SASKATOON – The new-look University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's basketball team will take to home court for the first time in 2019-20 as they are set to host the annual Ron & Jane Graham Shootout from Oct. 17-19.
 
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Joining the Huskies in Saskatoon will be a trio of teams, two from Ontario University Athletics (OUA) in the form of the Laurentian Voyageurs and Lakehead Thunderwolves as well as Canada West rival, the Mount Royal Cougars.
 
 After finishing the regular season with a record of 11-9 and reaching the conference semifinal stage for the second time in three year, the Huskies have already seen action this pre-season, picking up wins over Concordia (76-73), Nipissing (83-55) and falling to Memorial (87-69) in Montreal last weekend.
 
Boasting two-time U SPORTS Player of the Year Kadre Gray, Laurentian finished fourth in the OUA East Division last year with a record of 13-10. Winners of all four pre-season games they've played so far this season, Gray has point totals of 51, 40, 25 and 19 in those contests.
 
Tallying a record of 10-14 in 2018-19, Lakehead qualified for the playoffs by finishing sixth in the OUA West Division. So far in 2019-20, the Thunderwolves have split a pair of games with the Winnipeg Wesmen, winning 105-85 and losing 88-63.
 
Rounding out the competition are the Mount Royal Cougars. Compiling a record of 8-12, the Cougars made it to a Canada West Play-in game where they were bounced 106-83 by Regina. A busy pre-season slate has seen the Cougars go 3-2. Defeating UNBC twice (95-72, 100-96) and StFX (102-93). They have lost to Alberta (92-67) and Guelph (102-91).
 
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
 
Oct. 17: Lakehead vs. Laurentian – 5 p.m.
October 17: USask vs. Mount Royal – 7 p.m.
 
October 18: Laurentian vs. Mount Royal – 5 p.m.
October 18: USask vs. Lakehead – 7 p.m.
 
October 19: Mount Royal vs. Lakehead – 1 p.m.
October 19: USask vs. Laurentian – 3 p.m.