Over the Edge »- November 30 sports LADY TIMBERWOLVES OUTCLASS ROYALS 87-26 On Route to Consecutive Home Victories PUNEET HAYER SPORTS EDITOR An impressive defensive effort by the UNBC women held Douglas College to 0 points after the | st Quarter. he UNBC Timberwolves [Prone basketball team picked up from where they left off a night earlier. On consecutive nights the team put together complete games where they dominated both offensively and defensively. What makes this particular victory stand out is the T-Wolves were able to put together such a performance without veteran guard Kady Dandeneau. Plus, this 87-26 victory over Douglas Col- lege this past Saturday was the second consecutive game where the T- Wolves forced a great amount of turn- overs. Much like their blowout win over Columbia Bible College from the night earlier, the T-Wolves were able to force 42 turnovers. As a result of the forced turnovers, UNBC was able to get aggressive and play their game as they outplayed the Douglas College Royals all night long. The Lady Timberwolves found much success in this early PACWEST season with an effective full court press. That trend continued in this game as the Royals struggled to bring the ball past half court, as exemplified by their scoreless first quarter and of course the aforementioned number of committed turnovers. The stellar defensive play by UNBC resulted in 36 points off of 23 steals. It did not get much better for Douglas College, even when they were able to get the ball past half court they were un- able to get into the paint, and much like Columbia Bible the night before, forced to shoot contested jump shots for much of the game. This resulted in an underwhelming 10/58 shooting for the game. Therefore, the Timber- wolves managed just fine without their star guard Kady Dandeneau and have found a defensive scheme that fits their personnel. Despite, the scoreless first quar- ter the Royals played hard for the rest of the game. However, that resili- ency was not enough, as the Royals “... UNBC was able to get aggressive and play their game...” could not recover from their scoreless first quarter. Furthermore, the Royals could not garner more than 10 points in any of the remaining three quarters and could not adapt to the Timber- wolves full court press all night. In addition to the sizable difference in turnovers (42-23), the T-Wolves also out rebounded the Royals 58- 23, which resulted in additional 13 points for the T-Wolves. This was highlighted by the impressive play of reserve forward Nicole Schlick, who accounted for 13 points and 9 rebounds. Much like the night before, the standouts of this game were guards Jennifer Clyne and Mercedes Van- Koughnett, who both are assuming starting roles this season. Clyne ac- counted for 10 of the 22 first quarter points for UNBC and finished with a game high 17 points in only 16 min- utes of playing time. VanKoughnett, along with starting point Jennifer Knibbs orchestrated the full court PUNEET HAYER press that set the tone for the game. However, despite her strong defen- sive play VanKoughnett did not let that impede her offensive production. VanKoughnett finished with 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists in just 12 minutes, capping off one of the best well rounded individual perform- ances of the season. This all resulted in a nearly flaw- less home opening weekend for the women’s basketball team. It is en- couraging for Coach Murdoch to re- turn to the bench and get two exciting victories. However, the team will not get a chance to dwell on them as they will be tested by perennial contenders VIU and Camosun later this week at the Northern Sport Center. This will prove to be a major measuring stick for the team, which will need Dand- eneau back to win those games.