Abbotsford, BC – The UFV Cascades were forced to settle for a weekend split with the U SPORTS No. 1 ranked Saskatchewan Huskies after falling 73-62 on Saturday at the UFV Athletic Centre.

As it happened:
The Huskies shot out to a fantastic start in the first quarter. They took a 13-4 lead just four minutes into the opening frame. Consecutive three-pointers from Nikki Cabuco cut the Cascades deficit to just three in the second quarter, but the Huskies ended the half on an 8-0 run to take a 41-30 lead into the break.

Saskatchewan kept the pressure on in the third, scoring the first seven points of the quarter. Despite a pushback from UFV, the Huskies led by 17 at the start of the fourth, and they would see out the game from there.

Top performers:
For the second night in a row Maddy Gobeil led the Cascades in scoring. The third-year guard picked up 18 points. Julia Tuchscherer and Nikki Cabuco followed with 13 points and nine points respectively, and Natalie Rathler had a game-high 10 rebounds.

Carly Ahlstrom notched a game-high 19 points to go with seven rebounds to lead the Huskies. Gage Grassick also had a solid performance with 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Maya Flindall added 15 points in the effort.

Quotable:
Cascades guard Nikki Cabuco

"We were almost too hyped on yesterday's win, but we shouldn't feel that because we belong. We should just play our game and the results will come to us."

"It's exciting, games like these. That's the fun part about these last two weeks, all it does is build us up for playoffs and help us find some of the holes we need to fix in practice."

Where they sit:
With the regular season concluded the Cascades now gear up for their first-round Canada West playoff matchup, where they will take on the UNBC Timberwolves next Friday in Edmonton. The winner of that game will move on to face the University of Alberta Pandas the following afternoon.