BRANDON — The Winnipeg Wesmen snapped a streak in a big way Friday night.
Four Wesmen players scored in double figures and the UWinnipeg women's basketball team dominated in an 83-66 Canada West conference victory over the Brandon Bobcats Friday night.
Jennifer Kallon scored a team-high 15 points as the Wesmen ended a three-game conference losing streak to their prairie rivals. Kallon added seven rebounds and shot 7-for-13 from the field.
The Wesmen built up a 24-point halftime lead and stretched it to 25 before the Bobcats made a moderate comeback, using a 20-5 third quarter run to cut the lead down to 54-44. The Wesmen, however, held the Bobcats to just three points over the final 2:50 of the third quarter and pushed the lead back to 15 to start the fourth.
Jazmin Birch scored 14 points, freshman
Ella Castres had 11 off the bench, and
Raia Guinto scored 10.
The Wesmen shot 50.8 per cent from the field and made 9 of 27 from three.
Brandon (0-1) was led by Abigail Shand's game-high 19 points. Amaya McLeod scored 11.
