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McMaster is off to the U Sports women's gold-medal game after a win over the Saskatchewan Huskies in the first semifinal of the Final 8 tournament.

TORONTO — The McMaster Marauders are one win away from their first Canadian women’s university basketball title.

McMaster faces either No. 1 Laval or the fourth-seeded Ottawa Gee-Gees who were set to battle in Saturday’s late semi.Hilary Hanaka added 19 points, while Christina Buttenham had 16 points and 10 rebounds for McMaster. McMaster, who booked its semi berth with a win over Concordia, went 21-3 in the regular-season but laid down a couple of 50-point victories down the stretch before upsetting Ottawa 79-75 in the Ontario conference final.

The Marauders outscored Saskatchewan 26-14 in the third to take a 59-47 lead into the fourth. The Huskies battled back and a three-pointer by Sabi Dukate with 57 seconds left cut McMaster’s lead to four points with a minute to play. But that’s as close as Saskatchewan would come.

 

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UPDATE: Laval will face McMaster in the U Sports women's championship game.

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