McGill Martlets advance, looking for second straight national title

REGINA — The No. 4 McGill Martlets have advanced to the next stage in their attempt for back-to-back national championships.

Frederique Potvin led all scorers with 16 points as McGill erased a five-point deficit at halftime to beat the No. 5 McMaster Marauders 55-39 on Thursday in the quarterfinals at the U Sports women’s basketball championship.

The Martlets trails 27-22 at the break, but held the Marauders to just 12 second-half points on 4-of-33 shooting en route to the victory.

Potvin nearly matched McMaster’s offence all by herself with 10 points in the final two quarters.

Linnaea Harper paced the Mauraders with 10 points.

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McGill, which won its first national title in 2017, and the No. 1 Carleton Ravens will meet in Saturday’s semifinals.

Nicole Gilmore had 12 points as Carleton beat the No. 8 Calgary Dinos 52-42 in quarterfinal play. Liene Stalidzane had a team-high 10 points for the Dinos as both teams shot below 31 per cent from the field.

Saturday’s other semifinal will see No. 2 Regina Cougars against the No. 6 Saskatchewan Huskies.

Carolina Goncalves had a team-high 15 points off the bench as Regina toppled the No. 7 Laval Rouge et Or 76-56 to advance. Jane Gagne dropped 19 points for the Rouge et Or.

Meanwhile, Saskatchewan got 25 points from Summer Masikewich in a 72-67 upset win over the No. 3 Acadia Axewomen in the quarterfinals. Acadia’s Paloma Anderson, who was named U Sports women’s basketball player of the year on Wednesday, scored 25 points for her squad.

The championship game goes Sunday.

The Canadian Press