Dinos open Besselink period with highway win

Lethbridge, ALTA. – The University of Calgary Dinos girls’s basketball group opened their Canada West season with an 80–70 win over the Lethbridge Pronghorns on Friday night time on the Co-op Centre for Sport & Wellness.

Calgary overcame a sluggish begin that noticed them go simply 1-8 from behind the arc within the first 20 minutes to grind out the opening win.

The win strikes Calgary to 1-0 in convention play and is the primary Canada West win for first-year head coach Sarah Besselink.

Second-year guard Christine Geraldo made probably the most of a spot within the beginning rotation and completed with a team-high 21 factors, with 11 coming in an enormous third quarter.

Pollyanna Storie and Lilia Skumatova every completed with 13 factors on the night time, whereas Kourtney Oss added 11 factors to go along with 4 rebounds and three blocks.

The Dinos got here out robust, with Sydney Milum scoring the sport’s first basket off a steal from Storie. The groups traded baskets via a back-and-forth first half, highlighted by rookie Halle Alleman’s first Canada West three-pointer for the Pronghorns and a tricky end from Skumatova to present Calgary a 15–13 lead after the primary quarter.

Lethbridge briefly took management within the second behind Courtney McKee’s robust play, however Storie’s scoring burst helped Calgary reclaim a 33–30 lead at halftime. The Dinos prolonged their lead within the third quarter as Geraldo transformed three free throws and added a three-pointer to push the margin to 9, earlier than Alleman’s buzzer-beater stored the Pronghorns inside seven heading into the fourth.

Lethbridge rallied late to take a 64–63 lead, however Calgary responded rapidly. Geraldo grabbed an offensive rebound and arrange Oss for a three-point play to place the Dinos again on prime. Milica Gajic then buried a clutch three to seal the win, because the Dinos closed the sport on a powerful observe to safe the 80–70 victory.

The two groups are proper again at it on Saturday, with tip-off set for five p.m.

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