OTTAWA, Ont. – The Gryphons women's basketball team saw their season come to an end in the OUA Quarterfinals on Saturday night (Feb. 21) from the Raven's Nest in Ottawa, where the Gryphons fell the Carleton Ravens 82-62.
The Gryphons entered the OUA playoffs as the No. 5-seed and were coming off a win over the No. 12-seed Waterloo Warriors in Wednesday's preliminary round game. Guelph took on the No. 4-seed Carleton Ravens, which posted a 16-6 record but earned home court advantage with the head-to-head win in October.
The second quarter would prove to be the difference in the game as the Gryphons closed out the opening quarter, cutting the deficit down to 17-12 but the Ravens opened up the second with an 8-2 run to take a 25-14 lead as the hosts would make their double-digit lead hold throughout the rest of the game as the Gryphs were unable to chip into the Raven lead in their 82-62 loss.
As a team, the Ravens shot 46.4% the field while the Gryphons were held in check by the Carleton defence, shooting 32.8% from the field.
Christina Morra who put together an impressive season for Guelph, led the team with 21 points and 9 rebounds.
Alexis Wright finished with 13 points on the night while
Stephanie Galikowski scored 10 off the Gryphon bench.
The Carleton Ravens with the win advances to the OUA Semifinal where they'll head to Kingston to take on the top-seeded Queen's Gaels. For the Gryphons, another impressive season comes to an end in which the team was able to reach the OUA Quarterfinals for a fifth consecutive season.