The Bison women's basketball team is proud to announce the team captain for the 2016-17 Canada West season. Forward Rebecca Potter is captain for the Bison women's basketball team for the upcoming season. In addition, guards Nicole Konieczny (pronounced: Connection-knee) and Tiara Licsi (pronounced: Tee-yara Lick-see) have been named as assistant captains.

Bison women's basketball head coach Michele Sung (nee: Hynes), in her third season, stated, "It was unanimous choice with Rebecca as she is entering her fifth, sixth season with the program, and is a great role model with great leadership on and off the court. Nicole and Tiara represent the next leadership group and a promising future for the program."

Potter, 22, is in her fifth year of eligibility with the Bisons and is a captain for a second consecutive season (last season was a assistant captain). In 2015-16 season, the 6'3" forward was tied for sixth in team scoring with 4.9 points per game while starting and playing in all 20 conference regular season games. The Winnipeg native was ninth on team with 30.3% in field goal shooting percentage while sixth on the team with 20.2 minutes per game.

Konieczny, 19, becomes team captain for the first time in her second season at Manitoba. Konieczny started and played in all 20 conference regular season games in 2015-16 and was second in team scoring at 10.1 points per game. The 5'10" guard from Regina was first on the Bisons with 31.8 minutes per game last year, first on team with 34.4% from three-point line and first on Bisons with 5.8 rebounds per game.

Licsi, 20, is in her third year of eligibility with the Bisons and first as a captain. In her second year, the 5'6" guard from Winnipeg played in eight conference regular season games and averaged 5.0 minutes per game.


Bison Notes: The Bisons start the 2016-17 conference women's basketball season on the road against the Calgary Dinos during the November 4-5 weekend. Tip off on Friday is at 7 p.m. CT and on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT.