The Niagara College Knights women’s basketball team claimed its second Ontario Colleges Athletic Association bronze medal in the past three years with a 67-62 victory over St. Clair Sunday at Lambton.

“It went pretty good. That Lambton team that won the gold is really good and we kind of ran into a steamroller a bit in the semifinal,” Niagara head coach Chris Rao said. “We regrouped and played really well in the bronze-medal game and that is not easy to do. It was nice to walk away from bronze. ”

Recovering from the semifinal loss was a challenge.

“It is such a rollercoaster of emotions. You go from devastated, your seniors are sad and everyone is upset that you no longer have a chance to play for a national championship or a gold medal,” he said. “You have to regroup and play for a bronze medal the next day that doesn’t feel like it means as much but it still means a lot to our program and what we are trying to do.”

Niagara was relegated to the bronze medal game after falling 65-50 to the host and eventual champions from Lambton.

Against St. Clair, Niagara built quarter leads of 17-12, 32-21 and 46-37.

Leading the way for the Knights were: Janee Harrison with 14 points and 20 rebounds; Griffin Lack-Shane with 12 points; Destiny Osadebamwen with 11 points and six rebounds; Molly Taylor with nine points and 12 boards; Niagara College Female Athlete of the Week Jamira Rousseau with eight points, eight assists and six rebounds; and, Lexxus Bell with eight points and five rebounds.

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