Blues-Coyotes Semi
The Capilano Blues meet the Okanagan Coyotes with a championship berth on the line
#6 Okanagan Coyotes vs. #2 Capilano Blues – Friday March 1, 12:30pm | WATCH HERE
Day Two of the PACWEST championship tournament opens on Friday afternoon when the sixth seed Coyotes meet the second seeded Blues.
The Blues earned a bye into this semifinal so got an opportunity to rest and watch the Coyotes play on Thursday in a quarterfinal. The Blues have been banged up and shorthanded as of late, so the rest was a welcomed site.
On the other hand, the Coyotes needed overtime to upset the third seeded CBC Bearcats 79-74 on Thursday in a thriller. They shot 34% from the field and attempted an eye-popping 46-three pointers and finished connecting on 28% of them.
During the regular season the Blues and Coyotes met four times and they would split the seasonal series with two wins a piece. All but one game was close and decided by seven points or less including an overtime win for the Coyotes in their last meeting. The Blues won the lopsided game 71-42 in early February.
The last time they met in the playoffs was in 2022 in this very semifinal when the Coyotes upset the Blues and would eventually go on to win gold. The winner of this semifinal also punches their ticket to the CCAA national championship in Alberta in two weeks with the PACWEST receiving two berths.