Box Score The Laurier Golden Hawks scored early and often to hand Waterloo a tough 88-56 loss on Saturday at the PAC. The Golden Hawks jumped out to a 12-2 lead thanks to four 3-pointers, three coming from Nicole Morrison as the third year guard caught fire early in this contest.
The Hawks would go on to outscore the Warriors 32-8 in the opening quarter and the gap was too large to overcome the rest of the way. Waterloo did manage to outscore the visitors 20-15 in the second quarter but Laurier found their shooting stroke again in the third quarter and would cruise to the easy 32 point victory.
Laurier shot 41.3% from the field while knocking down 10 from beyond the arc while Waterloo went 28.4% and only hit two from downtown.
Morrison led all scorers with 21 points going 7-for-14 from the field while Alexandra Spadaro had 17 for the Golden Hawks. Spadaro was also big on the boards with 10 rebounds, the most in the game.
Top scorer for the Warriors was
Emily Wilk (Oakville) who had 18 points going 7-for-16 from the field while hitting all three of her free throw attempts.
Kristen Osborne (Markham) was the only other Warrior in double digits with 12 points. Osborne also led the way on the glass with six rebounds.
The Warriors will be back in action next Friday at the PAC against York. Tipoff is set for 6pm and the game can be seen live on OUA.tv.
