November 3 - Fresh off their season opening battle on November 1, where the visiting Bisons (1-1) took the victory over the University of Winnipeg Wesmen (1-1) 68-49, the Bisons were looking to make it two-in-a-row on their cross-town rivals at the Investors Group Athletic Centre on Saturday night.

The return match didn’t go as planned for the Herd, as the Wesmen took game two of the series 86-59.

“This was a disappointing loss,” said Bison head coach, Pam Danis. “ a lot of credit goes to the Wesmen though, they’ve got a great young team, full of talent.”

The first points of the game came off a three-pointer from Bison co-captain, Michelle Hynes, and the Herd set the tone from there, retaining possession for much of the quarter. Despite the lack of ball control, the Wesmen were able to keep the game close, going up on the Bisons within the final minute of the frame.

The score was 18-15 for Winnipeg at the start of the second. Extending their lead in the early part of the quarter, the Wesmen played a solid perimeter game, making several shot from downtown. At the halfway point in the quarter the Wesmen were beginning to pull away as the Bisons’ foul troubles started to add up. At the break, the Bisons were trailing 40-29.

The Wesmen’s Dawna Wright led all players at the break with 13 points, while Lauren Mortier, and Leigh-Anne Legal-young both had 7 points for the Bisons.

Wright went down with an injury early in the third, after a mix-up under the glass, and the Bisons took advantage, pulling to within six quickly. Wright would return to the game shortly thereafter. After the return of Wright, the Wesmen seemed to pull away just as quickly as the Bisons tried to come back, leading by 14 points going into the fourth.

With the score 56-42 going into the final quarter, the Bisons desperately tried to come back in the game, but Winnipeg was too strong on the night, leading by as much as 29 points. Late in the game, desperation moves on the part of the Bisons only resulted in more foul trouble.

Wright finished the game with a total of 22 points leading all players, and the Wesmen finished the game shooting 54 percent from the field. Legal-Young was the top Bison with 13 points in the game.

Coach Danis spoke about how the team will prepare for there next opponent. “ We have the confidence, we just need to execute,” said Danis. “And that means preparing our execution for the specific team. That didn’t happen tonight.”

The Bisons will go on a bit of a road trip next week as they try to stay above .500 in Brandon on November 9 and 10. The Bobcats will be looking to bounce back from an opening game loss to SFU. Winnipeg will also be heading out on the road next week. On the same weekend they will face off against Regina.

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