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Women's Basketball

Jenny Wright scored a game-high 15 points in the final home game of her Queen’s career, pacing the Gaels women’s basketball team to a 70-44 triumph over the Laurentian Voyageurs in the first round of the OUA playoffs at the Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) on Wednesday evening.

Wright shot 4-of-12 from the floor and was just a rebound shy of a double-double, pulling down nine boards while adding three steals, two assists, and a block for the Gaels.

Emily Hazlett added 14 points, and Andrea Priamo picked up 12 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double. Robyn Pearson tallied a game-high 15 rebounds to go with eight points while Adrienne Moreau had 15 points and nine rebounds in a losing cause for the Voyageurs.

The Gaels have now won their opening playoff match-up in each of the last four years, with the last two of those victories coming against Laurentian. ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ topped the Voyageurs 80-52 to open the 2014-15 playoffs last February.

¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ advances to take on the CIS No. 8-ranked McMaster Marauders in the OUA quarterfinals on Saturday.

Men's Basketball

Ryall Stroud finished with a game-high 20 points and the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels men's basketball team earned its first playoff win in six years on Wednesday evening at the ARC, defeating the Toronto Varsity Blues 87-70 in the first round of the OUA playoffs.

Stroud was 7-of-13 from the field, and added 14 rebounds to earn a double-double while Tanner Graham added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Gaels, who used an explosive second and third quarter where they dropped a combined 50 points to build up an insurmountable lead. Devin Johnson led the Blues with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

With the victory, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ moves on to face the CIS No. 2-ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees on Saturday in the conference quarter-finals, with a ticket to the OUA Wilson Cup Final Four on the line.