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The University of Regina's women's basketball team got off to a hot start and went on to an 80-56 home victory over the UNBC Timberwolves on Friday night at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars took control early with an 18-4 first-quarter run that saw all six field goals scored by six different players, starting with a Maddy Seida triple and finishing with a Dayna Pearce three.
• The big run helped the Cougars out to a 32-16 lead after the opening period, but UNBC had a response in the second. The Timberwolves went on an 11-3 run with Amrit Manak scoring eight of those points, helping the visitors get the Regina lead down to single digits as the Cougars took a 44-35 advantage into halftime.
• The Cougars opened the second half with six consecutive points and held a double-digit lead the rest of the way, and a 12-0 run early in the fourth quarter featuring three-pointers by both Cara Misskey and Kianna Wiens all but put the game away for the Cougars.

NOTES

• Wiens finished with a game-high 17 points for the Cougars, who improve their Canada West record to 7-4 with the victory.
• Jade Belmore scored 16 points while Seida finished just short of double figures with 9 points. Ryenn Schutz had a team-leading 11 rebounds win the win.
• UNBC (2-9) got a big double-double from Svetlana Boykova with 16 points and 14 rebounds.

NEXT UP
Regina and UNBC will finish off their two-game weekend set on Saturday night at the CKHS. Game time is again set for 6:00 PM.