With non-starters on the floor for a good chunk of the game, the UNBC Northern Timberwolves still beat up on the Columbia Bible College Bearcats.
The Timberwolves, one of the top teams in the B.C. Colleges Athletic Association women's basketball league, completely dominated the last-place Bearcats Friday night at the Northern Sport Centre. The final score was 122-31.
"It was one of those games where the team is not very good and you just play your bench the whole time," said Rachel Hulme, interim head coach of the Timberwolves. "You work on your offence and you work on things that you're going to come up with against other players.
"We played really well," Hulme added. "We only had 12 turnovers for the whole game, which is good. That's something that we focused on, and we only let them get 10 rebounds in the second half."
On offence, the T-wolves were 73 per cent efficient from the field. Their quick transition game allowed them to score lay-up after lay-up. Fourth-year post player Maria Neumann, with 24 points, was UNBC's scoring leader.
"She made a lot of strong moves, moves that we've been working on that she hasn't really pulled out against anyone else," Hulme said. "It was nice to see her come out and do those moves that we've been working on."
The Timberwolves improved to 12-5, while the Abbotsford-based Bearcats dropped to 0-17.
Later Friday night, the UNBC men's team handed the CBC men a similar experience. That game ended 107-65 in favour of the home side. Sebastien-Kevin Louis and Matt Mills both had 22 points for the Timberwolves and Dan Stark chipped in with 16.
UNBC moved to 15-2 and Columbia now sits at 1-16.
The Timberwolves and Bearcats will meet again tonight (women at 6, men at 8) in the final games of the regular season.
