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LENNOXVILLE – The Bishop’s Gaiters proved that there’s nothing like some good home-cooking and bounced back from being swept by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ in Friday’s doubleheader in Montreal, returning the favour with a pair of wins in Quebec University Basketball League play in Lennoxville, Que., Saturday.

In the women’s game, the Gaiters cruised to an 84-50 romp over the Martlets. In the nightcap, the Gaiters stunned the No. 9 Redmen, with a come-from-behind 72-70 upset victory.

The win was the first in league play for Gaiters’ first-year head coach Alex Perno.

Katy Germain of Val d’Or, Que., led the Gaiters with 18 points, shooting 6-for-8 from the field. She scored seven of the Gaiters’ first nine points as Bishop’s took an early 9-4 lead, and never looked back.

The Martlets closed to 11-10 after Stephanie Bergeron hit the third of her three three-pointers in the quarter, but the Gaiters responded with a 13-1 run to pull away, and took a 26-13 lead into the second quarter. The Gaiters led by as many as 29 points and had a comfortable 53-26 margin at halftime.

Bergeron led the Martlets with a game-high 19 points, on 7-for-16 shooting, including 5-of-10 from three-point range.  Teammate Anneth Him Lazarenko, a freshman from Ste. Dorothée, Que., tallied 13 to reach double digits in coring for the 11th straight contest. The 5-foot-10 ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ also posted a team-leading six rebounds.

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ shot a dismal 35.4 per cent from the field, 33.3 from the arc and 55.6 from the foul line, compared to Bishop’s, which shot 57.4, a stellar 56.3 (9 of 16) and 72.4, respectively. The Gaiters also enjoyed a 32-22 edge in rebounding, and forced 21 ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ turnovers.

Eleven different players hit the scoresheet for the Gaiters, with Germain’s 18 leading the charge. She was joined in double figures by Melanie Ouellet-Godcharles (14 pts) of Gatineau, Que., and Jessy Roy (13) of Val d’Or, Que.  Roy also added seven assists, while Laure Pitfield of Ottawa, collected a game-high eight rebounds. Montreal native Gabrielle Côté-Caouette scored seven points in 15 minutes as she made her QUBL debut.

The Gaiters improved to 4-6 overall and squared their regular season mark at 1-1. They will host UQAM on Nov. 21. ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, which fell to 3-7 overall and 1-1 in conference play, will look to rebound with a home-and-home affair against Laval, beginning Nov. 28 in Quebec City.