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will look to build on that success when the 2016-17 campaign opens this weekend at home to the Trinity Western Spartans.
Tip off at the Kelowna campus gym is 6 p.m. tonight and 5 p.m. on Saturday.
If a 9-1 exhibition record is any indication, then the Heat should hit the floor running.
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Heat men
Pete Guarasci is back for this fifth season at the helm of the who will open their 2016-17 season with a doubleheader against the Trinity Western Spartans.
The teams will meet Friday at 8 p.m. and again Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Kelowna campus gym.
UBCO will be led into battle by fifth-year point guard Mitch Goodwin and fellow guard Aldrich Berrios.
Goodwin, KSS grad, averaged 12.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game last season
Berrios, a third-year guard from Burnaby, led the Heat last season with 14.4 points a 2.5 assists per game.
The Heat, who went 8-12 in conference play last season, were 1-6 in the preseason.
