Another weekend on the road for the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack in Canada West men's basketball play. The Pack are heading to Edmonton, Alberta where they will tangle with the MacEwan University Griffins.
The teams will battle Friday and Saturday (Nov 15-16). Tip off is 8 PM MDT on Friday and 7 PM MDT on Saturday.
Thompson Rivers (3-1) split last weekend when they paid a visit to Kelowna, BC to face the University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat falling the first night (93-91) but winning the second (85-59).
The Griffins (0-4) were in Saskatchewan last weekend where they fell 99-63 and 79-65 respectively to the Huskies.
The last time these two teams met was 2017-18 at MacEwan. The WolfPack won both 80-61 the first night (Oct 27, 2017)but lost the second 86-73 (Oct 28, 2017).
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
Thompson Rivers
Joe Davis (5
th year, forward, Kamloops BC): leads team in scoring with 19.8 points per game and assists at 3.8 per game and is tied for second in rebounds at 7.3 per game.
Anton Bilous (5
th year, guard, Cerkassy, Ukraine): second on the Pack in scoring (18.8) and is third on the team in rebounds (5 per game)
Micheal Rouault (5
th year, guard, Vernon, BC): leads the Pack in rebounds per game(8.5) and is fourth in scoring (11.8 per game)
Tyus DeVries (3
rd year, guard, Chilliwack, BC): is third in scoring on the WolfPack averaging 15.3 points per game.
MacEwan Griffins:
Deonte Doslov_Doctor (5
th year, point guard, Edmonton,AB): leads Griffins in scoring (13.3 points) and is second on the team in rebounds (6) per game)
Abiel Tabufor(2
nd year, wing, Grande Prairie, AB): leads the team in rebounds (7 per game) and is second on the team in scoring (13 per game)
Abdullah Shittu (3
rd year, forward, Edmonton, AB):is third on the Griffins in scoring averaging 10.8 points per game
Luke Harold (2
nd year, forward, Regina, SK): is fourth on the Griffins in scoring averaging 10.3 points per game.
Comments of WolfPack head coach Scott Clark:
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1194821017337679872
After the weekend, the WolfPack return home for the remainder of their pre-Christmas Canada West schedule. They entertain the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves (Nov 22-23) and then the University of Saskatchewan Huskies roll into the Tournament Capital Centre (Nov 29-30). Friday tip off's will be 5PM PDT with Saturday's tip off's set for 7 PM PDT.
The above games will be webcast on a pay-per-view basis on Canada West TV presented by Co-op by accessing:
https://cw.yaretv.com/. Results will be available on the WolfPack social media platforms and their website
www.goWolfPack.ca.