The University of Victoria Vikes basketball teams split in their sa国际传媒 West regular-season openers on the road Friday, with the women winning and men losing against their University of Winnipeg Wesmen counterparts.
The Vikes women鈥檚 team got 25 points off the bench from Ashlyn Day, and then withstood a furious Winnipeg rally, to edge the host Westmen 77-76.
UVic built a 44-31 halftime lead and then hung tight for the victory.
Faith Hezekiah of the Wesmen led all scorers with 32 points but her last-shot effort to win the game bounced off the rim.
Hezekiah pulled down 10 rebounds but UVic won the team battle of the boards 42-32.
Calli McMillan, Amira Giannattasio and Aleah Ashlee scored 11 points each for UVic.
鈥淸Winnipeg] played with more intensity and togetherness in the second half, and we did more in the first half,鈥� said UVic head coach Dani Sinclair, in a statement. 鈥淚t could have gone either way at the end.鈥�
Meanwhile, Surrey-product Adam Benrabah led the Wesmen to a 93-84 men鈥檚 victory over the Vikes. The Wesmen led by as many as 14 points in the first half, but a 13-2 UVic run got the Vikes back in the game.
Jordan Charles had 19 points for the Vikes.
The Vikes and Wesmen men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams meet again today in Winnipeg.
SOCCER: The Vikes women鈥檚 season came to an end Friday with a 2-0 loss to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in a play-in playoff game at McMahon Stadium in Calgary.
The Huskies were fifth in the Prairie Division in the regular season at 4-6-4 while the Vikes were fourth in the Pacific Division at 7-6-1.
The Huskies got two second-half goals from Payton Izsak to advance to Sunday鈥檚 sa国际传媒 West quarter-final matchup against the Calgary Dinos (13-1).
