After a week away to start Canada West play, all four Wesmen teams will be on home floor this weekend.
Also of note, the CEBL championship trophy will be in the house on Friday for fans to take photos with. Head coach
Mike Raimbault led the Winnipeg Sea Bears to the franchise's first championship in the summer. And Alumni Nights will be hosted on Friday for basketball and Saturday afternoon for volleyball. UWinnipeg Alumni can claim up to two free tickets to the game and pick up their Alumni Week fan pack at the door, while supplies last.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
vs Manitoba, Oct. 30, 8 p.m. / Canada West TV / Tickets / Live Stats
History: The teams have split their previous six games and, in that span, the Bisons have won two out of their last three at the Duckworth Centre. Winnipeg has won six of the last nine in the crosstown rivalry.
Your Home Team: In a scheduling quirk, the Wesmen went on the road to open conference play last Friday in Brandon and secured a 95-65 win before coming home for a non-conference game against the Calgary Dinos, which they won 84-59.
Elijah Mensah averaged 25 points over the two games and set a career-high with 26 points and five steals in the Brandon win.
Last match-up: Winnipeg 91, Manitoba 79, Jan. 31, 2026
Malachi Alexander had a season-high 26 points,
Alberto Gordo scored 20 points in the first half on his way to 22 for the night and added eight assists, and
Kato Jaro finished with 11.
About Manitoba: The Bisons were ranked No. 9 in the Canada West pre-season coaches poll and open their 2026-27 season Friday. A roster overhaul leaves a few veterans, namely fifth-year guard Brandt Lenz, to lead a group that features six true freshmen.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
vs Manitoba, Oct. 30, 6 p.m. / Canada West TV / Tickets / Live Stats
History: The Wesmen are 18-6 over the past 10 seasons against Manitoba, but the Bisons have won six of the last eight. The teams have split their past four meetings.
Your Home Team: The Wesmen snapped a three-game conference losing streak to the Bobcats last weekend in Brandon and look to start the season 2-0 for the first time since 2024.
Jennifer Kallon led four Wesmen in double figures with 15 points and seven rebounds. The Wesmen built a 25-point lead in the third quarter and the Bobcats got no closer than nine the rest of the way.
Last match-up: Manitoba 76, Winnipeg 61, Jan. 31, 2026
Jazmin Birch scored 17 points on 6 of 10 shooting, and had six rebounds, but a 29-10 second quarter in the Bisons' favour sunk the Wesmen.
About Manitoba: The Bisons earned the No. 8 seed in the pre-season conference coaches poll and enter the season with next to no turnover on their roster. Izzi Fust joins her sister Kyu in transferring from Regina and joins a group led by fourth-year forward Anna Miko and sophomore guard Taylor Schepp.
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
vs Mount Royal, Oct. 31, 1 p.m. / vs Mount Royal, Nov. 1, Noon / Canada West TV / Tickets / Live Stats
History: The Wesmen enter the weekend on a five-match win streak over MRU, and are 11-9 over their last 20.
Your Home Team: The Wesmen scored two sweeps of the MacEwan Griffins last weekend in Edmonton and sit atop the Canada West standings after opening weekend.
Levi Unger had a career-high 19 kills and hit .516, also a career-best, in a sweep on Friday.
Last match-up: Winnipeg def. Mount Royal 3-2, Jan. 17, 2026
Jaxon Rose had 16 kills and 13 digs as the Wesmen pulled off a reverse-sweep that included a 33-31 victory in the must-win third set.
Aidan Hruska and
Sebastian Verdaguer both added nine kills.
About Mount Royal: The Cougars earned a pair of four-set wins at home over the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack last weekend. MRU was ranked No. 4 in the pre-season coaches poll released last week and brings last year's national rookie of the year, Kale Orr, back with a team that will look to be formidable as hosts of the national championship tournament next March.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
vs Mount Royal, Oct. 31, 2:45 p.m. / vs Mount Royal, Nov. 1, 1:45 p.m. / Canada West TV / Tickets / Live Stats
History: The Wesmen are 5-11 in the last 10 years against the Cougars but enter the weekend having won the last two meetings and four of the last six.
Your Home Team: Winnipeg got off to a hot start in Edmonton, downing the MacEwan Griffins on both nights. Wesmen outsides had a big weekend with
Megan Kendziora setting career-highs with 19 kills in a win on Saturday and a career-high .588 attacking in Friday's victory.
Last match-up: Winnipeg def. Mount Royal 3-0, Jan. 17, 2026
Brooke Duncalfe had 19 kills and Kendziora and
Ella Werbiski had 10 apiece as the Wesmen cruised in Calgary.
About Mount Royal: The Cougars enter the weekend 0-2 after a pair of losses in Kamloops, B.C., against the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack. A team that finished with four wins a season ago, will look to retool with a couple of additions via transfer in former Trinity Western Spartan Erika Bang and Saskatchewan transfer Norah Matthews.
