SUDBURY, Ont. - The Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Bold women's basketball team picked up their second straight win with a decisive 70-54 victory over Laurentian on Friday night.
Rachel Farwell scored a game-high 25 points to pace the Bold, while
Jayme Foreman pitched in with a career-high 18 points.
The Bold got out to a hot start, leading 8-2 in the game's opening minutes, but the Voyageurs ended the first quarter on a 6-0 run to hold a 13-10 advantage over the visitors through ten minutes of play.
The second and third quarters were the strongest for the Bold and were really where the game was won, as TMU outscored Laurentian 46-28 in those two quarters alone.
The Bold took a 33-29 lead into the halftime break, then outscored the Voyageurs by 11 in the third quarter to open up a 56-41 lead heading into the final frame.
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Foreman picked up seven of her 18 points in the third quarter, sparking the TMU offence.
In the fourth, the team narrowed in defensively, forcing six Laurentian turnovers and limiting the Voyageurs to just 3-of-12 shooting in the quarter. When the final buzzer sounded, the Bold wrapped up the 70-54 victory.
TMU continues their road trip on Saturday as they head to North Bay to take on the Nipissing Lakers. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
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