Scheduled Game: @Victoria*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T Trinity Western University M 22 21 43 University of Victoria Men 40 28 68 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (conference game)
Friday, November 21, 2003
TWU Spartans (43) at the University of Victoria (68)

Long night for the Spartans...

Victoria, British Columbia - Short-handed and under the gun, the Trinity Western University men's basketball team could not find an answer for the University of Victoria Friday night in Victoria. The Vikes dominated both ends of the floor as they took out the Spartans 68-43.

The Spartans were happy to see the return of Canada West All-Star Logan Kitteringham, who was playing his first game in four weeks, but they were also without forward Dan Young who had to sit out because of the flu.

"Injuries and sickness have thrown us out of sync," said TWU head coach Stan Peters. "Victoria took advantage of our depleted inside game and made it difficult for us to score from the perimeter."

The two squads were close for the first few minutes. At the 5:30 mark the Vikes held a slim 11-9 lead, but then the home town Vikes put the clamps down on the Spartans. Victoria played solid at both ends as they used a 23-2 run to build a 34-11 lead with just under eight minutes remaining in the half.

The Spartans started to find the basket as the first half closed out, but still found themselves down by a substantial 18 points, 40-22.

TWU came out strong to start the second half and looked to make a game of it by going on a 7-0 run to close the gap to 13, 42-29. It was as close as the Spartans would get tonight.

The remainder of the game saw the Vikes slowly increase their lead, which reached its maximum at the 5:44 mark with the Vikes holding a 28-point margin, 64-36.

In his first game back off of a broken hand, TWU's Logan Kitteringham led both teams with 15 rebounds. Jon Lundgren led the Spartans with 12 points, while Chris Marsh led the Vikes with 16 points off of the bench.

The win moves the Vikes to 4-1 in Canada West league play, while the loss drops the Spartans to 2-3.

The two teams lock horns again tomorrow night. Game time at UVIC's McKinnon Gym is set for 8:15 pm.

Game Notes: TWU only managed 29% shooting from the field - a season low, while UVIC hit for 44%...the Spartans outrebounded the Vikes 40-34... TWU went 1-12 from behind the arc...The 43 points is the fewest ever by TWU men's basketball in CIS competition, the previous record being a 52-79 loss vs. Victoria, January 14, 2000...

-TW-

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