Tag: Dave Taylor

UBC's Cerys Merton takes on Trinity Western's Sydney Bradshaw during Canada West action Oct. 25, 2025 at Langley Events Centre. Merton and the 'Birds renew their rivalry against TWU with a two-game set beginning Friday at War Memorial Gymnnasium. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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The story of UBC’s Cerys Merton: How a penchant for defence, inspired by a late high school teammate, has helped ‘Birds guard become her program’s all-time steals-per-game leader!

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By Howard TsumuraVANCOUVER — Thumb through the pages of Cerys Merton’s own basketball dictionary, and you’ll discover that the definition of the term ‘skill set’ includes at least one discipline not commonly clustered with the likes of the game’s time-honoured standards of shooting, passing and dribbling.“I think the biggest thing is just constantly bringing that […]

Victoria Vikes' rookie point guard Avery Geddes has her dribble drive slowed by the defence of UBC Thunderbirds' Maddy Billings during Canada West action Nov. 7, 2025 at War Memorial Gym in Vancouver. (Photo by Richard Lam property of UBC athletics 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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With poise and big-game flair, Victoria’s 18-year-old point guard Avery Geddes delivers in Vikes’ upset win over No. 4 UBC! Former SMUS star, BC 2-A MVP plays above her U SPORTS rookie status!

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By Howard TsumuraVarsityLetters.caVANCOUVER — When you perform within basketball’s most sacred space, you earn the most special moniker of having played like you were ‘unconscious’.On its own, hitting 6-of-8 three-pointers in a game doesn’t necessarily qualify as such, yet it certainly makes a case for itself when so early in your university career, just weeks […]

UBC head coach Dave Taylor addresses his team during his coaching debut, Oct. 3 at home to visiting Queen's at War Memorial Gymnasium. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2025. All rights reserved)
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A Sunday Read: Meet Dave Taylor! With 2025-26 season set for Friday tip, UBC’s new women’s basketball coach finds connection through player empowerment & paying homage to Thunderbirds hoops history!

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By Howard TsumuraVarsityLetters.caVANCOUVER — If you believe in the unseen forces of the basketball universe, then maybe you can better understand the kind of pressure the game’s mythical matchmakers were under this past summer when it came time to finding the next head coach of the UBC Thunderbirds women’s basketball team.Their task?Could they pair what […]