It was a rough night on the road for the University of the Fraser Valley women's basketball team, as they dropped an 87-47 decision to the Saskatchewan Huskies.
 
The Huskies, last season's U SPORTS silver medalists and currently the No. 5-ranked team in the nation, opened the game on a 9-0 run and finished in similar fashion, outscoring the Cascades 26-9 in the fourth quarter.
 
The result leaves the two teams with matching 2-1 records, and they clash again on Saturday in Saskatoon (6 p.m. Central / 5 p.m. Pacific, CanadaWest.tv).
 
After the Huskies' game-opening surge, the Cascades found a bit of traction. Taylor Claggett posted eight points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field in the first quarter, and the deficit was 23-15 after 10 minutes.
 
But Sask opened the second quarter on a 16-5 run to seize control of the game. UFV responded with back-to-back three-pointers from Victoria Jacobse and Kate Head, but the hosts' lead was 42-26 at the break.
 
The Huskies began the third quarter on a 12-4 run, and pulled away from there.
 
Claggett was the lone Cascade to score in double figures, with 14 points, and Jacobse and Katelyn Mallette had eight points apiece.
 
Summer Masikewich was Saskatchewan's leading scorer with a game-high 17 points, and rookie Ashley de Sousa Martins recorded 14 points and 11 rebounds.
 
- with files from Matt Johnson, Huskie Athletics