Scheduled Game: @Calgary*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T Trinity Western 51 40 91 Calgary 33 67 100 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men’s Basketball (Canada West)
Saturday, November 11, 2006
TWU Spartans (91) at the University of Calgary Dinos (100)

DINOS COME FROM BEHIND TO TOP SPARTANS
-TWU's Brian Banman ties career high in loss

CALGARY-The University of Calgary Dinos overcame an 18 point halftime deficit Saturday evening to score a come from behind 100-91 Canada West University men’s basketball win over the visiting Trinity Western University Spartans. Calgary, who trailed by as much as 23 points at one stage of the opening half, outscored their opponents 67-40 in the final twenty minutes. With the triumph Calgary improves to 2-2 while the Spartans fall to 2-4.

The contest was a tale of two different games and two different teams.

The Spartans totally dominated the opening half taking advantage of 25 Calgary turnovers and strong outside shooting taking a 51-33 halftime lead. Trinity Western was 8-for-17 from beyond the arc and 20-for-44 from the field.

Trevor Nerdahl came off the bench scoring 16 first half points for Trinity Western.

Calgary went on a 17-6 run in the opening five minutes of the second half cutting the margin to 57-50 with just under 14 minutes remaining.

The Dinos continued to chip away pulling even at 58-58 on Cody Darrah’s basket with 13 minutes remaining taking advantage of cold Spartan shooting, turnovers and solid defensive rebounding. Calgry took the lead for good on Jeremy Odland trey.

The Dinos led 63-58 with 11 minutes remaining.

Calgary stretched their margin to 74-64 with seven left but the Spartans cut the margin to 74-68 with a pair of quick baskets.

The Dinos led 80-75 with four and half minutes remaining but TWU cut the margin to 83-81 with just under three minutes left.

Calgary scored the next four points leading 87-81 with 99 seconds remaining with Trinity Western in possession but a turnover prevented the Spartans from cutting into the margin.

Calgary led 90-81 with a minute remaining but Brian Banman hit three free throws with 50 seconds left making the score 90-84 giving the Spartans life.

Trinity Western fought desperately to cut the margin but Calgary, who missed several free throws at earlier stages in the half, hit their free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.

Ross Bekkering had his second double-double of the weekend scoring 22 points and hauling down 13 rebounds while Darrah added 19 points and six assists. Joe Schow also had a solid contest for Dinos with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Banman was unstoppable during the contest with 31 points hitting numerous clutch baskets for the Spartans. The sharp shooting guard was 4-of-12 from beyond the arc and 9-of-10 from the free-throw line.

Calgary finished the game shooting 50% from the field as compared to 37% for their opponents.

The Spartans will return home to host the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack on Friday, November 24, 2006. Game time at TWU is set for 8 p.m.

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-source University of Calgary Sports Information

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