FINAL ROAD GAME OF FALL SEMESTER FOR No.1 HAWKS
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Humber | 20 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 77 |
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Redeemer | 15 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 56 |
ANCASTER, Ont – After taking care of no. 14 St. Clair (7-2, 2nd West) at home over the weekend, Humber women's basketball (7-0, 1st West) will be heading to Ancaster for their last regular season road game of the fall semester. Awaiting the Hawks will be the red-hot Redeemer Royals (4-3, 6th West), fresh off their upset win over no. 8 Mohawk College (6-2, 3rd West).
Last Time Out
Behind the play of senior guards Ceejay Nofuente (Toronto) and Amber Bechard (Tecumseh), the Hawks defeated St. Clair, 91-63, Sunday afternoon at the Humber Athletic Centre. Nofuente finished with a career-high 40 points, while recording her sixth double-double of the season after grabbing 10 rebounds. Bechard, playing against her hometown college, finished with career-highs in scoring (18) and assists (6).
Trending
- The Hawks have knocked in five-plus threes in all seven games this season.
- Humber has shot 40 percent or higher in consecutive games.
- Defensively, the Hawks have held opponents to 33 percent or lower from the floor in each game this season. Humber is first in the province in field goal percentage defence (28.9) and first in scoring defence (49.1).
- The Hawks have won 19 consecutive regular season road games dating back to a 67-63 loss at St. Clair on November 8, 2014.
- The Hawks have been ranked as the number one program in the country for five consecutive weeks.
- Ceejay Nofuente is currently averaging 21.0 ppg and is on pace to become the first Hawk to average 20-plus points in a season since Hall of Famer Beth Latendresse averaged 20.7 ppg during the 1999-2000 season.
Scouting Redeemer
- The Royals pulled off a 72-68 win over no. 8 Mohawk Tuesday evening, picking up their first win against the Mountaineers in over seven years.
- Redeemer narrowly missed the playoffs last season after finishing 7-11, good enough for seventh place.
- The Royals are led by all-star Jesseca Brown who is averaging 19.3 ppg and won the West division scoring title last season.
- The Hawks are 35-0 all-time against Redeemer, dating back to their first matchup during the 1991-92 OCAA season
- Humber has scored 100-plus points in three games against the Royals. The last coming in a 105-49 win during the 1995-96
- Over the last five seasons, the Hawks own a perfect 10-0 record against the Royals, winning by an average of 30 points-per-game. In their last meeting, the Hawks came away with an 81-59 win behind Nofuente's 16-point 11-assist double-double.
Hawks History Watch
In his sixth season at the helm, head coach Ajay Sharma is one win shy of 100 for his career. Coach Sharma currently owns a 99-21 (.825) record and is one win away from joining legendary Hawks coach Jim Henderson and Denise Perrier as the only coaches to hit the 100 career wins milestone.
The all-time leading scorers in program history continues to change as Hawks superstars Ceejay Nofuente and Aleena Domingo continue to move up the rankings.
Updated rankings:
| Rnk | Player | Years | GP | PTS | PPG |
| 1 | Beth Latendresse | 1999-02 | 41 | 783 | 19.1 |
| 2 | Denice Cummings | 1989-93 | 53 | 761 | 14.4 |
| 3 | Tanya Sadler | 1996-99 | 40 | 734 | 18.4 |
| 4 | Ceejay Nofuente | 2013- | 46 | 658 | 14.3 |
| 5 | Donna Lidstone | 1979-81 | 34 | 648 | 19.1 |
| 6 | Aleena Domingo | 2012- | 58 | 643 | 11.1 |
Live Stream
Saturday's game will be live streamed courtesy of the Redeemer Royals department of athletics and recreation. Tip-off is set for 1pm and the live stream can be found here.
