The Bisons women’s basketball team played against the Calgary Dinos in the Canada West Women’s Basketball Championship play-in round at the Langley Events Centre in British Columbia on Feb. 13. The game was hosted by Trinity Western University. The Dinos won the game 91-67 and made it to the quarterfinals.
The game started with the Dinos taking an early lead 9-3 at 7:03 with a three-point jump shot. The herd slowly found its footing, later cutting into the Dinos’ lead [16-13] with about two minutes remaining. The Dinos ended the quarter with a 22-15 lead.
In the second quarter, the Dinos’ choked the herd’s offence, outscoring them by 26 points to the herd’s 14 points. With nearly five minutes remaining in this quarter, a three-point basket by Dinos’ Milica Gajic made the overall score 40-20. For the rest of the quarter, both teams were equal on execution. The first half ended with the Dinos leading 48-29. Ayva Khan shone for the Bisons, scoring 10 points in this quarter.
The Bisons redeemed themselves post halftime in the third quarter by outscoring the Dinos 25- 21. This quarter kept the Bisons in the game, but hanging by a thread. The overall score at the end of the third quarter was 69-54 – a 15-point lead for the Dinos. Darya Rom scored 10 points in the quarter for the herd.
The last quarter had the Dinos continuously increase their lead by 23 points, 79-56, with 4:18 remaining in the game. At 3:45, the Dinos did not seem to be slowing down. Raya Hafez made a three-point jump shot to create an 84-63 advantage, then another three-point jump shot by Amélie Collin, a two-point jump shot by Emma Yarwood and the last two points by two free throws from Megan Weisgerber expanded the lead. The Dinos ended the game winning 91-67.
In this game, the Bisons had four players who scored double digits —Anna Miko scored 11 points, Khan scored 10 points, Taylor Schepp scored 11 points and Rom scored 18 points. The Dinos had five players who scored double digits — Kourtney Oss scored 16 points, Christine Geraldo scored 20 points, Pollyanna Storie scored 13 points, Lilia Skumatova scored 10 points and Gajic scored 14 points. The Bisons women’s basketball team has not won a game against the Dinos in the past 18 years.
The Dinos had more than twice the assists the herd had (15-7). The game ended with the herd shooting 35.1 per cent (20-57) FGMA-A, 37.5 per cent (9-24) 3PM-A and 78.3 per cent (18-23) FTM-A, whereas the Dinos ended the game shooting 55.9 per cent (33-59) FGMA-A, 47.1 per cent (8-17) 3PM-A and 73.9 per cent (17-23) FTM-A. The Dinos’ higher assists and better shooting was reflected in the scoreline.
In the 2025-26 women’s basketball season, the herd won eight and lost 13 games overall, 8-12 in the conference. The Bisons won by their highest margin with 63–35 (+28) against the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves in a preseason game and lost by their highest margin with 100-63 (–37) against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.
