Sophie Doiron is staying home to lead the next era of UNB basketball. The elite Dieppe point guard represents a major recruiting win for a program intent on keeping New Brunswick's top talent in province.
Mount Royal relied on veteran poise to weather a frantic second-half comeback attempt by Manitoba, securing a pivotal victory in front of a capacity crowd at Kenyon Court to kick off the winter semester.
Despite a relentless defensive effort and a dominant presence in the paint, the Mustangs could not overcome a clinical perimeter shooting display that silenced a raucous Alumni Hall crowd on Wednesday night.
The nation's top two programs collide this weekend in Edmonton as the undefeated Alberta Pandas rely on veteran chemistry to halt the defending national champion Saskatchewan Huskies in a rare heavyweight battle.