Tempo set to tip off inaugural pre-season schedule tonight at home

The Toronto Tempo will get their first taste of Women’s National Basketball Association competition tonight when they host the Connecticut Sun in pre-season action at Coca-Cola Coliseum.

The Sun finished 11th overall last season with an 11-33 record and missed the playoffs.

The league’s first Canadian team, which took part in its inaugural expansion draft earlier this month, will compete this season in the seven-team Eastern Conference and will be coached by Sandy Brondello. They’ll tip off their 22-game home schedule on Friday, May 8 against the Washington Mystics.

The Tempo, who will finish pre-season play on Friday against the Minnesota Lynx at the Target Center in Minneapolis, will trim their roster from 19 players to 12 before their season opener.