Practice is already starting to intensify for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies women’s basketball team, entering just the second week of the 2024-25 Canada West season.
This comes after a stunning opening weekend on the road, with the Huskies upset in a pair of games against the University of Calgary Dinos to begin the year with a 0-2 record.
“We are ready but also we still have a couple things we need to work on and fine tune,” said Huskies forward Courtney Primeau. “We know what we need to do now and we’re ready.”
The Huskies enter the season ranked first in the conference and are aiming to repeat as Canada West champions after defeating the Alberta Golden Bears last February.
That sent the Huskies to the U Sports women’s basketball championship tournament, where they finished one win shy of a national championship falling to the Carleton Ravens 70-67.
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