The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men's basketball team return from a one week bye to head to the eastern most venue in the Canada West.
The WolfPack packed their bags and have arrived in Brandon, Manitoba for back-to-back games with the host Bobcats.

Thompson Rivers has  won their last three games and sport a 9-3 record which is good enough for a three way tie for fourth place in the Canada West standings along with Victoria and Saskatchewan.  Brandon sits second last in the league at 1-11 and have lost their last nine outings.

Friday's game (Jan 17) has a 1:30 PM CST start time as part of the Bobcats "School Day" game.  Saturday's contest (Jan 18) has a 7:00 PM CST tip off.

WolfPack head coach Scott Clark's former assistant at SFU: Gil Cheung is now into his 10^th season at the helm of the Bobcat program.

HISTORY

Thompson Rivers last had a regular season game there in 2017-18. In fact, they closed out the campaign in Brandon.  They won the first night (Feb 2, 2018) 104-81 scoring 29 points in both the second and third quarters. Derek Rhodes led the way that night with 25 points while Micheal Roauult added 21, Joe Davis 19 and Anton Bilous contributed 10 with Tyus DeVries potting six.

The following night (Feb 3, 2018), the Bobcats were 66-57 victors getting 26 points from Jonathan Range. Current Bobcat players Jaleel Webb had six points in the game while Steven Chieng was held scoreless in two minutes of play. Davis led TRU with 23 points, Rouault had eight with Bilous adding seven.

The teams also met in Brandon in the 2016-17 playoff season where the teams battled in a best of three  'play in' series.  The Bobcats won the series opener (Feb 17, 2017), 101-95 before the WolfPack took the next two by scores of 96-64 and 94-81.  Joe Davis had 14 points in game two and 12 points in the third and deciding game. The Pack went onto play the Dinos in Calgary in the quarter finals and lost in two straight.
 
PLAYERS TO WATCH:

Thompson Rivers:

Joe Davis (5^th year, forward, Kamloops, BC):  Became the WolfPack's all time leading scorer in the team's last game (1, 026).  He is averaging 17.1 points per game (most on the team) and is second in rebounds with 6.5 per game averaging 29.3 minutes.
Micheal Rouault (5 th year, guard, Vernon, BC): leads TRU in rebounds with 9.5 boards per game in 29.7 minutes of court time. He is third in team scoring averaging 14 per game.
Anton Bilous (5^th year, guard, Cerkassy, Ukraine): sits second in team scoring averaging 17 points in 29.2 minutes.
Kyrin Cybenko (5^th year, forward, Saskatoon, SK): since returning from missing almost the entire first half of the year with an injury, he has moved into third place in rebounds averaging 6.3 in 13.5 minutes of work.


Brandon:

Haashim Wallace (3^rd year guard, Vineland NJ): leading the Bobcats in scoring averaging 18.8 points in 35.5 minutes.
Anthony Tsegakele (1^st year, guard/forward, Gatineau, QC) second on the team in scoring averaging 15.7 points per game and leads the team in rebounding averaging 12.2
Jaleel Webb (5^th year, guard/forward, Montreal, QC):third in team scoring averaging 13.3 points per game and second in rebounds with 5.6 boards per game
Shun Williams (3^rd year, forward, Kansas City, MO):  third on the Bobcats in rebounds averaging 5.5 per game.
 
COMMENTS OF WOLFPACK COACH SCOTT CLARK (10^TH SEASON):
 
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1217625952714293249 
 
COMMENTS OF WOLFPACK GUARD ANTON BILOUS (5^TH YEAR, CERKASSY, UKRAINE):

https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1217625878273777665 
 
The WolfPack will return from Brandon and close out their four game road trip on January 24-25 th when they visit the Vikes at the University of Victoria.

The final home regular season weekend for Thompson Rivers will come up January 31-February 1^st at the Tournament Capital Centre as they will entertain the University of Fraser Valley Cascades. Friday night (Jan 31) will be "Donors Night" while the Saturday night contest (Feb 1) will see the team honor fifth year players Micheal Rouault (Vernon, BC), Joe Davis (Kamloops, BC), Anton Bilous (Cerkassy, Ukraine) and Kyrin Cybenko (Saskatoon, SK).  The weekend is also being deemed "Alumni Weekend" where former players from the Cariboo College Chiefs, University College of the Cariboo Sun Demons and the WolfPack will be recognized.

All of 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/.