Saturday night at the Northern Sport Centre, the UNBC Timberwolves wrapped up their weekend with a 90-36 defeat at the hands of the Alberta Pandas (4-0). The tandem of Jayden Tanner (20) and Kiah Easton-Ihediohanma (16) combined for 36 in response for the visitors. Viktoriia Filatova paced the Timberwolves attack with 13 points while Aurora Cabrera chimed in with five points, 12 rebounds and three blocks.
 
Fresh off a victory a night ago, Alberta began the night with a 12-7 run. Morgan Harris had five while Easton-Ihediohanma had three. For the TWolves it was a trio of Filatova (3), Sophia Fuller (2) and Hazel Phillips (2) that supplied the offense.
 
Filatova stayed hot for the TWolves early as she added two more field-goals, including a triple which brought her to eight first quarter points. In the first quarter of Saturday's game, the TWolves scored more than in any quarter in Friday's opener.
 
After recording 11 points a night ago, Tanner struck for eight in the back-half of the first for Alberta who had a 27-14 lead after one.
 
The Pandas roared off to an 9-0 run to begin the second as Easton-Ihediohanma, Jenna Karach and Mishyn Miller all grabbed buckets, while Tanner and Harris both hit free-throws.
 
Amrit Manak ended the Alberta run with a triple from the elbow – the 80^th three of her tenure at UNBC! Filatova then followed with a pair of free-throws getting her double-digits. But the Pandas kept pouring it on and finished with a 24-10 edge in second quarter scoring. At half, Tanner led the way with 10 points and six rebounds, while Easton-Ihediohanma had nine. Filatova led the TWolves with 10 points at the half while Claire Huang had a team-high three rebounds.
 
The score through 20 minutes had Alberta leading 51-24.
 
Tanner struck for 10 more in the third as Alberta outscored UNBC 26-8. She led all scorers through 30 minutes with 20 points. Not to be outdone was Easton-Ihediohanma who added seven more, giving her 16.
 
The first three points of the third for UNBC came from Aurora Cabrera who converted on a layup and a free-throw. A pair of free-throws from Summer Toor, a Filatova layup and a single free-throw make from Manak rounded out the third quarter offense for the hosts who trailed 79-32 after three.
 
In the final quarter of the weekend, the two teams combined for just 15 points. Alberta nabbed 11 of them – six of which belonged to Sophie Hall. Cabrera had the lone field goal in response for the Timberwolves.
 
Defensively though, Cabrera shined in the final quarter. The first-year forward from Spain recorded five rebounds and added two blocks. Her final stat line showed 12 rebounds, three blocks and five points.
 
After 40 minutes, the score showed 90-36 for Alberta.
 
Up next for UNBC – a pair of home clashes next weekend against Trinity Western.