Wolves women lose again

The Winnipeg Wesmen women on Friday continued their preseason domination of the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

The Wesmsen beat the Wolves 70-59 on the opening day of the University of Manitoba Women’s Basketball Invitational, their fourth win in four tries against the Thunderwolves this fall.

Winnipeg, who led 35-23 at halftime, got 16 points from Alyssa Grant in just 23 minutes of court time and 13 points and a dozen rebounds from guard Stephanie Kleysen.

Lakehead’s Carolyn Fragale led all scorers with 21 points, while teammate Lindsay Druery potted 17 points and grabbed 13 boards.

"After a strong start and a good defensive first quarter, we struggled to hang on to the ball,” said LU coach Jon Kreiner.
“We were doing a great job attacking but make poor decisions passing and we did a poor job getting the ball inside in the first half. Carolyn did a great job defensively tonight (6 steals) and keep us in the game."

The Wolves will take on Trinity-Western on Saturday, with proceeds from the game going toward breast cancer research.