LANGLEY, B.C. – Women's basketball returns home this weekend, as the Spartans play host to the Alberta Pandas Friday and Saturday at the Langley Events Centre. 
 
WEEKEND PREVIEW
Jan. 24 vs Alberta (12-2) – Langley Events Centre | 6 p.m. (PT) | WATCH
Jan. 25 vs Alberta (12-2) – Langley Events Centre | 5 p.m. (PT) | WATCH
 
BY THE NUMBERS
Trinity Western
Team Stats (rank in CW)
Offence: 59.8 (14^th) 
Defence: 73.2 (14^th) 
 
Individual Stats (rank in CW)
Points per game: 16.3 – Nicole Fransson (9^th) 
Assists per game: 3.4 – Kianna Wiens (T-12^th) 
Rebounds per game: 10.0 – Nicole Fransson (3^rd) 
Blocks per game: 0.6 – Nicole Fransson (T-17^th) 
 
Alberta
Team Stats (rank in CW)
Offence: 70.1 (8^th) 
Defence: 54.6 (3^rd) 
 
Individual Stats (rank in CW)
Points per game: 18.2 – Vanessa Wild (5^th) 
Assists per game: 3.4 – Morgan Mudge (T-12^th) 
Rebounds per game: 6.5 – Vanessa Wild (20^th) 
Blocks per game: 1.3 – Claire Signatovich (T-1^st)
 
THE WEEKEND STORY

• The Spartans are looking to halt a six-game losing skid, as they currently sit in 14^th place in the conference standings.
• The Pandas meanwhile have won eight games in a row and sit in sole possession of third place. 
• Spartans second-year forward Nicole Fransson (Edmonton) will look to keep rolling, averaging (16.3) points-per game and coming off a pair of double-doubles last weekend. Fransson has now totaled five double-doubles this season, just two back of Kayla Gordon (2017-18) for the program record in a single season. 
• TWU will look to contain Alberta guard Vanessa Wild, as she sits fifth in conference points-per game (18.2). 
• The Spartans won their previous two games against Alberta, which came at home during the 2017-18 Canada West quarter-finals (Feb. 15-16, 2018). 

 
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (3-11)
Canada West Standings: 14^th
Last Weekend: vs. UFV (L 72-61), at UFV (L 77-60)
Streak: L6
Regular Season Form: L-L-L-L-L
 
ALBERTA PANDAS (12-2)
Canada West Standings: 3^rd
Last Weekend: at MacEwan (W 74-55), vs. MacEwan (W 85-46)
Streak: W8
Regular Season Form: W-W-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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