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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T Trinity Western 42 34 76 Manitoba 39 43 82 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men’s Basketball (Canada West)
Saturday, November 25, 2006
TWU Spartans (76) at the University of Manitoba Bisons (82)

SPARTANS .500 AND HEADING HOME
-TWU splits weekend in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG – The Trinity Western University men’s basketball team fell back to .500 with a 82-76 loss to the University of Manitoba Saturday night in Winnipeg. The Bisons improve to 2-6 with the win, while the loss drops the Spartans to 5-5.

“We didn’t come out and match their intensity in the second half. They desperately wanted the game and we were hoping that they would just give the game to us,” said TWU Head Coach Stan Peters. “The reality of it is, is that we just didn’t perform in the second half the way we needed to perform.”

In the first-half, the game was fast-paced with numerous lead changes. Brian Banman (Kelowna, B.C.) spurred the Spartans offence shooting 5-12 from the field with three 3-pointers, finishing the first half with 14-points. Darcy Coss matched Banman with three 3's of his own, on his way to 11 first-half points, along with 7-rebounds.

The first-half was also noted by its physical play with a total of 25 personal fouls called. Bodies were constantly on the floor, with the most dramatic being Manitoba's Isaac Ansah and Trinity Western's Drew Slaght (Coquitlam, B.C.) colliding at mid-court as the seconds wound down in the half. Ansah was spun around as he dribbled into Spartans territory, and landed on his face. Slaght wound up on his back. At the halftime, it was Trinity Western leading by three, 42-39.

The Bisons and Spartans did not slow down in the second half, and although at the mid-point, Manitoba had a double-digit lead the game remained close. In the end, a key offensive rebound by Coss to give the Bisons a new shot-clock and kept the ball in the Spartans half. Trinity Western had to foul, Ansah made both shots.

Manitoba was lead by Ansah, who finished the game with 34 points and 7 rebounds. Coss also finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Trinity Western's leading scorer was Banman, who finished with 26 points.

The Spartans will travel home to play the visiting UCFV Cascades on Thursday, November 30 and Saturday, December 2. Both games are scheduled to start at 8 p.m. The Bisons will next see action Friday, when they host the University of Regina Cougars.

Game Notes: TWU shot 36% from the field, while Manitoba shot 47%...the Bisons held the edge in rebounding 42-25...Manitoba had 22 turnovers, while TWU had 13...TWU was 11-35 from behind the arc...The 35 attempts is the second most attempts in a game in school history, trailing only the 40 attempts that were shot in TWU’s double overtime game on Oct. 27 with UBC...TWU coach Stan Peters head into this weekend’s games with 99 career CIS victories...

-TW-

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