Scheduled Game: CALGARY

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T Calgary Dinos 45 39 84 TWU Spartans Mens 45 51 96 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (Exhibition)
Friday, October 19,2001
TWU Spartans (96) vs the University of Calgary Dinos (84)

Spartans Grab First "W" of New Season

Langley, British Columbia - The 2001-2002 version of the Trinity Western University men's basketball team debuted at TWU with a bang Friday night in an exhibition game against the University of Calgary Dinos.

Led by Tyler Coston's (3rd yr, guard, Blaine, WA) - 29 points the Spartans out ran and out gunned the run and gun Dinos down the stretch to claim their first win of the season, 96-84.

The final outcome of the game was not indicative of how close the match was from beginning to end. The Dinos started the game flying and quickly jumped out in front of the Spartans 8-2 in the first 1 ½ minutes. Calgary maintained their lead through the 10-minute mark, up 22-18 and the 15-minute mark 35-29. But the Spartans settle down and were able to gather some momentum as they closed out the first half with a 16-10 run to go into the break tied at 45-45.

The second half was tight up to the final 7:00 minutes of the game. Tied at 74-74 the Spartans defense was able to shut down the Dinos, while their offense found ways to score. The Spartans went on an 8-0 run over the next 2 ½ minutes to go up 82-74. The run was keyed by a Ryan Jobs (3rd yr, North Vancouver, BC) - 12 points and Joey Maksymiw (5th yr, guard, Abbotsford, BC) - 6 points, who combined for the 8 points, to give the Spartans the 8 point lead with 4:30 to go.

The Dinos tried to get back into the match; two foul shots by Andy Stordeur cut the Spartan lead to 5 points, 83-78 with 3 minutes remaining. Then TWU's Brian Redekop (2nd yr, forward, Abbotsford, BC) - 17 stepped up for the Spartans as he pushed the lead back to 8 points, 88-80. Redekop brought the crowd to its feet when he hit an old-fashioned 3-point play by draining a long range 2 from the top of the key, while being fouled by Calgary's Jeff Loomis. After Redekop hit the free throw, Calgary's Richard Weibach responded with two free throws of his own to stay with in 6, 86-80. Redekop then extended the lead back to the 8 points when the Spartans executed a "shuffle" cut to perfection, which allowed Redekop to glide uncontested to the hoop for the easy 2.

After the Redekop bucket, Calgary's Richard Weibach got the Dinos back to within 6, 88-82 with a baseline drive with 1:15 to go in the game. But that was as close as the Dinos would get, as Coston hit 6 free throws in the final minute to allow the Spartans to dribble out the final 23 seconds, and seal their first victory of the 2001-2002 season.

Whit Homsberger - 21 points and John Riad - 19 points led the Dinos.

Next up for the Spartans is the University of Saskatchewan on Saturday, October 20, 2001. Game time at TWU is set for 8:00 PM.

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