounding edge at 31-24.
 
Others in double figures for Waterloo were Amy Jarvis (Burlington) with 13 points and Emily Wilk (Oakville) with 11. Elizabeth Holmes (Welland) hit three straight three point field goals in the final quarter. For Algoma, Laura Meadows led all scorers with 18 points and Sydney Resch added 16 points.
 
With the win, Waterloo is in third place in the OUA West with a 2-6 record. Algoma is winless at 0-8. The same two teams meet again Saturday night at the PAC. Game time for the women is 6:00pm.