KELOWNA, B.C. - It's a battle against the Spartans this week as the UBC Okanagan Heat basketball and volleyball teams take on the Trinity Western Spartans. The basketball teams will face Trinity Western on home court while volleyball will square off in Langley. Meanwhile, the men's rugby team competes in the Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship in Ottawa.
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Women's Basketball
November 15th vs TWU Spartans - 5:00 PM - UBCO Gymnasium
November 16th vs TWU Spartans - 4:00 PM - UBCO Gymnasium
Tickets: Available at the door
Women's basketball is back at home this weekend as they look to extend their win streak to three consecutive games against the Spartans.
Last weekend the women fell to the UFV Cascades in a tough pair of games. On Friday night, veteran Kelsey Falk led the way for the Heat as she recorded her first double-double of the season, and 19th of her career, as she posted a team-high 13 points along with 10 rebounds. On Saturday night, in the final minutes of a close game, the Heat ran an in-bounds play for Falk, who hit a turn-around jumped at the buzzer to send the game to overtime but sadly it was not enough to conquer the Cascades as they fell 84-75 in the weekend's closing game.
Men's Basketball
November 15th vs TWU Spartans - 7:00 PM - UBCO Gymnasium
November 16th vs TWU Spartans - 6:00 PM - UBCO Gymnasium
Tickets: Available at the door
Men's basketball looks to get back into the win column as they return to home turf to face the Spartans.
Returning to the court for the Heat last weekend was Imodu Ibrahim who was one of three players to reach double figures on Saturday night. Ibrahim put up a team-high 11 points in just 18 minutes of action while adding five rebounds despite falling short to the Cascades. Another notable performance this weekend was from Lamine Conde of Montreal who would go on to have his best performance of the season. Conde put up 19 points while connecting on 7-of-9 field goals, including 3-of-4 three-point attempts.
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Men's Rugby
Nov. 13th vs UBC Thunderbirds - 10:00 AM (PT) - Ottawa, Ont.
Nov. 15th vs Memorial - TBD - Ottawa, Ont.
Nov. 17th vs TBD - TBD - Ottawa, Ont.
Watch Live: The Rugby Network
Following an undefeated regular season, a Hindson Cup under their belt and finishing the Prarie U Championship with a gold medal around their neck, the Heat head to the nation's capital as they face the best teams in the country at the Canadian University Mens Rugby Championship.
The team's Prarie U victory is a first of its kind for the men's rugby program as they posted a 12-5 victory over the University of Alberta in the gold medal match which qualified the team for their first appearance at the national stage in in program history.
Women's Volleyball
November 15th vs TWU Spartans - 5:00 PM - Langley, BC
November 16th vs TWU Spartans - 4:00 PM - Langley, BC
Watch Live: CanadaWest.tv presented by BioSteel
Coming off a bye weekend women's volleyball is down in the Lower Mainland as they face off against the U SPORTS No. 7 ranked Spartans in a two-game weekend battle.
Two weeks ago when the team faced Thompson Rivers, the Heat played the nationally-ranked WolfPack tough. Amaya Perry led her team offensively as she posted 22 kills, 21 digs, 7 blocks, 3 aces and 29.5 points over the weekend set.
Men's Volleyball
November 15th vs TWU Spartans - 7:00 PM - Langley, BC
November 16th vs TWU Spartans - 6:00 PM - Langley, BC
Watch Live: CanadaWest.tv presented by BioSteel
Rested and recharged from their weekend off men's volleyball has a tough weekend ahead as they face the U SPORTS No. 4 ranked Spartans in an action-packed doubleheader weekend.
When they were in WolfPack territory two weekends ago, the men split the weekend as they came out dominant on Friday to capture a four-set victory. Third-year middle Ashton South shone for his team as he finished the game with nine kills on 12 attacks hitting .667 percent while fellow middle Thys Weststrate of Kelowna, B.C., had seven kills to go along with 4.5 total blocks.
