Scheduled Game: @Victoria*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T Trinity Western - Men 31 32 63 University of Victoria - Men 37 28 65 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (Conference)
Friday, January 17, 2003
TWU Spartans (63) at the University of Victoria Vikes (65)

Vikes Rally to Upset Spartans

Langley, British Columbia - Trinity Western University's men's basketball team lost a late second half lead and subsequently the game to the hometown University of Victoria Vikes Friday night in Victoria, BC. After falling behind by ten points in the second half the Spartans rallied to late to take a 58-50 lead, but Victoria overcame the deficit and pulled ahead 65-58. The Spartans rallied but two attempts in the final minute failed to find the mark as Victoria took the game 65-63.

"We lost a heart breaker," said TWU head coach Stan Peters. "But it is another experience that we haven't been in and it is a growth step that we have to go through in order to get better."

The two squads were even for much of the first half. Then with just under three minutes to go, Victoria went on a 7-2 run to go into the break with a six-point lead, 37-31.

The second half was a game of runs. In the first three minutes Victoria pushed their lead to ten points, 43-33. Then the Spartans responded with a 12-2 run to tie the game at 45-45 with fifteen minutes remaining.

The 12-2 run was not good enough for the Spartans, they kept pushing and after another eight minutes the Spartans had extended their run to 25-8 and an eight-point lead 58-50 with just under eight minutes remaining.

Queue the Vikes. In front of a packed house Victoria was not going to go away without a fight. The Vikes responded with their own 15-0 run to take a seven-point lead with less then two minutes remaining.

Game over? Nope. Sparked by a Dave Martens dunk and an Adam Friesen steal followed by a 3 pointer, the Spartans cut the Vikes lead to two points, 65-63 in less than 30 seconds.

The Vikes Chris Trumpy missed a jumper with :49 remaining. Then the Spartans had four opportunities to salvage the victory. Jon Lundgren missed a jumper, then after a Shaun Doherty turnover, TWU's Adam Friesen missed a 3-point attempt. UVIC's Ross MacDonald was fouled on the rebound and sent to the foul line with :07 remaining. MacDonald missed the front end of the one and one. TWU's Dan Young grabbed the rebound and hit Jon Lundgren. Lundgren's shot missed the mark, then as the buzzer was sounding Adam Friesen fired up another shot, but he too missed the mark as the Vikes held on for the win.

Adam Friesen led the Spartans with 19 points and 9 rebounds, while UVIC's Chris Marsh led the Vikes with 16 points.

The two squads go at it again tomorrow night. Game time at UVIC's McKinnon Gym is set for 8:15 PM.
Game Notes: UVIC outshot TWU from the field 47% (27-57) to 39% (25-64)...but TWU held the edge from behind the arch at 33% (6-18) to 17.6% (3-17)...The two teams matched each other in rebounds (34) and assists (18)...

-TW-

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