Trans athlete wins MVP of women's college basketball tournament after dominating Christian rival in title game

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A Canadian women's college basketball conference championship game on Saturday night saw a transgender player score 21 points in victory and ultimately win tournament MVP. 

Trans athlete Harriette Mackenzie led Vancouver Island University (VIU) to a 69-59 victory over Columbia Christian College (CBC) in the PACWEST Championship game. Mackenzie finished the game with 10 rebounds in addition to the athlete's game-leading 21 points. 

Mackenzie was then awarded conference tournament MVP in a ceremony after the game. It capped off a season in which the athlete punished competition on the court, leading the entire conference in scoring by a 62-point margin over the second-place scorer, and leveraged Canada's anti-discrimination laws to bring punishment to CBC off the court.

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Mackenzie's tournament MVP honor and conference championship came after a season-long feud between the two teams, which the trans athlete was at the center of. Mackenzie was the conference's player of the year in 2023.

The feud resulted in the suspension of CBC head coach Taylor Clagett, and CBC lost the rights to host the PACWEST championships, as Saturday's game was supposed to be played on CBC's own home court. Instead, because of sanctions placed on CBC over allegations made by Mackenzie, the game was played at Capilano University. 

The feud started during an Oct. 25 game between the two teams, which VIU won 69-56 after Mackenzie scored a game-leading 19 points. Five days after that game on Oct. 30, the trans athlete posted an Instagram