Scheduled Game: SASKATCHEWAN*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T SASK-MEN 36 39 75 TWU Spartans Mens 33 52 85 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (League)
Friday, January 04, 2002
TWU Spartans (85) vs the University of Saskatchewan Huskies (75)

Not Tonight!

Langley, British Columbia - Dave Martens was not going to let the Trinity Western University men's basketball team lose tonight, no way, not tonight.

With 6 minutes to go it did not look good for the Spartans as they trailed the University of Saskatchewan Huskies 63-69. But that's when Martens scored 13 of his career high 36 points to spark the Spartans on a 22-6 run and a thrilling come from behind 85-75 victory.

Not only did Martens (3rd yr, guard, Abbotsford, BC) do the job on the offensive end but also in the second half he was solely responsible for guarding Saskatchewan's James Kenyon who is 7th in the nation in scoring with 21.4 points per game. Kenyon got his points tonight, scoring 24, but he only managed 1 field goal in the second half and was forced into 3 turnovers in the final 20 minutes.

"That was Dave's most dominant game in his three years as a Spartan," said TWU head coach Stan Peters. "He wanted to win this game so badly that he was going to do what ever it took to win."

It did not look good for the Spartans for most of the game. They were having difficulty containing the Huskies offense and were slightly out of sink on the offensive end of the floor. After trailing by 4 points at the half, 44-40 TWU dug themselves a big hole by allowing the Huskies to take a 10-point lead, 51-41 with 15 minutes to go in the game.

A 3 point basket by Joey Maksymiw (5th yr, guard, Aldergrove, BC) with 10 minutes to go in the game brought some life into the Spartans. It cut the Huskies lead to 6 points and gave the Spartans hope.

Coach Stan Peters used the 8:00 minute technical timeout to switch up the Spartans defense. The strategy worked. Going into the timeout the Spartans trailed the Huskies 66-59. Five minutes later the Spartans had gone on a 16-3 run and now led the Huskies 75-69.

The Spartans sealed the win by going 12-12 from the free throw line during the final 3 minutes of play.

Martens led the Spartans with 36 points going 11-16 from the field and 11-11 from the foul line, while distributing the ball for 6 assists. Ryan Anderson (1st yr, forward, Abbotsford, BC) followed up Martens with 17 points and a game high 8 rebounds.

James Kenyon with 23 points, Jamie Charlton with 14 points, and Calvin Palmer with 12 points and 7 rebounds led the Huskies.

The win by the Spartans breaks a 12 game loosing streak and moves TWU to 2-7 and 4th place in the Pacific Division of Canada West. The loss drops the Huskies to 3-6 and a three-way tie for second in the Central Division.

The two teams play again tomorrow night at Trinity Western University. Game time is set for 8:00 PM.

-TW-

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