The Winnipeg Wesmen clamped down in the fourth quarter and stopped their losing streak in the process.

Jazmin Birch scored a career-high 26 points and the Wesmen women's basketball team ended a 12-game conference losing streak with a convincing 68-51 Canada West win over the Lethbridge Pronghorns Saturday night at the Duckworth Centre. 

Birch also added 11 rebounds, shot 12-for-17 from the field, and grabbed three steals in putting the ribbon on an impressive weekend for the junior forward. On Friday, Birch had a career-high 13 rebounds and in helping the Wesmen gain a split of the weekend, made sure Winnipeg stayed in the playoff race in the Prairie Division.

The Wesmen are now 3-11 and two games back of the seventh and final playoff spot from 5-11 Manitoba, which is next on the slate for the Duckworth Challenge. 

Outscoring the Horns 18-12 in the first, the Wesmen took a 32-26 lead into halftime. And after the Pronghorns cut the lead to 38-36 with 3:16 to go in the third, the Wesmen put together a 10-1 run over the next 1:31 to stretch the lead to 11. 

In the fourth quarter, Lethbridge cut the deficit to eight with 7:58 to go, but the Wesmen held the Horns to just two field goals the rest of the way. 

Raia Guinto had a career-high 10 assists and scored 14 points along with five rebounds. Carmen Hiebert scored 11 points and had a career-high four steals. Jasia Hayden added a season-high 11 rebounds.

The Pronghorns (5-13) were led by Courtney McKee's 15 points and five steals. Piper Dobbelsteyn scored 14.