October 19 - The Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s basketball lost a 90-86 thriller to the Manitoba Bisons Friday night in Dryden, Ontario. Lakehead is now 2-2 in CIS pre-season play while Manitoba goes to 3-1.

Lakehead had five players score in double figures; led by Kathryn Verboom with 19 points and 9 boards, Shannon Vellinga had 15 points, Tasia McKenna had 14 points, Debra Sandberg had 13 points and 7 assists to only 1 turnover, and Kendelle Kavanaugh had 10 points and 8 rebounds.

The Bisons were paced by Tessa Klassen with 18 points and Leigh-Anne Legal-Young with 16 points.

Head Coach Jon Kreiner said it was a very exciting game and was happy with his team’s effort. "Obviously, it was a great game for the fans in Dryden; a see-saw game with lots of scoring. I thought our team did a great job of breaking their pressure and getting the ball inside to our post players and having five players score in double figures. Our rebounding was good but tomorrow we will have to work on our defense and stopping some of their scorers and bringing that score down to the 70-80 point range.”

The two teams tip off again Saturday afternoon again at Dryden High School at 1:00 pm CST.