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No. 1 Ravens Topple Gaels 114-45


KINGSTON, Ont. (February 13, 2015) – The Gaels (5-11) fell 114-45 against the No. 1 Carleton Ravens (14-2) this Friday evening at the ARC in Kingston. Queen's was without leading scorer Greg Faulkner (Kingston, Ont.) who missed the game due to injury and were no match for the defending CIS champions.

The Gaels were led by Sukhpreet Singh (Toronto) with 12 points and Patrick Street (Etobicoke, Ont.) with eight points. On the Ravens side of the action Gavin Resch put up a game high 22 points followed by Conor Wood with 21 points and Guillaume Payen Boucard with 17 points.

The Ravens dominated the court from the tip-off answering every Gaels basket with two of their own to double the Gaels shooting percentage. The first quarter went to the Ravens as they scored 29 points over the 10 points from the Gaels with Carleton guard Gavin Resch wrapping up the quarter with back-to-back threes.

After a slow first two minutes with no baskets from either team to open the second quarter, the Ravens picked up where they left off in the first hitting a 21-1 run. The Gaels found an edge late in the quarter as the Ravens defence staggered and allowed the Gaels through to score 10 of their 11 second quarter baskets in just the last three minutes. Cy Samuels (Vaughan, Ont.) ended the first half with a buzzer beating layup shot, however the Gaels still faced a 58-21 deficit at halftime.

The second half saw the Ravens continue to dominate the court on all fronts with Carleton grabbing 42 rebounds and shooting 74% from the charity stripe. The Gaels struggled to find their way through the tough defence, increasing their free throw percentage after halftime but staying well behind the Ravens. The National Champions were able to watch the seconds count down and, with the sounding of the final buzzer, grabbed their 14th win of the OUA season.