Box Score
QUEBEC CITY – Rookie Mariam Sylla and veteran Anneth Him-Lazarenko tallied 16 points apiece as visiting McGill cruised to a 59-45 victory over Laval in Quebec university women's basketball action at Centre PEPS, Thursday.

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It was McGill's sixth straight conquest over their long-time rivals, since a 74-68 setback in Montreal on Nov. 12, 2011.
 
The result spoiled an attempt by Laval head coach Linda Marquis, a former McGill all-star guard, to collect her 500th career victory behind the Rouge et Or bench.

More improtantly, it improved McGill's record to 9-3 and put the Martlets into sole possession of first place atop the RSEQ conference standings. Laval, which sits fourth in the five-team conference, dropped to 5-7 and all but put them out of contention to finish any higher. Should the standings remain that way, the two rivals would meet in the league's sudden-death semifinal on Feb. 27.
 
The teams were deadlocked at 10-10 after the opening quarter but McGill took control for the remainder of the contest, leading 27-20 at the half and 44-35 after three quarters.
 
“The girls played well,” said McGill head coach Ryan Thorne. “We made good decisions, both inside and out. I was quite pleased with our defensive play, especially in holding their scoring leader (Marie-Pascale Nadeau) to only six points.”
 
Sylla, a 6-foot-1 centre from Guinea, who reached double figures in scoring for the seventh consecutive outing, also pulled down a game-high eight rebounds and was credited with a pair of steals. She shot 7-for-12 from the field and made two of three free-throws.
 
Him Lazarenko, a fifth-year veteran from Panama City who returned to the lineup after missing three games with injuries, grabbed seven rebounds, shot 6-for-16 from the floor and went a perfect 4-for-4 from the line.
 
“It was nice to have her back in the lineup,” said Thorne of his 5-foot-10 power forward. “She gives us such flexibility to have a strong aggressive game up front as she is tough to defend, especially after receiving the ball inside (the key).”
 
Montrealer Dianna Ros contributed 10 points, a game-high six assists, a pair of steals and had one rebound.
 
The Martlets had a 30-29 edge in rebounding and a 10-3 advantage in steals.
 
Laval was led by Jannie Jacques and Elyse Jobin with 13 and seven points, respectively.
 
McGill shot 42.1 per cent from the floor (24/57), 31.3 from three-point range (5/16) and made six of 12 shots from the line. The Rouge et Or shot 33.3, 18.8 and 61.5, respectively.
 
With four games remaining before playoffs, the Martlets (9-3) will host third-place UQAM (8-4) on Saturday (Feb. 9) at 2 p.m., while Laval (5-7) will travel to last-place Bishop's (0-12) on Feb. 13.
 
The two teams will cross paths once more – on Feb. 21 at Love Competition Hall – before post-season play begins.
 

Newspaper Box Score
(7fev2013 18h00 at Universite Laval)

McGill Martlets 59, Laval 45

McGILL (8-3)
Mariam Sylla 7-12 2-3 16; Anneth Him-Lazarenko 6-16 4-4 16; Dianna Ros 4-7
0-0 10; Francoise Charest 2-10 0-2 6; Gabriela Hebert 2-5 0-0 5; Marie-Pier Bastrash 2-3 0-2 4; Valerie L'Ecuyer 1-1 0-1 2; Helene Bibeau 0-3 0-0 0;
Abena Addo 0-0 0-0 0; Arianne Duchesne 0-0 0-0 0; Emilija Davidovic 0-0 0-0
0. Totals 24-57 6-12 59.

LAVAL (5-6)
Jannie Jacques 4-7 5-9 13; Gabrielle Girard 2-5 3-4 7; Elyse Jobin 3-12 0-0
7; Josianne L-Jalbert 3-5 0-0 7; Marie-Pascale Nadeau 3-13 0-0 6; Marjorie
Ferland 2-3 0-0 5; Rachel Blouin-Brochu 0-2 0-0 0; Marie-Eve Caouette 0-3
0-0 0; Melodie Laniel-Dion 0-1 0-0 0; Justine Guay-Bilod. 0-0 0-0 0; Jennica
Laberge 0-0 0-0 0; Catherine A-Cote 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-51 8-13 45.

McGILL........................   10   17   17   15  -   59
Laval.........................   10   10   15   10  -   45

3-point goals--McGILL 5-16 (Francoise Charest 2-7; Dianna Ros 2-3;
Gabriela Hebert 1-3; Helene Bibeau 0-2; Marie-Pier Bastrash 0-1), 

LAVAL 3-16 (Elyse Jobin 1-4; Marjorie Ferland 1-2; Josianne L-Jalbert 1-3;
Marie-Eve Caouette 0-2; Melodie Laniel-Dion 0-1; Marie-Pascale Nadeau 0-1;
Gabrielle Girard 0-1; Jannie Jacques 0-2). 

Fouled out--McGILL -None, LAVAL -None. 
Rebounds--McGILL 30 (Mariam Sylla 8), LAVAL 29(Marie-Pascale Nadeau 7). 
Assists--McGILL 13 (Dianna Ros 6), LAVAL 12 (Marie-Pascale Nadeau 2; Marjorie Ferland 2). 
Total fouls--McGILL 16, LAVAL 14. 
Technical fouls-- MCGILL-None, LAVAL-None.

SOURCE:
 
Earl Zukerman
McGill Sports Info Office
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
514-398-7012