Madison Landry is playing a starring role in the UNBC Timberwolves' run to the Canada West women's basketball playoffs and the rest of the league is taking notice.
The fourth-year forward took her understaffed team on her shoulders last weekend in Regina, where she led her team to key victories over the University of Regina Cougars.
Landry, a Duchess Park Secondary School graduate, was named Canada's West's first star of the week after she collected 45 points 13 rebounds and nine assists in the two-game series, which ran the T-wolves' winning streak to six games.
UNBC is of the hottest teams in the league heading into this weekend's games against the MacEwan Griffins of Edmonton. The T-wolves (9-9, eighth place) have already clinched a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive year but need to keep their feet on the gas pedal, knowing the Lethbridge Pronghorns also sport a 9-9 record and rare right behind them ranked ninth in the league.
If the T-wolves hang on to eighth place they will start the postseason next weekend on their home court at the Northern Sport Centre and would become the first UNBC team ever to host a Canada West playoff game.
The T-wolves and Griffins (2-16) play a matinee Friday that starts at noon. A big crowd is expected with free tickets offered to Prince George elementary schools. The rematch is set for Saturday at 5 p.m.
The UNBC men are still in the playoff picture despite losing their last 11 games. They rank 13th in Canada West with a 4-14 record, just behind the 12th-place Brandon Bobcats (5-13). Only the top 12 advance to the playoffs.
The T-wolves have to win their games against the Griffins (2-16) and hope the Manitoba Bisons (13-5) defeat the Bobcats this weekend in Winnipeg.
The T-wolves-Griffins games are set for Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the NSC.
