The Niagara College Knights women’s basketball team punched its ticket to the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Final Four with a 75-53 victory over the visiting Fanshawe Falcons Saturday in quarter-final play.

Niagara built quarter leads of 25-10, 39-24 and 52-35 to record the victory.

Leading the way for the Knights were: Janee Harrison with 21 points, five rebounds and six steals and three blocks; Destiny Osadebamwen with 15 points and nine rebounds; Niagara College Female Athlete of the Week Molly Taylor with 11 points and 11 rebounds; Taryn Mitchell with nine points, six steals and five rebounds; and, Jamira Rousseau with eight points, seven assists, five steals and four boards.

“We played really well and we played really hard,” Niagara head coach Chris Rao said. “With them, they play hard for 40 minutes and it was a goal of ours to come out and match their intensity and even surpass it. I thought we did a good job of that.”

The Knights opened the game on a 10-0 run and kept up the intensity for the entire game. They are playing some of their best basketball of the season at exactly the right time.

“We are getting better, for sure. I still think there is a lot of room for improvement which is good but we’re trending up and it has been good basketball for the last two games which is always a good sign.”

Making the Final Four this season is what Rao expected of his squad.

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