TMU Bold women's basketball

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| name = TMU Bold women's basketball team

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| university = Toronto Metropolitan University

| conference = Ontario University Athletics

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| location = Toronto, Ontario

| coach = Carly Clarke

| tenure = Since 2012–13

| arena = Mattamy Athletic Centre

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| nickname = Bold

| conference_tournament = 2016, 2022

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| usports_appearances = 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022

| usports_championships = 2022

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| color2 = Gold

| color3 = Silver{{cite web|url=https://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/brand/global/downloads/docs/RU-Ryerson-Brand-Standards-04-2018.pdf|title=Brand Standards Guide|publisher=Ryerson University|access-date=August 2, 2020}}

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The TMU Bold women's basketball (formerly Ryerson Rams) team represents Toronto Metropolitan University in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports women's basketball. The Rams have won one national championship following their victory in the 2022 tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/winnipeg-ryerson-usports-women-national-basketball-championship-1.6407137 |title=Undefeated Ryerson cruises past Winnipeg to win 1st U Sports women's basketball title |date=April 3, 2022 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}

History

The Ryerson Rams women's basketball team had their most successful era between 2012 and 2020. Led by Canada women's national basketball team assistant coach Carly Clarke the Rams went 109-57 between 2012 and 2020.

With the arrival of Clarke, she led the Rams into the OUA playoffs in her inaugural season. The 2014–15 season saw the greatest season in Rams history up to that time. Finishing with a program-record 16 wins, compared to only three losses, the Rams qualified for the Critelli Cup championship game, also qualifying for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (now U Sports) Final 8 Tournament.

The following season (2015-2016), the Rams matched their 16-win total. In what proved to be the Rams most successful season, they were led by OUA Player of the Year, OUA Defensive Player of the Year and CIS National Player of the Year Keneca Pingue-Giles, capturing their first Critelli Cup defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees 66–60. At the 2016 CIS Women's Basketball Championship, the Ryerson Rams reached the National Final before falling to the Saskatchewan Huskies in the final 85–71.

The 2016 Critelli Cup triumph was the first provincial championship won by any program in Ryerson Rams athletics history. At the Final 8 Tournament, the Rams qualified for the gold medal game, marking the first Rams team to appear in a national championship final. In January 2016, the Rams reached No. 2 in the national rankings, an historic first.

Heading into 2016–17, the Rams welcomed Kellie Ring, a fifth-year transfer player. Additionally, the Rams’ lineup saw a pair of players, Emma Fraser and Bronwyn Williams, qualify for the OUA All-Rookie team.

The Ryerson Rams hosted the 2019 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship at Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, a season that saw the Rams reach the OUA Playoffs for the twelfth straight season, finishing the tournament in 5th place.{{Cite web|last=Cunha|first=Nicholas Da|date=2019-03-11|title=McMaster takes gold at the MAC; Rams finish 5th|url=https://ryersonian.ca/mcmaster-takes-gold-at-the-mac/|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Ryersonian.ca|language=en-US}}

Reaching 18 wins in 2019–20, the Rams hosted the Brock Badgers women's basketball team in the Critelli Cup championship game. Additionally, the Rams qualified for the 2020 U SPORTS Women's Basketball Final 8 National Championship.in 2020 falling to the Brock Badgers 84–71.{{Cite web|title=Badgers women are Critelli Cup champions|url=https://gobadgers.ca/news/2020/2/29/womens-basketball-badgers-women-are-critelli-cup-champions.aspx|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Brock University Athletics|language=en}} In March 2020, Rams basketball alum Keneca Pingue-Giles was named to the list of the Top 100 U Sports Women's Basketball Players of the Century (2011-2020).{{Cite news|url=https://usports.ca/en/championships/final-8/f/news/2020/03/1578750320/u-sports-to-unveil-top-100-women-s-basketball-players-of-the-century|title=U SPORTS unveils Top 100 women’s basketball players of the century|website=saltwire.com|date=March 8, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2021|language=en}}

U Sports Elite 8 results

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Ryerson Rams\|Year\|Seed\|Round\|Opponent\|Result}}
rowspan=1 \| 2016	#5	First Round Semi-Finals Finals	#4 Regina Cougars #1 McGill Martlets #2 Saskatchewan Huskies	W 73–70 W 87–72 L 85-71
style="text-align:center;" \| rowspan=1 \| 2019	#8	First Round Consolation Semi-Finals Consolation Finals	#1 Laval Rouge et Or #6 Acadia Axewomen	L 73–51 W 63–45 W 91-67
style="text-align:center;" \| rowspan=1 \| 2020	#3	First Round Consolation Semi-Finals	#6 UPEI Panthers #7 Calgary Dinos	L 75–70 L 87–64
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rowspan=1 \| 2022	#1	First Round Semi-Finals Finals	#8 UPEI Panthers #4 Brock Badgers #3 Winnipeg Wesmen	W 80–49 W 64–56 W 70-48

Individual leader scoring

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|+Legend

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | GP

| Games played

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | GS

| Games started

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | MIN

| Minutes played

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| style="padding-right: 8px" | Field-goals

