Lethbridge – Coming off their second home sweep of the season , the Lethbridge Pronghorn men's basketball team will stay on home court this weekend and host the Regina Cougars for a pair of games to close out the first semester of conference action.
 
The 'Horns, who are 5-3 in on the season, have been perfect at home, winning all four games on the 1^st Choice Savings Centre floor, including wins against the UBC Okanagan Heat and Thompson Rivers WolfPack last weekend.
 
After scoring 81 and 90 points respectively last weekend, the 'Horns moved up to third in conference scoring averaging 80.9 points per game, but rank as the ninth best defensive team, surrendering 76.6 points per game.
 
Nearing the mid-point of the season the 'Horns are one of the most balanced teams offensively in Canada West, placing four players in the top 24 in conference scoring. Coming off a 30-point performance last Saturday, Logan Reiter leads the 'Horns in scoring averaging 15.5 points per game.
 
Newcomers Brandon Brine and Jared Baker are averaging 14 and 13.3 points per game, while Morgan Duce rounds out the quartet with 12.9 points per game.
 
For the Cougars, while they won their last game, beating the UNBC Timberwolves, they were losers of their previous six games and sit at 2-6 on the season, good for sixth place in the Mountain Prairie Division.
 
The 13^th ranked offensive team in the conference, averaging only 69 points per game, the Cougars only have two players that average double digits in points with Brandon Tull leading the way, averaging 13 points per game.  Brenden Hebert is the other Cougar to do so at 10.5 points per game.
 
Defensively, the Cougars sit last in the conference, surrendering over 81 points per contest and have the worst point differential in Canada West at -12.9.
 
Tip-off for Friday and Saturday night's game are scheduled for 8:00 and 7:00pm respectively and both games will be streamed live on http://canadawest.tv.
 
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