The Bison women's basketball team is proud to announce the team captain for the 2017-18 season. Guard Montana Kinzel (pronounced: Kin-zel) and forward Emma Thompson are co-captains for the Bison women's basketball team for the upcoming season.

Bison women's basketball head coach Michele Sung (nee: Hynes), in her fourth season, commented, "Montana is energetic and vocal when she needs to be. She is always putting team first and doing whatever needs to be in making the team succeed. Emma is a great two-way player and is a leader would lets her actions speak for her as she relates to everybody while being a smart basketball player. Both are a good representatives of our team this season."

Thompson, 20, is in her third year with the Bisons and first time as a team captain. In 2016-17 season, the 5'11" forward was third in team scoring with 9.7 points per game while starting and playing in all 20 conference regular season games. The Winnipeg native was also third on team with 5.7 rebounds per game, third in steals per game at 1.1 and third in team minutes played with a average of 27.7 per game.

Kinzel, 21, becomes team captain for the first time in her third season at Manitoba. Kinzel did not play in 2016-17 due to injuries and was last on the court in her sophomore season during the 2015-18 campaign. That season, the Winnipeg native was fourth in team scoring at 9.1 points per game while starting in 19 of 20 conference regular season games. The 6')" guard was also sixth on the team with 3.8 rebounds per game, fourth on team with 1.3 assists per game while averaging 25.7 minutes per game, good for third on team in 2015-16.


Bison Notes: The Bisons (0-2) home opener weekend series against the Regina Cougars (0-0) occurs on November 3-4 weekend. Tip off on Friday is at 6 p.m. CT and on Saturday at 5 p.m. CT at Investors Group Athletic Centre.