Hokanson happy with chemistry

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Guard Nolan Hanson is also back in the UNBC lineup for his fourth year, two seasons after he blew out his ACL. The six-foot-one Hanson, a former College Heights Cougar, attempted a comeback last year but his knee didn’t stand up to the test. Kyler Eckess, a secondyear guard from Prince Rupert, is also on the UNBC roster

Hokanson, a third-year player from North Vancouver, likes what he’s seen so far from his T-wolves teammates.

“I think we have a lot of team chemistry, even though it’s so early in the season,” said Hokanson. “Everyone moves the ball unselfishly, and it doesn’t matter who scores, as long as we are winning games. We had a good, hard preseason, and I think we are ready to get it started.

“If we can get a packed, loud crowd in (the NSC), I think it’ll be a huge advantage for us. It can rattle the other team and really give us more energy. We are ready. We are going to come in firing on all cylinders.”

Forward Austin Chandler, who played injured most of last season, had ankle surgery in the summer and although he’s still listed on the UNBC website he won’t be back for his fifth year this season. That will free up more court time for Vaggelis Loukas, who set the pace as the T-wolves top rebounder last season, averaging 7.1 per game.

“We have a lot more depth to us and I think we’ll be improved from last year – it’s a very different-looking squad,” said Jordan. “The preseason results were kind of mixed bag for us. We only played a couple U Sports teams and a bunch of (B.C.) college teams. We definitely don’t get an easy start with Calgary, they’re going to be one of the top teams in the conference this year and this is a good test to see where we are.”

Game time for the men tonight is 8. Saturday’s rematch starts at 7 p.m. — see UNBC women’s

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