By Larry Read
TRU Sports Information Officer
KAMLOOPS, BC---The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack were the victims of a balanced attack and sustained pressure in 'the paint' as they were beaten by the visiting University of Manitoba Bisons 81-56 in Canada West women's basketball action Friday (Jan 25) at the Tournament Capital Centre.
The Bisons had four players in double figures as they snapped a three game losing streak to improve to 7-10 on the year. TRU fell to 4-11.
SYNOPSIS
This was the third of four final home regular season games for the WolfPack. They trailed by 12 (10-8) after the first quarter and were down 39-24 at the half.
Taylor Randall led the way for Manitoba with 23 points. Emma Thompson had 12 second half points for the Bisons who also had 15 points and 10 boards form veteran Nicole Konieczny.
TRU was led by Michelle Bos. Despite being in foul trouble for most of the game she had a double-double 13 points and 12 rebounds. It was the sixth time this season that Bos had double figures in those two catagories.
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THEY SAID IT!! (post game quotes):
TRU Assistant Coach Chuck Ferguson::
On the Contest: " I thought we brought good effort and good intensity. Better in the second half than in the first half. What we didn't do well was we didn't block out and take care of the ball. We gave up too much middle penetration that resulted in a lot of in the pain points for them. They had 28 and 14 off turnovers. It is pretty hard to win when you are that careless with the ball. I thought Megan Rouault did a great job attacking. She just couldn't capitalize on her opportunities."
Video of post game interview: click here
Manitoba head coach Michelle Jung (5th year):
On who stood out: " I thought in the first half that Taylor and Nicole did very well keeping composed. We worked a lot on quality scores . I thought they bought into that in the first half. In the second, I thought Emma and Clare came on strong. We talked about balanced attack and I thought through 40 minutes we got that today."
Video of post game interview: click here
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The McDonalds/TRU Bookstore "Leader of the Pack" Player of the Game was: Megan Rouault.
The WolfPack and Bisons will finish up their weekend series tomorrow night on the champ court at the Tournament Capital Centre.
That game will be webcast starting at 4:50 pm on www.Canadawest.tv .All WolfPack games—home and away—are webcast on a pay per view basis on Canada West TV.
After the contest, Thompson Rivers will honor their three fifth year players: Kanesha Reeves, Emily Vilac and Michelle Bos. They will be playing their final career home games that night.