Scheduled Game: VICTORIA @ Saskatoon

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 3 T Trinity Western 38 45 16 99 « FINAL Victoria 43 40 6 89

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Men's Basketball (Cameco Shootout - U of Saskatchewan)
Thursday, October 23, 2003
TWU Spartans (99) vs. the University of Victoria Vikes (89) OT

Spartans Rally in OT

SASKATOON - The Trinity Western University men's basketball team overcame a slow start to defeat the University of Victoria 99-89 in overtime Thursday in game one of the University of Saskatchewan's Cameco Shootout.

Led by Player of the Game Logan Kitteringham (19 points, 13 rebounds), the Spartans battled back from an early fourteen-point deficit (22-8) with 13:30 remaining. A 30-21 run to end the half had the Spartans close to within five points, down 43-38.

"We were very sluggish to start and that put us in a hole early," said TWU head coach Stan Peters. "We were getting great looks, but we couldn't get anything to fall, so we just kept fighting and fighting."

Finally, late in the second half the Spartans started to find the bottom of the net. With 1:30 remaining TWU managed to tie the Vikes at 80-80. Then, with 43 seconds remaining, the Spartans went up on a three-point play by Logan Kitteringham to go up 83-80. The Vikes responded as Reagen Daly hit a huge three point shot to tie the game with twenty-three seconds remaining.

When it looked like TWU was going to get the last shot to win the game they were called for a charge while trying to get the ball over half. Fortunately for the Spartans, the Vikes were unable to take advantage of the turnover as they were unable to get a shot off in the remaining seconds.

The overtime was all TWU. The Spartans quickly went up four points on back-to-back lay-ups by Dan Young and Kitteringham. The Vikes got themselves back into it momentarily as they tied it up with a jumper by Nathan Ashmead (3:26) and a lay up by Reagen Daly with three minutes remaining.

From that point on the Spartans took over the game. Punctuated by an "amazing" three-point shot from Adam Friesen, the Spartans went on a 10-0 run to close out the contest. "Adam's shot put us up eight and it really took the wind out of their sails," commented Peters. "Tonight we just fought through adversity and kept believing in ourselves. We just kept going and going until the opportunity arose for us and we were able to seize it."

The Spartans will continue the tournament Friday with a game against the University of Waterloo. Game time in Saskatoon, SK is set for 6:00 pm.

Game notes: In addition to Kitteringham, the Spartans were led by Jon Lundgren (21 points, 9 rebounds), Brian Banman (21 points, 7 rebounds), Dan Young (20 points, 4 rebounds) and Adam Friesen (17 points, 6 assists). "Jon carried a big portion of the game for us, but we had a number of guys really step up and play well for us tonight," said Peters... TWU dominated the boards, outrebounding the Vikes 43-34...The two teams were almost identical from the field at 47.9% (TWU) & 47.1% (UVIC)...The Spartans held the advantage from the line, 24-31 to 19-30, while UVIC had the advantage from behind the arc, 6-14 42.9% to 7-21 33.3%...

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