Women's basketball ends OUA campaign

After a competitive season, the Marauders women's basketball team lost in the OUA quarterfinals to Carleton University

The Marauders women’s basketball team began their Ontario University Athletics championships performance with a win for the playoffs. For this game, the Marauders faced the Western University Mustangs on Feb. 19, 2025.

The game finished with a score of 55 to 47, pulling the Marauders ahead to the quarterfinals of the OUA playoffs. For this game, the Marauders faced a familiar opponent, the Carleton University Ravens. 

The Marauders and the Ravens have a two year history of meeting in the OUA playoffs. In the 2022-2023 season, they faced each other in the tournament’s semifinals in which the Marauders lost with a final score of 69 to 55. 

In the 2023-2024 season, the two teams met in the OUA quarterfinals. For the second time, the Marauders lost to the Ravens, that time with a score of 94 to 77. 

This year’s OUA quarterfinals game took place on Feb 22., 2025 in Ottawa, Ont. Once again, the Marauders were not able to best the Ravens. They lost with a score of 98 to 45. 

The Ravens outscored the Marauders in every quarter of the game. The Marauders were relatively slow to score in the beginning of the game, as they only put up 17 points in the first half of play.

In the third quarter, the Marauders picked up more points, scoring 21 in total. But, ultimately Carleton's Ravens slowed the Marauders down in the fourth quarter, in which they only managed to score seven points. 

The loss of this game marked the end of the Marauder’s playoff campaign and their 2024-2025 season.