Scheduled Game: BRITISH COLUMBIA*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T UBC 31 43 74 « FINAL TWU Spartans Mens 36 30 66

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Men's Basketball (Canada West)
Friday, November 02, 2001
TWU Spartans (66) vs the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds (74)

T-Birds Carry Boards To Victory

Langley, British Columbia - The Trinity Western University men's basketball team lost the battle of the boards with the visiting University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Friday night and subsequently lost the game 74-66.

The 'Birds held the rebounding edge over the Spartans throughout the game, 36-30, but most notably down the stretch when they were able to maintain possession of the ball for most of the final 2 minutes with strong offensive rebounding. In the final 4 minutes UBC outscored the Spartans 11-5 to give the Bird's (1-0) their first victory in Canada West league play. The loss drops the Spartans to 0-1 in league and 3-4 overall.

After a strong first 20 minutes the Spartans held a 7 point lead at the start of the second half 38-31 on a Tyler Coston jumper, 6 seconds in. Over the next 12 minutes the Thunderbirds were gradually able to take control of the game. They pull ahead of the Spartans with a 29-12 run to go up 60-50 with 8:30 to play.

The Spartans did not go quietly into the night as they went on a run of their own, 11-3 to close the gap to 2 points, 63-61, with 4 minutes remaining, but they were never able to regain the lead.

Leading the way for the Spartans were Ryan Jobs (3rd yr, forward, North Vancouver, BC) - 18 points, 6 rebounds and Tyler Coston (3rd yr, guard, Blaine, WA) - 17 points, 5 rebounds. Kyle Russell - 19 points, 5 rebounds and Brandon Ellis - 17 points, led the T'birds.

The game was a tightly called low scoring affair, which the two teams combine for a total of 82 foul shots.

-TW-

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