What you need to know

• Back at home this weekend UBCO hopes their home court will lead to success over the visiting Manitoba Bisons. Tip-off on Friday night is at 6 p.m. The last game of 2017 will be the rematch with tip-off at 5 p.m.
• UBCO shoot decidedly better on their home court: 39.8% from the field and 36.4% from three as opposed to 31.7% and 19.7%. Oddly they shoot better from the charity stripe on the road: (67.6% away, 55.6% at home). 
• Manitoba comes in hot, as they have won four of their last five games after starting the season 0-5.

GAME TIMES (PST)

FRIDAY, DEC 1st, 2017
6 PM PST | Basketball (W) (0-8) vs the Manitoba Bisons (4-6)
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SATURDAY, DEC 2nd, 2017
5 PM PST | Basketball (W) vs the Manitoba Bisons
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All matches to be played at the Gymnasium at UBC Okanagan.

Recent results

- The women are coming off back to back double-digit losses to the UFV Cascades last weekend by scores of 65-48 and 65-37. The last Friday night on home court UBCO nearly took down a top ten team in the Alberta Pandas (67-60). 

Offensive struggles:

- The offensive has sputtered lately as the Heat are averaging just 51 points a game in their last four contests after scoring almost 64 points a game in their opening four match ups

- Turnovers have proved costly over the last couple of games as the team is averaging almost 18 turnovers a contest.

- Usually a superb three-point shooting team, the Heat rank 14th in the conference from behind the arc shooting just 27.5% this season.

Players to watch:

- Emma Jonas has shown great growth in her offensive game as she leads the team scoring 8.8 points a contest. Last year the point guard averaged just 2.9 points a game.

- Forward Jordan Korol continues to be a presence down low for the team as she is the leading rebounder on the team at 6.8 boards a game.

Head to Head (Man vs UBCO) (2-1): There has only been three matchups of these geographically challenged foes. The Heat won the first two (74-61, Jan 6, 2012 in Kelowna; 75-71OT, Dec 1, 2012 in Winnipeg) and then lost the most recent result 74-67, Feb 1, 2014 in Kelowna. 

Scouting the Bisons:

- Mantioba come into this game with a record of 4-6 but have won four out of their last five including back to back wins against Mount Royal two weekends ago.

- One of the better scoring teams in the Canada West, the Bisons' average nearly 70 points a contest

Players to watch:

- Taylor Randall and Emma Thompson both average over 13 points a game so far this season. Randall comes into the game as one of the conferences best free-throw shooters at 82% (23-28). Thompson does it from behind the arc, as she 39% shooter from deep which leads the team.

New additions:

Claire Harvey / F / 4 / Winnipeg, Man. / Fort Richmond Centurions

Montana Kinzel / G / 3 / Winnipeg, Man. / Linden Christian Wings

Dana Inglis / F / 1 / Winnipeg, Man. / Shaftesbury Titans

Deidre Bartlett / G / 1 / Winnipeg, Man. / Oak Park Raiders

Alexis Kenyeres / G / 1 / Dundas, Ont. / Blessed Sacrament