The York University Lions women's basketball team was defeated by a score of 59-46 by the visiting Carleton Ravens in its regular-season home finale on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 15) at the Tait McKenzie Centre.
 
Third-year guard Ishanaa Seupersadsingh (Markham, Ont.) put together the best performance of her season with a game-high 22 points and also added two rebounds and two assists. She was 9-of-19 from the floor in 32 minutes of action.
 
Carleton pounced on the Lions early and took advantage of some shooting troubles by the home team to build a 14-5 lead after the first quarter of play. The Lions went on a 9-2 run to start the second quarter to cut the deficit to 16-14, but the Ravens found their groove again from there, going on a 10-4 run of their own to carry a 26-18 lead into the half.
 
The Ravens continued to add to their lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Lions 22-12 to take a commanding 18-point lead, at 48-30, into the final frame.
 
The Lions had their best quarter in the fourth with 16 points, including nine from Seupersadsingh, but it was not enough to close the gap.
 
Carleton's leading scorer was Lindsay Suprunchuk with 19 points on the same 9-of-19 shooting line as Seupersadsingh. She filled the stats sheet by also adding six rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block.
 
The loss drops the Lions to 2-16 on the year and they remain in last place in the OUA East Division. The Ravens improved to 8-9 with the win to move two points ahead of the Laurentian Voyageurs in the OUA North Division standings.
 
The Lions will wrap up the regular season on Wednesday night (Feb. 18) when they travel downtown to face the rival Toronto Varsity Blues at the Goldring Centre. Tip-off is set for 6pm.