VIU, Columbia Bible College women’s basketball game postponed following alleged safety concerns

Two women’s basketball games between the Vancouver Island University Mariners and the Columbia Bible College Bearcats have officially been postponed by PACWEST, reports Boundary Creek Times. Abbotsford News reports that the VIU Mariners players refused to play the game, citing “alleged verbal and physical mistreatment of a transgender teammate” by a Bearcats coach and player that had not yet been addressed. Speaking to the Vancouver Island Free Daily, Columbia Bible College asserted that it had created a safety plan for the games with the Abbotsford Police Department, PACWEST, and VIU. The college stated that claims that its coaches, players or fans posed a safety threat were “misinformed and untrue.”