The University of Regina's women's basketball team had a huge second quarter and led the rest of the way in a 77-68 road win over Trinity Western on Saturday night in Langley, B.C. as the Cougars completed a weekend sweep over the Spartans.
 
The Cougars were outscored 20-14 in the first quarter and trailed by as much as eight points in the second, but ended the half on a 13-0 run which turned a five-point deficit into an eight-point advantage at the break.
 
The momentum continued in the third quarter as the Cougars scored the first three buckets to make it a 19-0 run, and pushed the lead to 21 at one point early in the fourth. But Trinity Western made things interesting with a big run of its own, scoring 18 of the next 19 points to make it a one-possession game with just under a minute to go.
 
But after the Spartans cut the lead to three, Caitlin Zacharias responded with a huge triple to get the lead back up to six, and after a defensive stop Taylor Pelletier hit two free throws to put the Cougars up by eight with 30 seconds to go.
 
Alyssia Kajati poured in a career-high 25 points for the Cougars and pulled down nine rebounds to just miss out on a double-double. Charlotte Kot ended up with 18 points and 10 rebounds for her second Canada West double-double of the season, while Katie Polischuk scored 11.
 
Jessica Brown came off the bench to lead Trinity Western with 16 points.
 
Winners of 10 consecutive conference games, the Cougars (10-2) will put the streak on the line next weekend with a pair of difficult road games at No. 5-ranked Saskatchewan.