University of Winnipeg

Raia Guinto got the Wesmen up early and Ava Shaw helped put the game to bed.

Guinto scored 14 of her game-high 20 points in the first quarter and Shaw hit a key shot late in the fourth quarter as the Winnipeg women's basketball team beat the MacEwan Griffins 65-57 in a Canada West conference clash Saturday at the Duckworth Centre. 

The Wesmen (3-1) held off an inspired effort from the winless Griffins (0-4), who were seeking their first conference victory since February 2025. 

Winnipeg led by as many as 12 late in the third quarter, but the Griffins put together a 14-4 run over the first 5:39 of the fourth quarter to cut the Wesmen lead to 59-57. Shaw, however, responded with a much-needed three — on an assist from Guinto — that cued a 6-0 game-ending run that allowed the Wesmen to avoid being the slumpbusters for the last-placed Griffins. 

Guinto had arguably the finest stretch of her five-year Wesmen career in the first 10 minutes of the game: She went 5-for-7 from the field and made two of three from three while adding two steals as the Wesmen opened a 22-18 lead. 

Jazmin Birch added 15 points on 7-for-10 shooting for the Wesmen, who will head to Regina and face the Cougars next weekend as they look to stay in the top half of the Canada West Prairie Division. 

Sarah Boitson had a season-high 11 rebounds, accounting for more than one-third of Winnipeg's rebounding total. 

Toni Gordon's 15 points led the Griffins, who also got 12 from Unity Obasuyi and 11 from Samantha Hickey. Gordon and Hickey also had 10 rebounds each.