T-Wolves women’s basketball team eliminated from playoffs

Mar 6, 2022 | 8:44 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Timberwolves women’s basketball team’s season is over.

After defeating Brandon University in the first round of the Canada West playoffs 87-60 a day earlier, the women T-Wolves fell to the University of Regina 77-66 on Saturday (March 5).

The T-Wolves trailed by seven at halftime before a 25-17 third quarter gave them a slim 57-56 lead heading in the fourth and final frame. However, Regina went off with 21 points in the fourth quarter en route to their win and berth in the quarter-finals.

Sveta Boykova and Alina Shakirova each had 15 points to co-lead UNBC in scoring.

Sarah Kuklisin, who scored 11 points and added three rebounds, says the quarter-final was one of the T-Wolves’ most consistent games of the season.

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“People were crashing the boards, hustling for loose balls. The effort was there, and I am so proud of my team,” Kuklisin says. “If this was going to be our last game, I wanted to finish strong and leave it all on the court. I tried to be confident. That is the key to this game, and I really tried to leave it on the court this game.”

The Canada West women’s basketball playoffs wrap up with the semifinals and final on March 18 and 19.

with files from Rich Abney/UNBC

by Aaron Schulze

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