Amira Giannattasio, playing her penultimate home regular-season game on Ken and Kathy Shields Court in CARSA gymnasium, made it a night to remember Friday.
The graduating fifth-year star shooting guard, No. 4 on the all-time University of Victoria Vikes women鈥檚 basketball career scoring list, lit it up for 26 points in a 59-50 victory for the Vikes over the MacEwan University Griffins of Edmonton.
Guard Kayla Ivicak accounted for more than half of the Griffins鈥� points by also pouring in 26 points.
The Vikes, who have clinched a sa国际传媒 West playoff berth, improved to 11-8 in conference play. The Griffins, fighting for their playoff lives, fell to 6-13.
UVic and MacEwan meet again tonight in what will be the final home regular-season game for graduating Vikes Giannattasio and Paige Thomson.
Meanwhile, the UVic Vikes men鈥檚 team (9-10) clinched a sa国际传媒 West Conference playoff berth with a 107-64 victory over MacEwan (1-18) on Friday night.
