It may have not been a winning weekend for the UNBC Timberwolves’ basketball squads, but several players managed to surpass personal records.
In the midst of battling one of Canada’s top-ranked schools on the road, five athletes put up numbers that either unlocked new achievements, moved them into a higher-ranking in conference play or etched their name into the Prince George post-secondary’s record books.
The lady T-Wolves played a closer game Saturday (Jan. 4) against the Calgary Dinos, resulting in a 67-58 defeat a day after falling 71-46 (Jan. 3) to the undefeated number-two program in U-Sports.
Prince George product Emily Holmes recorded 10 points in the setback, but also nabbed two steals to bump her career total to 63 and move into sixth place in UNBC women’s basketball’s all-time history at the Canada West level.
Fifth-year teammate Maria Mongomo also leaped ahead to fourth place in the program’s career-high blocks list with 25.
The winless weekend dropped women’s record to 3-7 at the midway mark of the 20-game season.
The UNBC men had a more difficult time trying to bounce back from Friday’s 94-70 loss, this time, ending in a reciprocal 75-57 decision to the Dinos.
However, four players on the 2019-20 roster hit new personal records, including fifth-year Vova Pluzhnikov in becoming the 11th T-Wolves’ player to hit the 200-rebound mark.
The Ukrainian sits at 208 on his collegiate career, putting him in the top 10 on UNBC’s all-time list for Canada West.
Tyrell Laing, a Prince George athlete, surpassed 100 assists in his fourth year in Canada West action; he’s got 26 on the season after recording four this weekend.
He also moved into the top five of UNBC’s season scoring race, bucketing 46 points between the two tilts in Calgary to reach 226 on the year and a career total of 628.
Golden, B.C.’s Saje Gosal made 12 points against the Dinos for 71 on the season, which moved him in UNBC’s all-time top 20 Canada West scoring with 217.
The T-Wolves are 4-6 halfway through regular season play.
Both Timberwolves teams return home this Friday (Jan. 10) and Saturday (Jan. 11) for meetings against the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Cascades.
The women tip-off at 6 p.m. and 5 p.m. respectively, while the men start at 8 p.m. and 7 p.m.
