Panthers at Home, January 27 and 28

Both of UPEI’s basketball teams have a two-game home stand this weekend in the UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre.

Friday night, the Panther women host Acadia University at 6:00 pm. The men take the court at 8:00 pm. On Saturday night, the women play Saint Mary’s at 6:00 pm. The men play at 8:00 pm.

“The team is excited to be playing a pair of home games after a weekend off,” said UPEI Women’s coach Greg Gould. “Acadia is an up-tempo team who press and play a lot of zone defense. Saint Mary’s is a great defensive team that is very disciplined on offence and are very good three-point shooters. We will need to defend and rebound well to be successful against both teams.”

“We have a huge weekend in front of us,” said UPEI Men’s coach Tim Kendrick. “Acadia sits four points up on us, so a win for us would vault us into a tie for the final play-off spot. SMU handed us a beating at their place in November, so we are looking to bounce back in a big way. We are going to have to be at our best if we hope to take points from either of these two strong teams!”

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