LETHBRIDGE – After clinching a post-season berth last weekend, the Lethbridge Pronghorn women's basketball team now sets the sights on a home playoff date, closing out the Canada West regular season this weekend hosting the Thompson Rivers WolfPack.
The Pronghorns and WolfPack will hit the hardwood at the 1
st Choice Savings Centre Friday night at 6:00 pm and Saturday night at 5:00 pm. Both games will also be streamed live on
www.canadawest.tv, presented by Co-op.
Saturday night will also mark senior night where the women's basketball program will honour graduates Asnate Fomina, Kacie Bosch and Katie Keith following the game.
A look at the teams
With two wins last weekend, the Pronghorns (9-9) clinched a playoff spot for the third consecutive season and with two wins this weekend could host the play-in game next weekend. Canada West reseeds the top 12 by RPI for playoffs and the Pronghorns seeding could be determined by the outcomes of other games in Canada West.
Heading into the final weekend, the Pronghorns are ranked 10
th offensively, averaging 68.2 points per game and sit seventh defensively, allowing 66.6 points against.
The trio of graduates lead the Pronghorns this season with Bosch and Fomina leading in scoring average with 15.9 points per game.
Bosch moved into eighth on the Pronghorns all-time scoring list last weekend with 818 points and sits 26 points behind former Pronghorn Stephanie Hlady for sixth place.
Katie Keith, who leads the Pronghorns in rebounding this season with 9.3 per game will finish her career second on the Pronghorns all-time rebound list. She enters the weekend with 675 rebounds. She is also 17 points behind former teammate Zoe Dahl for ninth place on the Pronghorns all-time scoring list.
The WolfPack (7-11) haven't clinched a playoff spot yet but control their own destiny. Sitting two wins ahead of the Mount Royal Cougars and Trinity Western, one win or a loss by Mount Royal and Trinity Western the WolfPack will clinch one of the final two spots. The WolfPack have lost four straight games, including being swept last weekend at home by the Fraser Valley Cascades.
Sitting in the bottom half of the conference in team offence and defence, the WolfPack average 61.1 points per game, while allowing 71.2 points against per game.
Fifth-year guard Leilani Carney leads the WolfPack in scoring averaging 12.6 points, while Emma Piggin and Jordon Haggerty are averaging 11.7 and 11.1 points respectively.
Up Next
The Pronghorns are guaranteed to play next weekend in the Canada West play-in game but where and against who is yet to be determined. With two wins this weekend and no major upsets elsewhere in Canada West, the Pronghorns would host the UNBC Timberwolves next Friday night.
