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LETHBRIDGE – The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team extended their winning streak to two Saturday night by fighting to a 63-61 win over the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack.  The Horns started strong, extending their early lead to as many as six midway through the first quarter, but that would turn out to be as wide as the spread would stretch as the two teams battled within a few points of each other the entire game. 
                                                                                 
Again with the hot hand, leading the Horns was third year guard Katlyn Olsen, who, coming off a 20 point performance against the UBC-Okanagan Heat Friday night, notched 15 in tonight’s win.  In another distributed scoring effort, post Kim Veldman added 12 points and pulled down 10 boards while Natalie Nichols added 10 points and nabbed three steals.  Also notable for the Horns was the defense of their posts, who held Canada West leading scorer, Diane Schuetze, to just 12 points.  In a game that came down to the final possession, third-year post Deanna Dotts came up big with a long two-point jumper with 48 seconds to play, and a game-deciding block on Schuetze’s attempted game-tier near the final buzzer.
 
Dynamic point guard Jen Ju led the WolfPack with 16 points in the loss.  Michelle Diamond and Schuetze each contributed 12, with Schuetze also hauling in 11 rebounds.
 
On keeping Schuetze in check, Dotts reported, “We knew she got a lot of points off rebounds and lobs so we really focused on crashing the boards and playing good team defense so they couldn’t get the ball in to her.  We knew we had to play as a team to win,” she added. “We couldn’t do it on our own so we relied on each other and worked together.”
 
The Horns will face the University of Saskatchewan Huskies (0-3) on Friday, November 18 in Saskatoon at 6:15, while the WolfPack will travel east to face the University of Victoria Vikes.  The games will be streamed online at canadawest.tv.