Kamloops, BC — Exciting but error filled. That's a good way to describe Friday nights (Feb 3) Canada West women's basketball game between the visiting University of Calgary Dinos and the host Thompson Rivers University WolfPack. The Dinos beat TRU on the Warner Rentals Court 68-58.

SYNOPSIS

Both teams committed 28 turnovers in a wild game where both teams tried to out run and out gun each other. The Dinos got a 'double double' from 4th year guard Brianna Ghali (Calgary, AB). She had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Their top scorer was Bobbi Jo Colburn (1st year, guard, Cranbrook, BC).

TRU's main gunner was Michelle Bos (3rd year, forward, Surrey,BC) and Chelsey Hoey (2nd year, forward, Parksville, BC) with 13 a piece.

KEY STATS:

Calgary:

Bobbi Jo Colburn: 18 points, 4 rebounds (2 at each end), 1 assist, 3 blocks, 3 steals in 25 minutes
Brianna Ghali: 13 points, 5 rebounds (all defense), 2 steals in 25 minutes
Erin McIntosh: 11 points, 10 rebounds (6 on defense), 4 assists, 2 steals in 32 minutes.

Thompson Rivers :

Michelle Bos: 13 points, 6 rebounds (4 on defense), 1 assist, 1 block, 4 steals in 36 minutes
Chelsey Hoey: 13 points, 9 rebounds (5 on defense), in 30 minutes.
Emma Piggin: 9 points, 11 rebounds (7 on offense), 4 assists, 3 blocks, in 26 minutes

QUOTES:

TRU Assistant Coach Chuck Ferguson:

On the WolfPack's grit: "

"The ladies don't quit. They keep on coming. That is what I take away from this game. Despite some of the losses we have taken, the heart is still there. The will to win is still there. You see it on the floor. They are giving up the body. They are taking charges. They aren't taking the easy way out. They are competing until the end. I think it time on the court. It will come but it is not a quick fix when we are this young."

Calgary head coach Damian Jennings (5th year):

On the difference in the game:

"When you play uptempo, and in fairness both teams wanted to do that tonight, turnovers will occur. But it is how they happen. For us, it was our decision making. We were in the paint. They got back there and their safety was there. We had one or two options but we made one or two more dribbles instead of seeing where the exit routes were. It was how the turnovers occurred that were frustrating. They were needless and shouldn't happen. You could cut them in half straight away on transition decisions. But we play in transition, we have youthful group who are trying to learn. Sometimes that is the way it goes.

UP NEXT:

The WolfPack and Dinos will wind up their weekend series Saturday (Feb 4) on the Warner Rentals Court at the Tournament Capital Centre. Tip off will be 5 pm. You can see the game on a pay per view basis by logging onto WWW.CanadawestTV. The pre-game show will be on the air around 4:45 pm. It will be the final home game of the year for TRU.

Next weekend (Feb 10-11) Thompson Rivers will head to Regina to play the Cougars while the Dinos will entertain MacEwan University Griffins.

This game was the start of the "TRU WolfPack/97.5 River- 80's,90's and Wow Weekend." It was also TRU's "Donor Appreciation and Recognition Night" where a special VIP section was set up near the Warner Rentals Court.