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The University of Regina's women's basketball team settled for a second-place finish in the Wesmen Classic after a 62-45 setback to No. 9-ranked Guelph on Monday night in the tournament championship game at the Duckworth Centre.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams played to a dead heat in the first quarter as they were tied 15-15 after the opening period, but it was all Guelph in the second as the Gryphons outscored Regina 20-9 to take a 35-24 lead into the half.
• The Cougars scored the opening two buckets of the fourth quarter as baskets by Maddy Seida and Jade Belmore brought Regina to within five points at 47-42, but it was all Guelph from there. The Gryphons scored 15 of the game's final 18 points to pull away down the stretch to earn the victory.

NOTES

• Belmore finished as Regina's leading scorer with 19 points and also added 11 rebounds for a double-double.
• Seida and Cara Misskey both scored five points for the Cougars.
• Guelph (12-5) was powered by a 27-point performance from Renee Armstrong.
• The Cougars' record against U SPORTS teams falls to 19-6 with the loss.

NEXT UP

• The U of R will start its home-heavy second-half of the Canada West schedule on Jan. 10 and Jan. 11 against MacEwan at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.
• Beginning with that series against the Griffins, 7 of the Cougars' 10 games in January and February will be played at the CKHS.