PREVIEW: TIGER-CATS AT ROUGHRIDERS

WHO: Hamilton (0-1) at Saskatchewan (0-2)
WHEN: Saturday July 8 2017, 8:00 pm ST
WHERE: Mosaic Stadium, Regina
FORECAST: 26 degrees Celsius, 50% chance of thundershowers
ODDS: Riders favoured by 2
REFEREE: Tim Kroeker

RIDERS: Home 0-1, Vs East, 0-1, Last Week: 43-40 2OT home loss to WPG
TICATS: Road 0-1, Vs West, 0-0, Last Week: Bye

RIDERS OFFENSE: RUSH (7TH), PASS (3TH), OVERALL (6TH)
QB Kevin Glenn is 3rd in CFL passing (675 yards, 5 TDs, 3 INTs) ... WR Nic Demski is 6th in CFL receiving (169 yards, 1 TD) ... RB Cameron Marshall is 5th in CFL rushing (95 yards, 0 TDs) ... Riders are 4th in points scored and 5th in sacks allowed.

TICATS OFFENSE: RUSH (9TH), PASS (8TH), OVERALL (9TH)
QB Zach Collaros has thrown for 242 yards, 0 TDs and 1 INT ... WR Luke Tasker leads the club in receiving (77 yards, 0 TDs) ... RB C.J. Gable leads the team in rushing (9 yards, 0 TDs) ... Ticats are 9th in points scored and 7th in sacks allowed.

RIDERS DEFENSE: RUSH (7TH), PASS (3RD), OVERALL (3RD)
LB Sam Williams leads the Riders in tackles (12) ... DE Jonathon Newsome leads in INT (1) ... Willie Jefferson is the CFL leader in QB Pressures (6) ... Riders are 5th in points allowed and 5th in sacks.

TICATS DEFENSE: RUSH (2), PASS (9TH), OVERALL (9TH)
W. Hill leads in tackles (7) ... Three players are tied for the team sack lead with (1) including John Chick ... Ticats are 6th in points allowed and 6th in sacks.

RIDERS SPEC TEAMS: K Tyler Crapigna is 7/9 on field goals (77%, 8th-best) ... P Josh Bartel is 5th in punting average (44.1) ... Nic Demski leads in PR yards while Greg Morris leads in KR yards ... Glenn Love is the CFL's Special Teams tackles leader (7).

TICATS SPEC TEAMS: K/P Sergio Castillo is 2/2 on field goals and 9th in punting average (40.3) ... Brandon Banks leads in PR and KR yards.

NOTES: Riders are a league worst -3 in the turnover ratio while Hamilton is 7th at -1 ... Hamilton is the least-penalized team while Saskatchewan is 5th ... The two teams will meet again on Friday, September 15 in Hamilton.

RP
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