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Women's Basketball

RAMS CAPTURE SCHOOL’S FIRST WBB NATIONAL TITLE

The Rams women’s basketball team played a complete game to win their program’s long-awaited first ever U SPORTS National Championship, as they beat the Winnipeg Wesmen 70-48 Sunday in Kingston. The Rams used a swarming defensive effort to take 2022 U SPORTS Player of the Year Keylyn Filewich out of the equation, as the superstar forward only managed 9 field goal attempts in the final, … Continue reading RAMS CAPTURE SCHOOL’S FIRST WBB NATIONAL TITLE

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Wesmen Ride Dynamic Duo to Finals Berth

Kingston, ON – Faith Hezekiah and Keylyn Filewich combined for 48 points, and the University of Winnipeg Wesmen defeated the host Queen’s Gaels 80-78 to advance to the National Championship Game. The Wesmen had to overcome a raucous Kingston crowd of over 1,450 people to pull off the victory, which came down to the last second. Gaels star Sophie de Goede was unable to land … Continue reading Wesmen Ride Dynamic Duo to Finals Berth

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2021 CEBL Notebook #8: Playoffs Are Here!

TORONTO, CANADA – The regular season may have come to an end this week, but the excitement just keeps on coming in the CEBL. After a long season, the league’s best and brightest are once again poised to put on a great show in the playoffs this year. So before you grab your popcorn and flip on the CBC to watch the playoffs, make sure … Continue reading 2021 CEBL Notebook #8: Playoffs Are Here!

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2021 CEBL Notebook #7: 5 U SPORTS Names Making Noise at the End of the Regular Season

TORONTO, CANADA – The CEBL regular season came to an end this week, and boy was it a lot of fun. From record setting performances to breakout stars, the regular season gave us just about everything we could’ve hoped for from the third season of the CEBL. As fans all across the country (except in Saskatchewan – sorry Rattlers) prepare for the playoffs to begin, … Continue reading 2021 CEBL Notebook #7: 5 U SPORTS Names Making Noise at the End of the Regular Season

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2021 CEBL Notebook #6: 5 U SPORTS Names Making Noise in Week 5

TORONTO, CANADA – Only a few games remain in the 2021 CEBL regular season – and then we get in to the really fun stuff. As the playoffs loom in Edmonton, here’s your weekly look at the U SPORTS Names Making Noise in the CEBL this week. #1: Jordan Baker, F, Edmonton Stingers (Alberta, 2009 – 2014) The king of the prestigious Names Making Noise … Continue reading 2021 CEBL Notebook #6: 5 U SPORTS Names Making Noise in Week 5

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2021 CEBL Notebook #5: Five U SPORTS Names Making Noise in Week 4

TORONTO, ON – It was an exciting week of firsts in the CEBL this week, as the league’s playoff picture began to take shape. The Edmonton Stingers suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of the Ottawa BlackJacks, while the Saskatchewan Rattlers defied the pundits and captured their first win of 2021 with an Elam Ending thriller in Guelph, beating the Nighthawks … Continue reading 2021 CEBL Notebook #5: Five U SPORTS Names Making Noise in Week 4

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2021 CEBL Notebook #4: Five U SPORTS names making noise in Week 3

TORONTO, ON – It turns out that it really is Xavier Moon’s world, and we’re all just living in it. The reigning CEBL MVP put on another clinic on Thursday night, as the Edmonton Stingers visited perhaps their strongest championship challengers in the Hamilton Honey Badgers, and came through with a statement win in the process. Edmonton went into FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton and thoroughly … Continue reading 2021 CEBL Notebook #4: Five U SPORTS names making noise in Week 3

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2021 CEBL Notebook #3: 5 U SPORTS Names Making Noise in Week 2

TORONTO, ON – The CEBL is usually a league where any team can win on any given night, but the Guelph Nighthawks weren’t able to find any good nights over the course of the past week. Guelph dropped three straight games to the their archrival Hamilton Honey Badgers, who have ridden a couple of emerging U SPORTS studs to 2nd place in the CEBL, behind only … Continue reading 2021 CEBL Notebook #3: 5 U SPORTS Names Making Noise in Week 2

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