Game Information
 
Date: Friday, Nov. 8 & Saturday, Nov. 9
Time: 8 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Location: Saskatoon, Sask.
Venue:  Ron and Jane Graham Centre Court in the PAC
Watch: Canadawest.tv
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SASKATOON - The University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's basketball team is back in the PAC for the first time in the 2019-20 season this coming weekend as they play host the MacEwan Griffins.
 
The No. 6 ranked Huskies are looking to continue their winning ways after they took care of the Brandon Bobcats by scores of 94-81 and 87-75 to open their season. This will be the first time the Huskies are in the PAC since they took down their provincial rivals, the Regina Cougars, in two-straight games to advance to the Canada West semifinal.
 
MacEwan opened their Canada West campaign by dropping a pair of games to the Mount Royal Cougars. The Griffins were defeated 96-80 and 102-87. MacEwan finished last season with a 1-19 record.

The Huskies last tangled with the Griffins in regular season action on Jan. 5 and 6 during the 2017-18 season. The teams split a pair of games with MacEwan taking a 101-83 victory on Friday night before the Huskies rebounded with an 82-67 victory on Saturday.

Five Things
 
1: In honour of those who have served and are serving our country, the Huskies will wear special Remembrance Day uniforms on both Friday and Saturday.  

2: MacEwan is led by first year head coach Mike Connolly who previously coached the Lethbridge Pronghorns from 2002-2009.

3: Saskatchewan went 5-1 in the pre-season.

4: Saskatchewan and MacEwan have only met twice in Canada West action.

5: The Huskies jumped from eighth to sixth in the most recent iteration of the U SPORTS Top 10 rankings.

By the Numbers
 
125 – With 125 regular season wins, Barry Rawlyk is the winningest coach in program history.
 
4 – Four members of the Huskies - Alexander Dewar, JT Robinson, Noah Nickel and Emmanuel Akintunde are all averaging 15 points or more per game this season.
 
90.5 – As a team Saskatchewan is averaging 90.5 points per game.
 
19 –  Abiel Tabufor leads MacEwan with 19 points per game.