The Carleton Ravens dropped a pair of games over the weekend, losing to Windsor and Western to wrap up the first half of the 2025-26 season.
The Ravens went shot-for-shot with Windsor to open Friday's game, and they were level at 17 after the first quarter. The Ravens looked to be in their regular offensive form, shooting 42% in the first, but were inconsistent on defence and allowed Windsor to collect 8 of 17 rebounds.
Already with 8 points in the first quarter, Windsor's Leah Tate went off in the second quarter, dropping 15 points as the Lancers began to pull away. While Tate heated up, the Ravens went ice cold, shooting 5 for 15 from the field, including going 0 for 3 from deep.
Tyanne Matosas-Adderly looked to keep pace with Tate in the third, putting up 9 points, but the rest of the Lancers' roster chipped in 17 and added 11 to the lead. Carleton would outscore the Lancers 13-10 in the fourth, but it wasn't enough to overcome the deficit as Windsor took the matchup 77-58.
The Ravens' tough road weekend continued on Saturday against a skilled Western Mustangs team. After Carleton scored first, the Mustangs exploded with four straight three-pointers to jump out to a 12-2 lead. Carleton would stabilize the ship and rally back, cutting the lead to 22-21 to end the first.
Kyana-Jade Poulin hit a pair of threes back-to-back to open the second quarter as Carleton looked to be building momentum. As Poulin heated up, so too did Western's Sydney Cowan, who kept the Mustangs within reach. When the dust settled at the end of a wildly entertaining first half, the Mustangs led 39-38.
Carleton would take the lead entering the fourth quarter, with Poulin scoring six points in an otherwise low-scoring third quarter. With both teams shooting under 35%, and Carleton under 25%, the defences took over the contest heading into the fourth quarter.
Paris Alexander and Renee Armstrong heated up for the Mustangs in the fourth quarter, combining for 21 points as the Mustangs used sharp shooting to race into the lead. The Ravens were 0 for 5 from behind the arc as they tried to keep pace with the Mustangs and finished the night 4 for 20 from the land beyond.
With back-to-back losses, the Ravens finished the first half of the 2025-26 season with a 7-3 record, good for second in the OUA East.
