A massive second quarter was the difference as the University of Regina's women's basketball team took an 84-55 win over Trinity Western on Sunday afternoon at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.

After losing by 36 to the Cougars on Saturday night, TWU got out to a better start on Sunday and trailed just 17-14 after the opening quarter. But Regina exploded in the second, scoring the first 13 points of the period on a run that featured a pair of three-pointers by Caitlin Zacharias and another by Katie Polischuk.

The Cougars ended up outscoring Trinity Western by a 32-9 margin in the second to take a 49-23 lead into the break, and never led by fewer than 25 points at any point during the second half.

Polischuk was 4-for-8 from three-point range and finished with a game-high 20 points. Three other Cougars hit double figures in scoring, including Alyssia Kajati with 14 points, Charlotte Kot with 13, and Zacharias with 11. Kajati missed only one shot in the win, finishing 6-for-7 from the field.

As a team, the Cougars were 57% from the field overall and were 58% from the three-point line alone, hitting 11 of their 19 attempts from the perimeter. The win improves Regina's Canada West record to 9-1 on the season as the Cougars pull past Alberta (8-1) for second place in the Pioneer Division.

Kristin Ford came off the bench to lead Trinity Western with 11 points for the second consecutive game. Tessa Ratzlaff added 10 points, while both Jessie Brown and Natalie Carkner scored eight.

The Spartans (3-7) remain just outside of the Canada West playoff picture, as they sit in eighth place and are one game back of UBC for the final Pioneer Division postseason berth. TWU has next weekend off before hosting four consecutive home games, as they'll play Calgary on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23 and then welcome Brandon to town the following weekend.

The Cougars have a similar schedule with next weekend off, but then four consecutive away games. They'll travel to UBC first for the Jan. 22/23 weekend and then play at Manitoba the weekend after that.

NOTES: Regina now has a 20-2 record in Canada West games against Trinity Western since the series started in 1999.