From left to right women's basketball, men's basketball, women's track and men's track will be in action this weekend.

General 2/4/2026 2:03:00 PM Natalie Tsang

HEAT THIS WEEK: Basketball hosts UFV to close out regular season

The Heat basketball teams host the UFV Cascades in their final regular-season games, while track competes on the road in Kamloops and Edmonton

KELOWNA, B.C. - The UBC Okanagan Heat basketball teams take center stage at home this weekend as they host the UFV Cascades in their final regular-season games of the 2025-26 campaign.

Friday night will see the Heat host their third annual Black History Month Celebration, featuring a special halftime performances from the Fusion Dance Club. On Saturday, UBCO will recognize their graduating seniors.

Meanwhile, the track and field team will split competition on the road, with athletes heading to Kamloops on Friday for the Gary Reed Invitational, and Edmonton on both Friday and Saturday for the Pandas Open.

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Women's Basketball
February 6th vs UFV Cascades - 5:30 p.m. - UBCO Gymnasium
February 7th vs UFV Cascades - 4:30 p.m. - UBCO Gymnasium
Tickets - GoHeat.ca/Tickets
Webcast - CanadaWest.tv presented by BioSteel

Women's basketball stays in the Furnace this weekend as they host the UFV Cascades, tipping off their Black History Month Celebration on Friday before honouring the team's lone graduating senior, Aiko Williams, on Saturday.

The last meeting between the two programs came in November, when the Heat earned a 70-64 victory over the Cascades in Abbotsford.

Last weekend, the Heat split their matchups, defeating the Victoria Vikes 64-54 on Friday before battling hard in a narrow 63-60 loss to Trinity Western on Saturday. Having already secured their fifth straight postseason berth, the women will look to build momentum heading into the playoffs with a pair of wins to close out the regular season and push for a third-place finish.

Men's Basketball
February 6th vs UFV Cascades - 7:30 p.m. - UBCO Gymnasium
February 7th vs UFV Cascades - 6:30 p.m. - UBCO Gymnasium
Tickets - GoHeat.ca/Tickets
Webcast - CanadaWest.tv presented by BioSteel

Men's basketball wraps up their regular season this weekend as the Heat face off against the UFV Cascades. The Heat will also celebrate Black History Month on Friday before honouring graduating seniors Jalen Shirley and David Usuomon on Saturday.

The men have been rewriting the record books recently. Last weekend, Jalen Shirley broke his own single-season scoring record, finishing with 362 points on the year. He now sits just 41 points shy of UBCO's career scoring record and needs 11 more assists to set a new career record, both of which he'll be chasing this weekend in the final two games against UFV.

Anthony Brady also had a standout weekend, recording seven steals in Saturday's matchup against Trinity Western. That performance set a new single-game season record for the team, ranking as the most steals in a Canada West game this season, and tying him for 26th all-time in conference history.

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Men's and Women's Track and Field
February 6th at Gary Reed Invitational - Kamloops, B.C.
February 6th at at Pandas Open - Edmonton, Alta.
February 7th at at Pandas Open - Edmonton, Alta.
Pandas Open Live Results - Windsor Timing
Pandas Open Webcast - CanadaWest.tv presented by BioSteel
Pandas Open Tickets - Ticketmaster.ca

Members of the Heat men's and women's track and field teams will split competition this weekend, with 11 athletes racing the 1000m at the Gary Reed Invitational in Kamloops on Friday.

In Edmonton, Anna-Veronika Titova will compete in the 800m on Friday and the 1500m on Saturday, while Kyle Porter and Ella Wigmore will each run the 3000m on both Friday and Saturday at the Pandas Open.

The teams opened their 2026 schedules in January at the Golden Bears Open, where Porter placed second in the 3000m with a time of 8:46.72, achieving the Heat's internal Canada West qualifying standard. While on the women's side, Wigmore earned a third-place finish and also met the program's internal qualifying time, crossing the line in 10:24.45.

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