TRU Men’s basketball, courtesy TRU
We’ve seen the rankings, we’ve heard the opinions and now the TRU WolfPack men’s and women’s basketball team are out making their mark on the Canada West division.
Both teams are undefeated through the first two weeks of the season, knocking off the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves and the Mount Royal University Cougars and are taking 4-0 records into their home openers this weekend.
The MacEwan University Griffins will be in town to do battle at the TCC in front of what is expected to be a sizeable crowd.
The Griffins’ men’s team brings in a somber 1-3 record while the women are right behind TRU in the standings with a 3-1 record.
Last year the WolfPack men split the season series with the Griffins 2-2 while the women went 3-1 in their four games against the Edmonton-based team.
Taysia Worsfold, courtesy TRU
The ‘Pack women have enjoyed early stardom from incumbent starting point guard Emma Piggin who is leading the team with 15 points and 10 rebounds per game. Not a bad replacement for Second Team Canada West All-Star–now assistant coach–Jorri Duxbury.
The men, meanwhile, are singing the praises of Ukranian-born recruit V0lodymyr Iegorov who has been a stats monster so far this season averaging 25.5 points per game on the year and forming a fearsome front-court duo with Josh Wolfram. Wolfram is averaging a double-double of his own in his final season and was named the Canada West Third Star of the week.
The men are ranked #10 in the entire CIS this week and will look to continue their sparkling start to the season this Friday at 8pm. The women precede them at 6pm.
Both games, of course, will be played at the Tournament Capital Centre
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