The Lethbridge College Kodiaks basketball teams have both been on a roll as of late, and they sit on the top of their respective divisions for their efforts.

Starting with the men, they are on currently riding a four game winning streak after two wins in Calgary at Olds College.

They sit tied for first place in the southern division with the SAIT Trojans and the Medicine Hat Rattlers in points with 24 points, and all three have clinched a spot in the playoffs.

The fourth playoff spot in the south is spoken for as well by the Red Deer Kings, who have 22 points, and have already played a two more games than the other teams in the playoffs.

All four teams have a shot at first place with only three weeks left on the schedule, but the Kodiaks are sitting in pretty great shape among the top four.

The Kodiaks have two wins in three of the games against Red Deer this year, while the Trojans won the season series 2-1.

As for Medicine Hat, they took it to the Kodiaks in the only game they’ve played against one another this year with a score of 104-6, but they had to forfeit the game due to ineligible players taking part in the game.

Kodiaks point guard Cory Richardson was last week’s ACAC player of the week after playing 75 minutes of a possible 80 against Red Deer, and the weekend before against SAIT, he played a full 60 minutes in a double overtime thriller.

He says his is feeling great after coming off of a big weekend in Red Deer, and his team is ready for a little revenge against the Rattlers.

“We just went out there and handled business (in Red Deer) and now we’ve got another team that’s tied for first and they’re going to be a different animal to fight so we’re really excited and ready for the challenge.”

Even though the teams are battling for first place, they Richardson says at this point, they aren’t thinking about the standings.

“We don’t let the standings get to us too much, we just take it week by week and keep improving.”

Another one of the stars for the Kodiaks has been Robert Myles III.

Though he’s one of the smaller players in the league, his size actually is one of his strengths.

He sits first in the league for steals with 52, and when he gets the ball you can expect to see his speed and dunking ability on display, and it often fires up his team.

Myles says that even though the team feeds off of the energy he brings to the court, it’s his teammates that give him that extra spark.

“It’s the joy of the teammates, I love playing with these guys, it makes it a lot easier on the court just being able to have a good time.”

Moving on to the women, there isn’t a whole lot different with them than there has been all year.

They continue to dominate the rest of the division and sit undefeated at 15-0, and ranked second in the country.

They’re up against Medicine Hat Rattlers as well this weekend, a team that’s battling for a playoff spot.

The women are lead by Logan Moncks, who sits second in the league in points per game with 22.7 and in field goal percentage with 55.9%, as well as Emma Lowry, who’s third in field goal percentage with 54.8 and in rebounding with 10 per game.

The teams play on Friday, starting with the women’s game at 6:00pm, and 8:00pm for the men.