The 2020 portion of the Canada West women's basketball season for the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack began with a set back. The Pack saw their record slip below .500 as they were beaten by the visiting Mount Royal University Cougars.
The score at the Tournament Capital Centre on Friday (Jan 3) was 86-61.
The Cougars move to 4 and 5 on the year while Thompson Rivers stands at 5-6.
Mount Royal was led on offense Jenika Martens. The first year forward from Le Crete, Alberta had a double double with 27 points and 11 rebounds. Sarah Rinksy (2
nd year, point guard, Leduc, AB) had 14 points and eight defensive rebounds.
TRU was led by
Leilani Carney (5
th year, guard, Burnaby, BC) and
Jordon Haggerty (3
rd year, guard, Saskatoon, SK) with 16 points a piece. Haggerty was named "The Den Leader of the Pack player of the game".
This was B100 Radio night where the radio station gave out money to fans with the best WolfPack howl.
HIGHLIGHTS:
https://youtu.be/LeQpnpB9lSk
SYNOPSIS:
Thompson Rivers jumped to an early 5-2 lead but the Cougars took over with 5:28 left in the first and wound up leading by 10 at the end of the first period (23-13). They were led by Martens with eight points. TRU had four a piece from
Brooklyn Golt (2
nd year, post, Langley, BC) and Carney .
The WolfPack cut the Cougars lead to eight points by half time (44-36) as TRU's bench outgunned Mount Royals 16-11 in that second period. Martens had 12 points at the half while Rinksy had 11. Carney led TRU gunners with nine points in the first half.
The Cougars came out tough in the third quarter and increased their lead to ten at one point but the Pack reduced it to six with the score being 56-50. Thompson Rivers scoring seven points off turnovers in that third period compared to two for Mount Royal.
The Cougars put on an offensive show in the fourth quarter as they outscored the Pack 30-11 in the final frame.
The WolfPack did outscore the Cougars off turnovers 15-13. Mount Royal's bench outscored TRU's 51-32 in the contest.
THEY SAID IT!
WolfPack head coach Goran Nogic:
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1213343725172060161
WolfPack guard Jordon Haggerty (3rd year, Saskatoon, SK):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1213343725172060161
Mount Royal Assistant Coach Josh Fluker:
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1213343451636305920
NEXT UP:
The two teams will battle it out again on the Tournament Capital Centre championship court on Saturday (Jan 4). Tip off will be 5 PM PDT. The game will be webcast on a pay-per-view basis on Canada West TV presented by Co-op by accessing:
https://cw.yaretv.com/.
James Matthews will be handling the play by play with former WolfPack player Vince Watson providing commentary and CFJC TV's Dylana Milobar joining them as the in-game host.
Results will be available on the WolfPack social media platforms and their website
www.goWolfPack.ca.
