FREDERICTON, N.B.-- Marley Curwin of Halifax scored 14 points and Jayda Veinot of Port Williams, N.S., added 13 as the University of New Brunswick Reds overpowered McGill 77-35 in a women's basketball opener at the Helen Campbell Memorial Tournament, held Friday in the Richard J. Currie Centre.
 
The match-up was the first pre-season game for both teams and marked the 103rd anniversary of the first women's intercollegiate basketball season in Canada, which was initiated with a 21-16 McGill victory over Queen's on Feb. 6, 1920.
 
Despite being one of the oldest programs in Canada, McGill has one of the youngest teams, with a roster that features four rookies, five sophomores, two juniors and a pair of seniors.
 
UNB, which had points from every player in the line-up, took a 22-9 lead after the first quarter, stretched it to 33-12 at halftime, held a 51-22 advantage after three and won the final stanza 26-13.
 
Katie Rathwell from North Battleford, Sask., came off the bench to pace the Martlets with 10 points on 4-for-8 shooting. She added three rebounds and a steal. 
 
Others to reach the scoresheet for McGill were Emma-Jane Scotten with seven points and five rebounds, in addition to Jessica Salanon (5), Ines Tchoukuiegno (5), Tshiashikona Mbengo (4), Kristy Awikeh (3) and Ava Renon (1).
 
McGill connected on only 23.1 per cent of their attempts from the field (12/52), went 4-for-21 from the three-point arc and drained seven of 12 attempts at the charity stripe. The Reds shot 38.6 per cent (27/70), drained seven of 27 treys and shot 16 of 24 from the line.
 
Earlier on Friday, the Cape Breton Capers built a 20-plus point lead then hung on to beat the Manitoba Bisons 78-75.
 
McGill returns to the court on Saturday (Oct .1) to face Cape Breton (1 p.m. EDT) followed by a Manitoba-UNB matchup at 5 p.m. EDT.  The tourney wraps up on Sunday.
 
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