Category: Team
The Huskiettes won four on the floor, defeating the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia in Edmonton to take the Cecil Race Trophy as Western intercollegiate champions, winning the Gardiner Trophy as Saskatoon city league champions and adding the provincial junior and senior women's titles. Exams prevented the team from attending the Western Canadian championship.
The Huskiettes were undefeated in the 1948-49 season, Ivan King's third as coach of the team. Pat Lawson was the leading scorer, averaging 13 points per game in 18 games.
Lydia Yaremchuk was the leading scorer and MVP in the city league, while Peggy Wilton was named the cleanest player.
Sylvia Fedoruk and Lydia Yaremchuk were both in their third season with the Huskiettes, Lawson, Wilton and twin sisters Shirley and Jean Howes in their second, while Eleanore Ciuca, Camille Garnier, Dot Lake and Noreen Wallace were all in their first year.
1948-49 Huskiette Basketball Team:
Camille Garnier, Shirley Howes, Peggy Wilton, Charrie Tofsted (manager), Pat Lawson, Elanor Ciuca, Dot Lake, Sylvia Fedoruk, Noreen Wallace, Lydia Yaremchuk, Jean Howes, Ivan King (coach)
