Game Information
Date: Friday, Dec. 5
Time: 5:30 p.m. PT
Location: TCC Gym
Tickets
Weekend Story
The final game of the first semester is on the horizon for a Thompson Rivers WolfPack women's basketball team that will host the UNBC Timberwolves inside the TCC.
Taking on the Timberwolves at 5:30 p.m. on Friday – the weekend will feature a rare single game for a WolfPack (team that has had a strong start to their season.
TRU (4-7) picked up a win on the road last weekend as they split a pair of games with the Fraser Valley Cascades. After falling in a narrow defeat Friday, the WolfPack bounced back with a 60-50 win on Saturday. The victory was TRU's first over the Cascades in Canada West play since 2015.
UNBC (1-10) are coming into the weekend after two close losses to the UVic Vikes. The Timberwolves hung tough with the Vikes on both nights in defeats of 75-63 and 67-62.
The WolfPack's lone conference win of the year last season came against these Timberwolves when they picked up a 73-61 victory inside the TCC.
3 Things
1: Fryer's Express will be serving up hot food inside the TCC all year long.
2: Bring a non-perishable food item to donate on Friday for FREE entry. Donations will support the Kamloops Food Bank.
3: Dating back to 2012, the WolfPack and Timberwolves have evenly split the 30 games that they two have played against one another.
By The Numbers
10.2: TRU's
Morgan Eichenberger leads the conference with 10.2 rebounds per game. So far this season Eichenberger has pulled down 19 rebounds (vs. MacEwan on Nov. 8) and 18 rebounds (vs. UFV Nov. 29), marks that rank tied for first and tied for second in program history.
15.7: UNBC's Viktoriia Filatova is leading the Timberwolves and sixth in the conference with 15.7 points-per-game.
35.2 & 34.9: Eichenberger and
Kylee Koppes, both Kamloops locals, are first and second in the conference in minutes played-per-game.
4: With one game still to go in the first semester the WolfPack have already won the most Canada West games they have in a season since 2019.
