VICTORIA - The University of Victoria men's and women's basketball teams head to the University of Manitoba for a two-game series, Jan. 19-20.
GAME INFORMATION
Vikes at Manitoba Bisons
Friday, Jan. 19 | 6 p.m. (W) & 8 p.m. (M) CT
Saturday, Jan. 20 | 5 p.m. (W) & 7 p.m. (M) CT
Watch:
Canada West TV
NEWS & NOTES
- The Vikes women's basketball team is coming off their first weekend series sweep of the season, defeating Trinity Western 78-74 and 64-53, Jan. 12-13 to move to 3-7 on the season.
- After splitting the series with the Spartans, the Vikes men's team holds an 8-2 record following a 93-89 win and 92-85 overtime loss one weekend ago.
- Both the Manitoba men's and women's teams are coming off two losses to UBC, Jan. 12-13. The Bisons hold a 10-4 record on the men's side and 3-11 mark on the women's side.
- The Vikes men enter the weekend as the number two-ranked team in U SPORTS, while the Manitoba men were ranked sixth in the latest U SPORTS Top 10 poll.
- Diego Maffia leads the Vikes and Canada West with a 27.6 points per game average, while Sergio Pereira leads the Vikes with a 7.3 rebounds per game average.
- Abigail Becker leads the conference with a 64.6% field goal shooting percentage (53-82), and also leads the Vikes with 14.5 points per game. Mimi Sigue's averaging 7.6 rebounds per game to lead Victoria in rebounding.
