Basketball fans in Prince George know how valuable Sveta Boykova has been for the UNBC Timberwolves since she joined the women’s basketball team 3 ½ seasons ago.
This past weekend Boykova offered a reminder to the rest of the U SPORTS Canada West sports community why her contributions as a fourth-year forward are so important to the TWolves’ bottom line.
The Moscow native played a huge role in UNBC’s comeback victories over the visiting UBC-Okanagan Heat at the Northern Sport Centre and has been named Canada West Biosteel women’s basketball player of the week.
Boykova started the weekend as the key component of a 64-55 win over the Heat on Friday. She collected 16 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists, three steals and one blocked shot to lead her team to victory. Then in the rematch Saturday she was equally dominant, scoring 20 points in a 68-67 triumph.
Boykova has moved into the TWolves’ top-five in career scoring, with 745 points, while her 706 rebounds ranks third on the all-time list at UNBC. She’s averaged 10.9 rebounds per game in her career, tops among TWolves.
She becomes the fourth UNBC player since September 2023 to be selected for a Canada West player of the week award, following on the success of Michael Henman (men’s soccer, September 2023), Justin Sunga (men’s basketall, February 2024) and Brityn Hinsche (women’s soccer, September 2024).
The two weekend wins kept the UNBC undefeated this season in three games at Brownridge Court and that improved the TWolves’ women’s basketball record to 3-5 as they head into the semester break.
They return to action on Friday, Dec. 10 in Abbotsford, where they will meet the Fraser Valley Cascades.
