LANGLEY, B.C. – Searching for its first win of the New Year, the Spartans women's basketball team return for a home and home series against Fraser Valley Thursday at the Langley Events Centre and Saturday at the Envision Financial Athletic Centre.
WEEKEND PREVIEW
Jan. 16 vs. Fraser Valley (8-4) – Langley Events Centre | 6 p.m. (PT) |
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Jan. 18 at Fraser Valley (8-4) – Envision Financial Athletic Centre 5 p.m. (PT) |
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BY THE NUMBERS
Trinity Western
Team Stats (rank in CW)
Offence: 59.7 (14
th)
Defence: 73.0 (15
th)
Individual Stats (rank in CW)
Points per game: 16.3 –
Nicole Fransson (9
th)
Assists per game: 3.3 –
Kianna Wiens (11
th)
Rebounds per game: 9.2 –
Nicole Fransson (4
th)
Fraser Valley
Team Stats (rank in CW)
Offence: 71.8 (6
th)
Defence: 65.4 (5
th)
Individual Stats (rank in CW)
Points per game: 20.1 – Taylor Claggett (2
nd)
Assists per game: 3.8 – Taylor Claggett (6
th)
Rebounds per game: 10.2 – Taylor Claggett (2
nd)
THE WEEKEND STORY
- TWU is coming off a pair of losses to UBC last weekend, while the Cascades have won three in a row including a pair of wins last weekend at UNBC (Jan. 10-11).
- The Spartans will look to contain Cascades forward Taylor Claggett, who ranks second in conference points (20.1) and rebounds (10.2) per-game.
- TWU second-year forward Nicole Fransson (Edmonton) leads TWU averaging 16.3 points and 9.2 rebounds per-game.
- TWU has won the previous five meetings against Fraser Valley dating back to Nov. 12, 2016.
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (3-9)
Canada West Standings: T-13
th
Last Weekend: at UBC (L 95-58, L 100-57)
Streak: L4
Regular Season Form: W-L-L-L-L
FRASER VALLEY CASCADES (8-4)
Canada West Standings: T-5
th
Last Weekend: at UNBC (W 79-67, W 75-71)
Streak: W3
Regular Season Form: W-L-W-W-W
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men's hockey and as an independent team in men's rugby. The men's and women's hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships.
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