Files from Thompson Rivers University Sports Information

Kamloops, BC—The University of Winnipeg Wesmen lived up to their first place position in the Canada West women's basketball league on Friday (Jan 13). The Wesmen won their 12th game of the year as they downed the host Thompson Rivers University WolfPack 78-49. The game was played on the Warner Rentals court at the Tournament Capital Centre.

SYNOPSIS
The WolfPack did outscore the Wesmen 18-17 in the second quarter but trailed 39-31 at the half as they dropped their fifth straight game.

Winnipeg had four players in double figures led by Antoinette Miller (4th year, guard, Phoenix, AZ) with 21 points. TRU's top gunner was Michelle Bos (3rd year, forward, Surrey, BC) with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

KEY STATS:

Winnipeg:

Megan Noonan: 15 points, 3 assists, 3 steals in 26 minutes

Antoinette Miller: 21 points, 5 rebounds (3 on def), 7 assists, 3 steals in 25 minutes

Lena Wenke: 12 points, 2 rebounds (one either end) 19 minutes

Faith Hezekiah: 10 points, 6 rebounds (4 on def) 2 assists, 2 blocks, 3 steals in 26 minutes

Taylor Thorkelsson: 5 points, 5 rebounds (4 on def), 2 blocks, 2 steals in 23 minutes

Thompson Rivers :

Michelle Bos: 17 points, 10 rebounds (5 either end), 3 assits, 1 block, 1 steal in 31 minutes

Chelsey Hoey: 9 points, 9 rebounds (8 on def), 1 steal in 29 minutes

Leilani Carney: 10 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal in 27 minutes

RECORD:

Winnipeg 12-1 TRU 2-11

QUOTES:

Winnipeg head coach Tanya McKay (21 st season)

On the difference in the game:

"In the first half, Thompson got a lot of great shots. I thought we kept losing them on their shots. In the second half they weren't hitting them. That helped us. When they were taking their long shots it gave us time to transition. We also did a better job in the second half with pressuring them. A few turnovers led to a few easy scores for us. They battled but their shots weren't falling in the second half."

On which players on the Wesmen impressed her:

"I thought Ant and Megan did a good job as a duo in keeping the pressure up, getting good looks and being vocal on telling our group to be tough on defense. The two of them didn't play in the fourth quarter but I thought the two of them did a great job on the bench keeping kids in the game...talking on the floor and keeping our kids in the game"

UP NEXT: the two teams square off again tomorrow (Jan 14) on the Warner Rentals Court at the Tournament Capital Centre. Tip off will be 7 pm. You can see the game on a pay per view basis by logging onto WWW.CanadawestTV. The pre-game show will be on the air around 6:45 pm.