The Algoma Thunderbirds women's basketball team earned their fourth and final win of the season against the Nipissing Lakers this evening in the GLC. In their annual Seniors' Night game, Algoma dominated the floor, winning 69-49, with their first-ever back-to-back win since joining the OUA.
Karissa Kajorinne led the Tbirds in the win with 15 points and 5 rebounds.
Carriera Lamoureux had 13 points and 6 boards.
Karly Fracalanza and
Karina Cole also had double digits in the win.
Claire Abbott had 16 points in the loss for the Lakers.
Algoma shot 40 per cent from the field and beyond the arc, and 88.2 per cent from the line.
"I couldn't be happier the way we ended the season," said Head Coach
Ryan Vetrie. "To get both wins to close out the weekend, something we haven't ever done before and to have it on our home court sending off our seniors was pretty specials. I am very proud of this group and the way they played all year long."
Honoured in Seniors' Night were
Carriera Lamoureux,
Sydney Resch, and
Karissa Kajorinne. Tonight marked their final game sporting the red, white, and grey for the Thunderbirds. Resch finishes out the season as Algoma's women's all-time leading scorer since joining the OUA with 607 points.
The Algoma women end the season at 4-16 in the OUA West.