They don聮t wear masks or capes but Debbie Yeboah and Cassandra Goodis are becoming the University of Victoria Vikes women聮s basketball team聮s version of the dynamic duo.
And when the going got tough Friday night at
McKinnon Gym against the Trinity Western Spartans, the Vikes聮 lethal backcourt took matters into their own hands and helped UVic snap a two-game losing skid with a 73-61 victory.
After a back-and-forth first half that saw the Vikes hold a five-point lead at the break, Yeboah, who missed most of the second quarter thanks to foul trouble, and Goodis helped the Vikes go on a 12-0 run to end the third quarter and put a dagger into the heart of the Spartans.
聯Debbie did her thing in the third,聰 said Vikes coach Dani Sinclair, whose team improved its record to 3-2. 聯She hit some big shots, provided a ton of energy and was all over the floor.聰
Yeboah finished with a game-high 25 points, 17 of them coming in the second half.
聯We just came out with more energy in third after the coach gave us a bit of a talk,聰 said Yeboah, the Vikes聮 leading scorer coming into the game with a 13.3 average.
Goodis, in her third year out of Penticton Secondary, ran the floor with perfection in the second half, racking up seven assists to go with her 12 points.
聯Cass is the perfect point guard right now,聰 Yeboah said. 聯She sees the floor so well and knows what plays to call and finds the open person. I just love playing with her.聰
Things weren聮t so perfect for the Vikes in the first half. Trinity Western聮s star player, Calgary native Holly Strom, was causing havoc on the offensive boards. Not even the fresh legs of Vikes centre Kristen Monesterski, who was playing her first game since an ankle injury back in early September, could contain Strom. The Spartans 5-foot-11, fourth-year forward also poured in
25 points to go with eight rebounds.
聯It聮s disappointing because we knew going in Holly was their go-to player, and we just didn聮t do what we wanted to do against her,聰 Sinclair said. 聯She dominated 聴 there聮s no question about that.聰
Sinclair says her team had better be a lot better at the start of second game of the double header tonight, or they聮ll need even more heroics.
聯We just didn聮t come to play at the start. Defensively we were terrible and our shooting was off,聰 Sinclair said. 聯We have to be better in all aspects of the game, that聮s all there is to it.聰
Prince George product Chelsea McMullen chipped in 11 points for the Vikes, while Jessica Renfrew, Jenny Lewis and Monesterski all had seven points. Claremont grad Renfrew had a game-high eight rebounds.
The Vikes moved to a perfect 3-0 at home, and they聮ll battle the Spartans again tonight at 5 p.m.
In the men聮s game that followed, Trinity Western sharp-shooter Mark Perrin was a one-man wrecking crew.
The third-year guard from Toronto, sixth in sa国际传媒 West with a 21-point average, had a game-high
27 points and nine rebounds as the Spartans pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Vikes 71-61.
It was the Vikes聮 first loss of the season as they drop to 4-1, while the Spartans improved to 2-3.
Michael Acheampong led the Vikes with 20 points, while Terrell Evans added 18 and 11 boards.
The two teams will go at it again tonight at McKinnon. Tipoff is 7 p.m.
