The York University Lions women's basketball team trekked to downtown Toronto Friday night to take on the University of Toronto Varsity Blues and picked up its second win of the week, defeating the Varsity Blues 71-66 at the Goldring Centre.
 
The Lions now have an 8-8 season record with four weeks remaining in the regular season, already three more wins than they amassed all of last year. They continue to hold onto fifth place in the OUA East Division and created some space between themselves and the sixth-place Varsity Blues, who are now 5-10, with the win.
 
The game did not begin in the Lions' favour. The Varsity Blues had a one-point lead on the Lions at the end of the first quarter, at 20-19. The Lions outscored them in the second quarter by two. At halftime, the Lions had a narrow lead of 34-33.
 
The Varsity Blues took back the lead in the third quarter by adding 21 points to the Lions' 18 to lead 54-52. Refusing to give up, the Lions returned in the fourth with a strong defence that only allowed the Varsity Blues to add 12 points while continuing to sink another 19 points to win the game 71-66.
 
Katrina Collins-Samuels had her second big game of the week, putting up a game-high 21 points to go along with five rebounds, three assists and three steals. Lindsay Shotbolt, the team's scoring and rebounding leader, had another double-double with 20 points and 18 rebounds.
 
Keyira Parkes earned the most points for the Varsity Blues with 21. Sarah Bennett, Emily Piccini and Nada Radonjic all tied for most rebounds with seven each.
 
The Lions will be back in action on their home court next Friday and Saturday when they take on the Nipissing Lakers and Laurentian Voyageurs, respectively. Both games will begin at 6pm.