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Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference "To be Canada's premiere collegiate athletic conference by developing and inspiring leadership through excellence in academics, sport and citizenship"
Posted: Nov 05, 2022

Thunder Dominate Rattlers in Snake Pit

Box Score
Game Leaders
CUE
Pts: Kourtney Oss - 15
Reb: 2 Players (#08, #10) - 10
Ast: Bronwyn Blayney - 3
MHC
Pts: Abrielle Watson - 12
Reb: Hailey Hoffart - 7
Ast: 3 Players (#5, #7, #22) - 1
Team Stats
Full stats

The Concordia Thunder was in the Snake pit to take on the Medicine Hat Rattlers. The game started with the thunder earning a trip to the line and hitting one of 2. From here both teams struggled to find their groove early missing on multiple trips each way down the court. The thunder broke the scoring drought hitting a 3 after 4 minutes had elapsed. Able to expand their lead, the thunder kept the Rattlers off the board for the first 5 minutes of the quarter. After starting to heat up later in the quarter the Rattlers still trailed late but were finally able to get points on the board. At the end of the quarter the visitors found themselves up 13-9. 

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CUE came out of the break going on a 7-1 run quickly forcing the Rattlers to take their second timeout of the half. The Thunder continued to score on fast breaks while Medicine Hat failed to execute on offence. Medicine Hat seemed to be making one too many passes and not taking advantages as they presented. The thunder extended once again and led 29-10 halfway through the quarter. Both teams started scoring a little more balanced as time continued to run off the clock. As the half rang the Thunder led 38-16. 

 

The second half started with an energy lull in the gym. Down over 20, the home crowd seemed subdued early as the Thunder continued to add to their lead. More than doubling the Rattlers, the thunder led 51-22 with 3:50 left in the quarter. As the game progressed on the game slowed a bit with teams trying to use the full clock and run their offence. As a result scoring slowed, but became more efficient with neither team trying to force a bad play. Concordia recorded 3+ blocks in the quarter and stymied any Rattler chances from the paint. As the quarter ended the scoreboard showed a 63-27 Thunder lead. 

 

The fourth quarter started with the Thunder once again extending their lead. Up 40 points, they continued to pile on and get to the line. The much smaller Rattlers struggled once again and were committing too many unforced errors and turnovers. The bigger thunder were able to use their size to defend the paint very well forcing poor quality chances. The Thunder continued to add on late as the Rattlers once again stalled. As the game came to a close the Thunder had won 83-32.