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The University of Regina's women's basketball team is back at home this weekend for a best-of-three Canada West quarterfinal series against Trinity Western beginning Thursday at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.

Game 2 is scheduled for Friday night and if a third and deciding game is needed, it'll be played Saturday. All games have a scheduled 7 p.m. start time.

Ranked No. 3 in this week's U SPORTS Top Ten, Regina was one of four Canada West teams to earn a bye through the first round of the playoffs. The Cougars finished with a 17-3 conference record and earned the No. 2 seed in the Canada West playoffs thanks to their RPI, which was the second highest in the league. The winner of the Regina/Trinity Western series will advance to the Canada West Final Four, which would be hosted by Saskatchewan if the No. 1-seeded Huskies defeat No. 8 seed Fraser Valley in their quarterfinal series this weekend in Saskatoon.

The other two quarterfinal series feature Winnipeg hosting Victoria and UBC playing at Alberta.

QUICK HITS: REGINA
• Fifth-year guard Katie Polischuk not only finishes her career with 1133 points and a school-record 239 three-pointers in 95 Canada West games played, but also hit 39 of her 42 attempts from the line to break a school single-season record for free throw percentage (92.9%) that had stood since 1989

• One of the top rookies in the nation, Kyanna Giles is not only second on the Cougars in scoring (12.9 points per game) but is also the team's leading rebounder with an average of 7.3 boards per game

• Now in his 11th season as head coach, Dave Taylor's starters are likely to consist of Polischuk, Giles, Sara Hubenig, Christina McCusker, and one of Michaela Kleisinger or Avery Pearce

• Fifth-year transfer Ainsley MacIntyre and rookie Kyia Giles also play key roles off the bench for the Cougars, while Britton Belyk, Angela Bongomin, Caitlin Zacharias, and Alexi Rowden also average in excess of nine minutes per game

QUICK HITS: TRINITY WESTERN
• The Spartans needed the full three games to defeat Brandon last weekend in their Canada West play-in series in Langley – the Bobcats took Game 1, but TWU came back with 70-57 and 67-60 wins in Game 2 and Game 3 to book a ticket to the quarterfinals

• Trinity Western's player to watch is third-year forward Tessa Ratzlaff, who led the team in both points (16.7) and rebounds (7.4) per game during the conference schedule and shot 63% from the floor in TWU's wins over Brandon last weekend

• The Cougars will also need to watch out for sharpshooting third-year guard Jessie Brown, who averaged 15.1 points per game and was third in Canada West with a .421 three-point percentage

• Fourth-year forward Kayla Gordon is also a big producer for Trinity Western – she led the conference with a .532 field goal percentage and averaged 14.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per game

SERIES NOTES
• The two teams will be meeting in the postseason for the first time in history

• The Cougars have a 21-2 advantage in the all-time series against Trinity Western, are 13-0 against TWU in Regina, and have won 12 consecutive games over the Spartans

• Trinity Western's last win over the Cougars was back on Jan. 2, 2009 in an 83-56 rout over a U of R team that was ranked No. 2 in the nation at the time

TICKET INFORMATION
• Single-game tickets available at the door or in advance through Recreation & Athletic Services (CK 170 or 306-585-4371).
Adult/Senior (18+) - $12
Child/Student (3-17) - $6
Courtside (all ages) - $25
U of R Student - Free!