BCB Girls Basketball

Home of the Mighty Red Barons! Bishops College Barons have a long tradition of athletic excellence. This year the Girls Senior Basketball team hopes to continue that long tradition. Students can use this page to keep up-to-date on the highlights of our season and players can keep track of statistics, practice times, games and tournament schedules, and training information.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Barons shut out of city final

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Vikings power back against the Barons

The Mighty Red Baron showed up to city league playoffs ready to fight against the first place team after the round robin - the Gonzaga Vikings. From the get-go the Barons came out flying high with sharp shooting and tough on the boards. At the half the Barons led 36-27. Once again the fast pace of Gonzaga ball ran the Barons out of steam. Final score 71-56 the closest game against the Vikings so far this year. The Barons charted 27 turnovers and hit only 28% from the field. The Barons did shoot 80% from the 3pt line and improved foul shooting to 57%. L. Crocker led the Barons valiant effort with 15pts. A. Gough added 11pts and A. Martret 10pts. A. Penney hauled down 8 rebounds and C. Dunn 7 rebounds to bring the Barons to within 15pts. Game 2 tips off 5:15pm on Thursday, February 28 at Bishops College Gym.

Vikings out run the Barons

In the final game of the city league robin, the Gonzaga Vikings held strong to the end to defeat the Barons 90-71. The Lady Barons held their own keeping a close game for the first 2 quarters but couldn't hang in to the end against the well conditioned Vikings. Team shooting hit 40% and free throw shooting continued to trip up the Barons shooting only 43% from the line. A. Gough led the Barons offense with a remarkable 31pts and 5 rebounds. A. Martret added 15pts and S. Hansford hit 8pts and 5 rebounds. E. Bursey chipped in 9 rebounds for the Barons.

Barons overcome dismal first half against Braves

In league Play Monday Feb 18th, The Bishops Barons seemed a million miles away from the hardwood. After falling to a 27-13 deficit against the win-hungry braves, the Barons found some life and fought back to a near miraculous win against the Booth Braves to secure position in the city playoffs. Final Score 50-47. The Barons broke only one team record hitting the lowest shooting percentage of the year at 26% and nearly tied the lowest free throw percentage shooting 37% from the line. A. Gough netted 14pts for the Barons. S. Hansford added 9pts and A. Penney chipped in another 8 for the win. S. Hansford, A Penney, A. Martret, and E. Bursey all grabbed down 7 boards each to seal the comeback victory.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Bishops Barons show true colours at the Elite-8

The Lady Barons were invited into the Elite-8 Hall of Fame in the very controversial 8th seeded position. The Barons secured a 5th place final standing. Special congratulations to Bishops Barons rookie A. Martret for being awarded one of 5 tournament all-star awards.

Game one - 1st seed GONZAGA

In the best half of ball played by the Bishops ladies this year the girls hit the half time buzzer neck and neck with the Gonzaga vikings. The ambition and conditioning of the Gonzaga girls were too much for the Lady Barons who succombed to the fast pace of the game into the 3rd and 4th quarters. The 8th place Barons handed the 1st place vikings their first win of the tournament 83-58. The Barons shot 53% from the field, and a decent 61% from the line. A. Penney led the Barons effort with 11pts and 4 of only 13 team rebounds. A. Gough added 9 points while C. Dunn and A. Martret chipped in 8 each to earn a berth against the 2nd seed team.

Game two - 2nd seed HOLY HEART

The Barons made another valiant effort against the Holy Heart Highlanders but once again came up short against the sharp shooting former hooters. Final Score 80-66. The Barons hit only 39% from the field and 55% from the line. A. Martret led the strike with 18pts, L.Crocker and A. Gough added 13 pts each while A.Penney and E. Bursey each chipped in 8 rebounds to land the Barons in a consolation match against 6th seed Roncalli.

Game three - 6 seed RONCALLI

The Red Baron came out strong with a 25 pts first quarter to Roncallis 3 pts. Roncalli fought back but fell 14 short of the win. Final score 58-44. The Barons shot only 39% from the field and 54% from the line but pulled down 43 rebounds (7 short of the Barons rebounding record) and recorded a record 11 blocks (A. Gough for 3 and A. Edmunds for 2). Rookie scoring sensation A.Gough led the scoreboard with 19pts, S. Hansford added 9 and L. Crocker added another 8 for the win. A. Penney leds the boards with 10 rebounds. A. Martret and A. Dunn each chipped in another 8 rebounds each to seal the victory.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Barons face tough times against St. Bon's

The Bishops Barons met the girls of St. Bon's in league play Tuesday. Bon's edged out the Barons who had only 21 total rebounds (L. Crocker and E. Bursey with 5 each) and 10 turnovers. The Barons shot 41% from the field, 67% from the 3pt line, and a dismal 43% from the free throw line. A. Martret led the Barons scoring efforts with 15pts, L.Crocker added 14 and A. Gough another 12pts but came up just short, dropping a 55-50 loss to the St. Bon's team.

Barons trip up the Cavaliers

The Cavaliers were out of their league in Wednesday game against the Bishops Barons. The Barons trounced the Lady Cavs 76-32 despite sloppy defense by the Bishops crew. thr Barons did enjoy one of their best shooting performances hitting 58% from the field and 67 from the line. Nine players strong, all players for the Barons hit the score board with A. Gough leading the scoreboard with 18pts, C. Dunn chipped in 14pts and A.Martret added another 12pts to seal the offensive strike.

City League Schedule 2008

Thursday Jan 10th 5:15 Bishops @ Heart
Wednesday Jan 23rd 5:15 Gonzaga@ Bishops (POSTPHONED TBA)
Wednesday Feb 6th 5:15 Bishops @ PWC
Tuesday Feb 12th 5:15 St. Bons @ Bishops
Monday Feb 18th 4:30 Bishops @ Booth

Tuesday Feb 26th Playoffs 1
Thursday Feb 28th Playoffs 2
Saturday Mar 1st Playoffs 3 (if nec)

Tuesday Mar 11th City Finals 1
Thursday Mar 13th City Finals 2
Friday Mar 14th City Finals 3