By Dan Plouffe
The Carleton Ravens men’s basketball team was back to its old tricks, tipping off their new regular season with convincing 95-74 and 117-42 home-court victories over Windsor and Western on Nov. 2 and 3 at the Ravens Nest.
And as is usually the case for the man who’s won 9 of the past 11 national championships, coach Dave Smart wasn’t overly impressed.
“We have to be better defensively,” Smart said in a Ravens media release, conceding slight satisfaction in his team’s 75-point victory. “I thought that last night against Windsor, and tonight versus Western we were a little better defensively.”
The Ravens women came up with a giant 62-58 win in their opener against Windsor, the defending Canadian champions and #1-ranked team, but then came up empty in a 71-51 loss to Western.
The Gee-Gees women had the opposite results, downing Western 71-66 in their opener and falling 88-64 to Windsor.
Carleton’s soccer teams both finished fourth at the Nov. 1-3 Ontario University Athletics championships. The Ravens women lost both their matches in penalty kicks – first to Laurier in the semi-final and then to Queen’s in the bronze medal match – while the men lost 2-1 to York and 4-1 to Windsor.
The Gee-Gees women were knocked out earlier in the quarter-finals by Queen’s in penalty kicks.
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