Box Score The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's basketball team dropped a narrow 52-49 decision to the Carleton Ravens on Friday night (Nov. 28) in Ottawa.

With the loss, the Blues drop to 4-3 but remain in second place in the OUA East division.

Fifth-year guard Jill Stratton led Toronto with 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists, while Liane Bailey and Vanessa Wallace each had eight points in the loss.

Carleton got out to an early 9-3 lead but Wallace rallied the Blues with eight straight points as U of T evened the game at 13-13 after the first 10 minutes of action.

Stratton and Lewin maintained a narrow lead for Toronto throughout the second quarter and the Blues led 24-23 at halftime.

The Blues came out hot in the second half and built a seven-point advantage (32-25) midway through the frame. Carleton narrowed the gap and U of T was up by two (38-36) heading into the final frame.

Lindsay Shotbolt gave the home team a narrow lead with five minutes remaining in the fourth and the Ravens led by three until a late lay up from Natasha Plaskacz made it 50-45 with 47 seconds to go.

U of T brought the game within one (50-49) with an Abena Addo layup with five seconds remaining, but a couple of free throws from Abeer Farhat put the game out of reach.

Shotbolt led all players with a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Lindsey Suprunchuk had 10 points and nine rebounds in the win.

The Varsity Blues wrap up their Ottawa road trip tomorrow night as they take on the Gee-Gees in their final game before the winter break. The game will be streamed live on OUA.tv, starting at 6 p.m.

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