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When the ball reached Husky Logan Reider, two Ravens quickly blanketed her, causing her to miss dramatically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This way, the Ravens managed to defend their crown despite Saskatchewan\u2019s Gabe Grassick incredible night. <strong>Grassick scored a record 30 points for her team, but it wasn\u2019t enough<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc0CARLETON WIN U SPORTS BASKETBALL\ud83c\udfc0\ud83c\udfc6<br><br>Trailing with six minutes to go, the Carleton Ravens fought back to win their second straight U SPORTS bronze baby with a 70-67 win over the Saskatchewan Huskies. <br><br>Saskatchewan nearly tied it up on a buzzer-beater. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/teX2Iw0qPU\">pic.twitter.com\/teX2Iw0qPU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ben Steiner (@BenSteiner00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenSteiner00\/status\/1767029978309296128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting after the game, Grassick refused to speak about her personal accomplishment, preferring to refer to \u201c<strong>the team effort<\/strong>\u201d and her teammates that she was proud of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was also not shy to recognize Carleton\u2019s merit as a \u201c<em>great team<\/em>\u201d, adding \u201c<em>they\u2019re defending national champions for a reason<\/em>\u201d while explaining they gave it their all but came up \u201cjust a bit short.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"we-base-ourselves-on-our-defence\">\u201cWe Base Ourselves on Our Defence\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Couch Sinclair also praised Saskatchewan with special emphasis on Grassick who \u201c<em>did a great job<\/em>\u201d against the Ravens, getting them out of rotations while leaving many people open.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final three minutes were decisive and Sinclair expressed pride for their performance and ability to defend themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>We base ourselves on our defence<\/em>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ravens guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kalipocrnic\/\">Kali Pocrnic <\/a>was named tournament MVP. \u201c<em>If I didn\u2019t get it, I didn\u2019t get it. 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