It was a decent showing for the UNBC Timberwolves women’s basketball team as they fell 74-61 to the UBC Thunderbirds in their Canada West playoff debut.
The game breaker for UBC was Madison Penn who notched 22 points including a 7 for 15 showing on field goals.
Vancouver native and fifth year UNBC player Preety Nijjar led the T-Wolves in scoring with 12 points and 9 rebounds in 35 minutes of action.
The Timberwolves outrebounded UBC 39-30 overall but committed 28 turnovers to the T-Birds 17.
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UBC also collected 48 points in the paint.
The Thunderbirds lead the best of three series 1-0 and will try to wrap things up on Saturday.