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | 3FG

| style="padding-right: 8px" | 3-point field-goals

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | FT

| Free-throws

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | PTS

| Points

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | AVG

| Points per game

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align="center" {{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Ryerson Rams\| Season\|Player\|GP\|Min\|FG\|3FG\|FT\|Pts\|Avg\| OUA rank}}
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2019-20 {{Cite news\|url=https://oua.ca/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2019\|title= 2019-2020 Women's Basketball Overall Statistics\|website= usports.ca/\|date=March 8, 2021\|access-date=2021-06-23\|language=en}}	Marin Scotten	22	708	139	57	40	375	17.0	3rd
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2018-19{{Cite news\|url=https://oua.ca/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2018\|title= 2018-2019 Women's Basketball Overall Statistics\|website= usports.ca/\|date=March 8, 2021\|access-date=2021-06-23\|language=en}}	Sofia Paska	18	465	87	0	65	239	13.3	12th
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2017-18
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2016-17
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2015-16
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2014-15{{Cite news\|url=https://oua.ca/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2014\|title= 2014-2015 Women's Basketball Overall Statistics\|website= usports.ca/\|date=March 8, 2021\|access-date=2021-06-23\|language=en}}	Keneca Pingue-Giles	18	490	116	31	48	311	17.3
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2013-14{{Cite news\|url=https://oua.ca/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2013\|title= 2013-2014 Women's Basketball Overall Statistics\|website= usports.ca/\|date=March 8, 2021\|access-date=2021-06-23\|language=en}}	Keneca Pingue-Giles	22	533	115	26	69	325	14.8	8th
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2012-13 {{Cite news\|url=https://oua.ca/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2012\|title= 2012-2013 Women's Basketball Overall Statistics\|website= usports.ca/\|date=March 8, 2021\|access-date=2021-06-23\|language=en}}	Kelsey Wright	20	585	84	40	69	277	13.9	12th
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2011-12{{Cite news\|url=https://oua.ca/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2011\|title= 2011-2012 Women's Basketball Overall Statistics\|website= usports.ca/\|date=March 8, 2021\|access-date=2021-06-23\|language=en}}	Ashley MacDonald	22	812	117	49	118	401	18.2	2nd
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2010-11 {{Cite news\|url=https://oua.ca/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2010\|title= 2010-2011 Women's Basketball Overall Statistics\|website= usports.ca/\|date=March 8, 2021\|access-date=2021-06-23\|language=en}}	Ashley MacDonald	22	749	115	51	91	372	16.9	2nd
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2009-10 {{Cite news\|url=https://oua.ca/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2009\|title= 2009-2010 Women's Basketball Overall Statistics\|website= usports.ca/\|date=March 8, 2021\|access-date=2021-06-23\|language=en}}	Ashley MacDonald	22	719	107	68	37	319	14.5	7th

International

Carly Clarke Coach: {{CAN}} 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, 2012 and 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship; 2020 Tokyo Olympics Asst. Coach{{Cite news|url=https://ryersonrams.ca/news/2021/7/14/basketball-w-clarke-looking-ahead-to-tokyo-2020-as-team-canada-womens-basketball-assistant-coach.aspx|title=Clarke looking ahead to Tokyo 2020 as Team Canada women’s basketball assistant coach|author=Emile Riga|website=ryersonrams.ca/|date=2021-07-14|access-date=2021-07-21|language=en}}
Mariah Nunes {{CAN}}: 2017 Summer Universiade{{Cite news|url=https://presto-en.usports.ca/universiade/summer/2017/releases/delegation|title= 2017 FISU Summer Universiade: Canada sends delegation of 387 to Taipei City

|website= presto-en.usports.ca|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=2021-06-16|language=en}}

Kellie Ring {{CAN}}: 2017 Summer Universiade
Jama Bin-Edward: {{CAN}} 2019 Winter Universiade {{Cite news|url=https://usports.ca/en/international/news/2019/05/2418098104/team-canada-delegation-announced-for-2019-fisu-summer-universiade|title=Team Canada delegation announced for 2019 FISU Summer Universiade|website=usports.ca|date=May 29, 2019|access-date=May 27, 2021|language=en}}

Awards and honors

=OUA Awards=

2017-18 OUA Rookie of the Year Marin Scotten
2017 OUA All-Star Game participant: Nicole DiDomenico{{Cite news|url=https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/sports/basketball/2017/06/06/nicole-rigas-didomenico-ends-hoops-career-playing-in-all-star-game.html|title=Nicole Rigas-DiDomenico ends hoops career playing in all-star game |website=niagarafallsreview.ca/| date=2017-06-06|access-date=2021-06-29|language=en}}
2015-16 OUA Most Valuable Player: Keneca Pingue-Giles
2015-16 OUA Defensive Player of the Year: Keneca Pingue-Giles
2012-13 OUA East Rookie of the Year : Cassandra Nofuente

==OUA All-Stars==

2016-17 First Team: Sofia Paska
2016-17 First Team: Kellie Ring
2015-16 First Team: Keneca Pingue-Giles

==OUA All-Rookie==

2016-17 OUA All-Rookie Team: Bronwyn Williams – Ryerson Rams
2016-17 OUA All-Rookie Team: Emma Fraser – Ryerson Rams
2012-13 OUA East All-Rookie: Cassandra Nofuente

==Joy Bellinger Award==

2016-17 OUA Joy Bellinger Award: Nicole DiDomenico – Ryerson Rams presented annually to the student-athlete who excels in academics, athletics, and community service for her time in the local community
2006–07 Joy Bellinger Award of Merit : Lisa Greig
2003–04 Joy Bellinger Award of Merit: Ashley Keohan