Life without backcourt wizards Laing/Pluzhnikov begins with UNBC season-opener against Trinity Western
There’s always holes to fill from one season to the next when university teams lose their veterans to graduation and this year the UNBC Timberwolves were left with huge crater with the departure of two of their most dependable mail-carriers, Tyrell Laing and Vova Pluzhnikov.
With no Laing and no Pluzhnikov, the broad shoulders of fourth-year forward Spencer Ledoux will be asked to bear some of that weight. Nobody in Canada West was more accurate from the field with his shots in 2021-22. The six-foot-seven native of Kamloops started 17 of the 18 games and averaged a career-high 12 points per game, third among T-wolves.
Spelling off Laing last season, Hunter averaged 9.5 minutes per game. His playing time will triple and expectations are high his point totals will reflect that for the second-year guard from Edmonton. Hunter posted a couple 20-plus point games in the pre-season tour in Saskatchewan and helped the T-wolves post a 4-5 record in exhibition play.
Watching Fareed Shittu and his leaping ability is worth the price of admission. He loves to defy gravity going up for a dunk and has the speed and tenacity to rack up rebounds. He led the T-wolves in that category with a 7.9 average. Now in his third U SPORTS season, the six-foot-six Shittu isn’t the only tall tree in the T-wolves’ thicket. Saymon Loki of Smithers stands six-foot-seven and is back for a second season.
Shooting guard Chris Ross started 12 games and averaged 6.6 points last season and he’s looked upon as a vocal leader who specializes in defence. Jackson Netzel proved adept from three-point range, having filled in from the UNBC bench for 13 games in 2021-22. He’s familiar with Jordan’s strategies, as is Dylon Matthews, who joined the T-wolves in 2019. Rookie guard Cameron Lalli rounds out the T-wolves’ class of 2022-23.
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