“The pace is way faster,” said the psychology major. Francis Browns high school program in Calgary and she had the benefit of a full year to get to know her UNBC teammates during the lost pandemic season before being thrown into the U SPORTS fire. “We’re a very unselfish team, we’re seeing each other and it shows, it really reflected that tonight.” “Every game this year we’ve gotten better, and our freshmen are stepping up, getting those points,” said Kuklisin. The T-wolves beat the WolfPack 68-51 on Friday and played well enough to win but lacked the finish they showed in the second half of the rematch. Coach really hyped us up, he said, ‘We need this game, this is a real important game for us,’ and we just came out and something switched and we were hitting our shots. We had that energy and there were high-fives all around. “Everyone coming off the bench was super-energetic. “I had a tough first half and coach (Sergey Shchepotkin) was really helping me out, he said ‘You have to light It up, we really need that energy out there,’ and as soon as he said that, I got that steal and from that point I was so ready,” said Kuklisin. That spurred Alina Shakirova and Svetlana Boykova back to their usual antics scoring points and hauling in rebounds and the T-wolves put together a 17-1 run that put them ahead 58-35 and they never looked back. The 19-year-old rookie guard forced a turnover, made a steal that turned into a two-point jump shot, then traded threes with teammate Anastasia Soltes. She drew into the action after a needed timeout and her impact was immediate.

After a series of missed shots and some fired-up play from a fast-breaking WolfPack, the T-wolves needed a something to shake themselves out of the doldrums and Kuklisin was a big part of the solution. Kuklisin came off the bench four minutes into the third quarter of Saturday’s game at the Northern Sport Centre to inject some life into the sluggish UNBC attack. So far that hasn’t been much of a hindrance and UNBC improved to 3-1 this season Saturday after an 88-46 win at the Northenr Sport Centre over the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack. This year’s squad has just two shooters in the six-foot range - likely the most vertically-challenged in the T-wolves’ 10-year history as part of the Canada West Conference. Sarah Kuklisin stands just five-foot-six, not tall for a basketball player, but she fits in just fine with her UNBC Timberwolves teammates.

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