Box Score The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's basketball team saw their offense dry up in the third quarter but had it return en route to an 11 point victory over the MacEwan University Griffins in Canada West action Friday (Nov 15). The WolfPack beat the Griffins 59-48 for their fourth win in five tries. The Griffins fell to 1-4.
Thompson Rivers were up 22-19 after the first quarter and led 37-28 at the half. But in the third quarter, the 'Pack were only able to score four points. The good thing for them was the Griffins scored only six. The fourth quarter saw TRU outgun MacEwan 17-14 en route to the victory.
Jordon Haggerty (3
rd year, guard, Saskatoon, SK) led Thompson Rivers for the second straight game offensively. She had 13 points and five rebounds.
Brooklyn Golt (2
nd year, post, Langley, BC) had 11 points and three rebounds.
Megan Rouault (3
rd year, guard, Vernon, BC) added 10 points and five rebounds.
Leilani Carney (5
th year, guard, Burnaby, BC) and
Emma Piggin (5
th year, guard, Kamloops, BC) each had nine points. Piggin added eight rebounds while Carney had seven.
MacEwan outrebounded TRU 50-41. The Pack bench had 30 points while MacEwan had 18 points off their bench. The Griffins turned over the ball 20 times in comparison to TRU's 12.
Shannon Majcon and Darian Mahami each had 11 points for the Griffins.
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WolfPack head coach
Goran Nogic said, " We played some good defense tonight led by Megan and Leilani. Brooklyn did a good job helping us get the lead.
Jordin Wilkinson was solid in helping to contain their centre while Emma was tough fighting for rebounds. We need to play more of a consistent game tomorrow (Sat) as we were most effective for only the first half today."
The Griffins and WolfPack will square off Saturday (Nov 16) at the David Atkinson gym at MacEwan. Tip off is 5 pm MDT. After the game, the Pack returns home for their final two weekends of the Canada West pre-Christmas season. They face UNBC on Nov 22-23 and Saskatchewan Nov 29-30.
