Kelowna, BC - Julia Tuchscherer scored 35 points as the UFV Cascades bounced back from a Friday night defeat to pick up a 93-61 road victory over the UBCO Heat on Saturday afternoon.

With the victory the Cascades move to 7-1 on the year, while the loss snaps a five-game win streak for the Heat and moves them to 5-3 this season.

Julia Tuchscherer's incredible offensive night equaled the program record for points in a game, which was set in 2020 by her older sister Deanna Tuchscherer. While scoring at over a point per minute in the game, Julia Tuchscherer also managed to pick up 14 rebounds in the effort.

UFV head coach Al Tuchscherer praised the second year forward on her response after the previous night.

"We know that Julia has all sorts of ability, and for her it's just a matter of being aggressive and trying to establish herself early in the game. Last night we challenged her to establish herself in the paint, and I think she really took that to heart today. She was really tough from the beginning of the game."

Despite the offensive outburst, the Cascades once again found themselves off to a slow start, as they were outscored 17-12 in the first quarter. However, the visitors turned up the temperature on the Heat in the second. Julia Tuchscherer notched 11 points in the quarter to jumpstarted UFV and send them into the half with a 38-31 lead.

The Cascades would not take their foot off the pedal in the second half, outscoring the heat 55-30 over the third and fourth quarters, enabling them to pick up the win by a 32-point margin.

"I thought the team did a really good job of regrouping today," explained Al Tuchscherer. "They came out and played a real solid game together, played hard for each other, and it was probably one of the better games we have played in the last several weeks, so I was really proud of their effort."

Following her season-high scoring performance the previous night, Maddy Gobeil picked up 16 points, nine rebounds, six assists and five steals in the game. Nikki Cabuco also had a solid outing with 13 points while going three for four from beyond the arc, and first-year Bernie Leda posted 11 points in the game.

Sofia Ainsa Lluch paced the Heat with 18 points in the game, and Kelsey Faik notched 11 points and eight rebounds, while Alessia Brutto and Jaeli Ibbetson each had six points in the effort.

The Cascades will now head to Langley for a pair of matches against local rivals Trinity Western on Friday and Saturday, while UBCO will play host to the Regina Cougars next week. All games can be streamed live on Canada West TV.

"We're a team that has some great potential and we have some players that really know how to play, but we're not a polished version at this point. We need to continue to get better and we kind of stalled on that a bit, so I thought tonight was a real step forward in how we wanted to play as a team."