LANGLEY, British Columbia –Trinity Western fourth-year guard Cassidy Buchanan (Aldergrove, B.C.) has been named the Canada West BioSteel women's basketball player of the Week.
 
Oct. 24 at VIC: 21 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 assists in 76-67 win
Oct. 25 vs UBC: 28 points, 5 steals, 3 assists, 2 rebounds in 62-50 loss
 
The human kinetics student averaged a Canada West leading 24.5 points per game over the weekend, including 21 points against Victoria and a career-high 28 of the Spartans' 50 points against the now No. 4-ranked UBC Thunderbirds. She also averaged 4.5 steals per game and 5.5 rebounds per game.
 
Buchanan and the Spartans will now host the Fraser Valley Cascades this Friday and Saturday at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. Game times are set for 6 p.m. (PT) and 4 p.m. (PT) respectively and can be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
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, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as in the NAIA in track and field and cross country and as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.
 
About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in CIS sports. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.

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