Fischer, Sarapnickas Lead Valiants in Final Weekend
Erin Sarapnickas of the Windsor Valiants - Submitted Photo
Already hampered with injuries, the Valiants had three more players injured this weekend, ending when they faced the undefeated London Ramblers with only 7 players. Windsor lead the Ramblers for 3 quarters but ran out of gas and ended up losing 68-59 ending their season. London went on to the championship game where they were defeated by the North Toronto Huskies for the JUEL title.
In their opening game of the weekend, a 64-60 loss to the Advantage Titans, Shauney Fischer tied for the team points lead with 12. The Valiants found themselves down by 17-points in the game and fought back to make it tight, but couldn’t complete the comeback.
Facing the Kingston Impact, Windsor ran away with the game winning 72-51. Shauney Fisher led all scorers with 18-points followed by fellow Wallaceburg star Erin Sarapnickas with 15.
In a game that would advance one team to the final, and send the other home, the Valiants fell to the London Ramblers 68-59. Sarapnickas topped all scorers in the game with 16-points, going 4 for 8 from 3-point range.
Following the loss, Windsor Valiants head coach Paul Levac said this about his team, “I am extremely proud of everyone – considering the injury situation we’ve done very well this season. All the best to our graduating seniors and for the rest – back to the gym on Monday”
The Valiants are graduating six seniors to Universities next season including Fischer and Sarapnickas who will both be attending York University and playing basketball for the York Lions.