The University of the Fraser Valley women's basketball team wrapped up a weekend exhibition sweep of the Thompson Rivers WolfPack on Saturday afternoon, and the performance stood in stark contrast to Friday's opener.

On Friday, the Cascades had trailed by double digits throughout the first half at the Envision Financial before rallying for a 55-53 win on Victoria Jacobse's and-one layup in the dying seconds. Saturday's performance was much stronger for the hosts – they were dominant throughout, and prevailed 85-46.

"It was night and day compared to yesterday," Cascades head coach Al Tuchscherer noted afterward. "The girls really embraced what we're trying to do defensively and built our game from there.

"I thought particularly, our kids coming off the bench tonight played fantastic and that really ignited our starters, too, when they went back into the game. Last night I was really just disappointed we didn't get more players into the game, and today we did a way better job of that. We had some really good contributions up and down the bench."

After building a 22-19 lead at the end of the first quarter, the Cascades broke the game open in the second, out-scoring the WolfPack 25-5. Deanna Tuchscherer scored eight points in the frame, and Taylor Claggett and Natalie Rathler chipped in with four points apiece. The hosts continued to extend the lead with a dominant 26-10 third quarter, and cruised from there.

Deanna Tuchscherer registered a game-high 18 points, and Claggett scored 16. The Cascades also got great play off the bench from the likes of Jessica Parker (14 points), Nikki Cabuco (11 points) and Rather, who finished with five points and energized the squad with her physical play in the paint.

"They're really starting to show the energy they can bring to the game, and what game-breakers they can be for us," Tuchscherer said of his young players off the bench. "It was really encouraging to see."

Emma Piggin (eight points) and Leilani Carney (seven) were the top scorers for the WolfPack.

UP NEXT: The Cascades women's hoopsters are off to Calgary for preseason games next weekend, facing the host Calgary Dinos on Friday and the MacEwan Griffins on Saturday. They begin Canada West regular-season play the following week, facing the Winnipeg Wesmen on the road. Home-opening weekend is Nov. 15-16 vs. UBC Okanagan.