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Posted: Oct 19, 2019

Defending national champion Broncos overtake Queens at RDC

Defending national champion Broncos overtake Queens at RDC
Box Score
Game Leaders
OC
Pts: Brittney Thibeaux - 20
Reb: Brittney Thibeaux - 12
Ast: Brandi Thibeaux - 9
RDP
Pts: Amy Szymanek - 19
Reb: 2 Players (#11, #TM) - 10
Ast: 2 Players (#06, #23) - 4
Team Stats
Full stats

Red Deer, AB – It was a tough opponent for the Red Deer College Queens to face to begin the 2019-20 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) season. The Olds College Broncos are coming off a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Women's Basketball National Championship and still have the defending CCAA Women's Basketball National Player of the Year, Brittney Thibeaux, in the lineup.

In the season opener at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre, the Broncos won three of the four quarters, taking an 80-64 road decision.

The visitors began the game on a 14-7 run.

While the Broncos tried to pull away further in the early stages, Queens guard Sandra Garcia-Bernal kept it close, with energetic pressure and scoring ability. The third-year Kinesiology student contributed nine points, seven steals and six rebounds.

With over 40 per cent shooting efficiency from the field, Olds College eventually went up by 18 points in the second quarter. The RDC Queens battled and reduced that margin. Back-to-back three pointers from Sophie Melin and Amy Szymanek made it a 25-37 contest.

At the half, Olds College was up 40-25.

A bucket from RDC Bachelor of Science Nursing student Mallory Uskiw in the key capped off a 20-15 stretch for the Queens and the home team was within 10 (45-55) in the third quarter.

The Broncos used their experience and started to expand their lead in the fourth. Brandi Thibeaux connected from the field and on a free throw, pushing Olds College ahead 70-53. 

The Olds College Broncos eventually won 80-64.

Amy Symanek was named the Collegiate Sports Medicine Queens Player-of-the-Game. The Bachelor of Education Secondary student contributed 19 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Alice-Fay Pitts received the honour for the Broncos, recording 17 points, six assists, four rebounds and one block.

RDC's Sophie Melin scored 13 points and Harneet Sidhu had 10.

Brittney Thibeaux led the Broncos with 20 points and her sister Brandi sank 17.

On Friday, October 25, the Queens (0-1) will host the SAIT Trojans (0-1) at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre at 6:00 p.m. The Olds College Broncos (1-0) will face the St. Mary's University Lightning (3-0) on their home court on Saturday, November 2 at 6:00 p.m.