LANGLEY, B.C. – The Trinity Western Spartans women's basketball team will look to put an exclamation point on the 2018-19 regular season as they play a home and home series – one that features large playoff implications – with Fraser Valley Friday (in Abbotsford, B.C.) and Saturday (in Langley).

WEEKEND PREVIEW
Friday, Feb. 1 @ UFV – 6 p.m. (PT)
Saturday, Feb. 2 vs. UFV – 5 p.m. (PT)

THE WEEKEND STORY
• Trinity Western women's basketball team will close out the regular season as they travel to UFV Friday evening, before hosting the Cascades Saturday in Langley for senior-athlete appreciation night.
• TWU (10-8) will look to get back on track after dropping a pair of games last weekend on the road against sixth-place Lethbridge.
• UFV (10-8) is also looking to rebound after a pair of losses of their own at home against Calgary.
• Both teams currently sit in a four-way tie for seventh-place in the Canada West standings.
• While both teams have clinched a playoff berth, seeding, which is based on RPI, is entirely up in the air, with both teams still having the chance to host an opening-round playoff game.
• The RPI standings, which is based on strength of schedule, has TWU sitting 10th in Canada West (.503) while UFV is ninth (.516).
• Jessie Brown (Langley) led the Spartans last weekend dropping 17-points Saturday night, putting the fifth-year guard 36th all-time in Canada West regular season scoring (1,303 pts)
• Brown enters the final regular season weekend of her career with 265 made 3-pointers, which has her second all-time in Canada West history. She is 14 3-pointers back of career-leader Ashley Hill who finished at 279.
• Brown's 2.725 career 3-pointers per game leads Canada West all-time.
• Fellow fifth-year Tessa Ratzlaff (Abbotsford, B.C.) is also in the top-40 (30th with 1,345 pts).
• Including the playoffs, Ratzlaff has a TWU all-time record 1,403 career points, while Brown has 1,333 career points.
• Ratzlaff is 15th in field goals in Canada West regular season history, with 549.
• Taylor Claggett (Mission, B.C.) leads the Cascades in scoring with 18.8 points/game, which is good for third in Canada West.
• Ratzlaff leads the Spartans with 16.6 points/game (11th)
• The last time these two teams matched up was January 2018, when TWU won both games (66-57 and 66-50).

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (10-8)
U SPORTS ranking: NR
Canada West Standings: T-7th
Last Weekend: @ Lethbridge (L 80-73) (L 88-54)
Streak: 2 losses
Regular Season Form: L-W-W-L-L

UFV CASCADES (10-8)
U SPORTS ranking: NR
Canada West Standings: T-7th
Last Weekend: vs. Calgary (L 81-56) (L 61-40)
Streak: 2 Losses
Regular Season Form: W-L-W-L-L

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