Scheduled Game: FRASER VALLEY*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T Fraser Valley 33 51 84 Trinity Western 41 44 85 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men’s Basketball (Canada West)
Thursday, November 30, 2006
TWU Spartans (85) vs. the University College of the Fraser Valley (84)

BANMAN PLAY’S THE HERO
- TWU guard hits foul shots to give Spartans one point win over UCFV

LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western University captain Brian Banman (4th year, guard, Kelowna, B.C.) hit three foul shots with three seconds remaining to give the Spartans an 85-84 win over the visiting University College of the Fraser Valley Thursday night at TWU’s Langley, B.C. campus.

The Spartans (6-5), who had led by as much as 12 points, found themselves trailing the Cascades (2-9) by five points, 80-75, with less than three minutes remaining.

Banman hit a runner to cut UCFV’s lead to two points, 82-80 with 55 seconds remaining. Fraser Valley’s Lee Jackson (Olympia, Wash.) hit two foul shots ten seconds later to put the Cascades up four, 84-80.

On the Spartans next possession rookie guard Drew Slaught (Coquitlam, B.C.) drove the lane and made it a two point contest, 84-82 with 38 seconds remaining. UCFV worked the clock down, but the Spartans pressure defense forced a time-clock violation to give TWU the ball with eight seconds remaining.

Slaught got the ball on the inbound pass and drove the length of the floor. He beat his check and forced Banman’s man to slide over to contest the drive. Slaught kicked the ball out to the left wing, where Banman pulled up for a three point shot to win the game. Banman missed the shot, but was fouled on his release, giving him three foul shots with three seconds remaining.

“Drew was the key tonight. The whole game he kept attacking and finishing. It forced their defense to shift, which opened up shots for our posts and our wings,” said Peters. “All night he was aggressive and he scored two critical hoops in the last three minutes for us. His aggressiveness got Brian the open shot.”

UCFV’s Jackson made a desperation shot from half court, but the ball found the front of the rim and bounced away to give TWU the win.

The Spartans controlled the first part of the game and after ten minutes of play TWU had built a 12 point lead, 22-10. Then with the Spartans up 27-15 with eight minutes remaining UCFV’s Jackson took over. Jackson hit 11 of the Cascades next 15 points as Fraser Valley cut TWU’s lead to five points, 35-30 with four minutes remaining. The Spartans were eventually able to regain the momentum, but only managed an eight point lead, 41-33 at the half. David Bron (5th year, forward, Surrey, B.C.) led the Spartans in the first half with seven points and three rebounds, while Jackson finished with 13 points for the Cascades.

Fraser Valley came out strong to start the second half. Just over three minutes into the half the Cascades used an 11-2 run to take a 44-33 lead. With 14 minutes remaining TWU had regained the lead 51-50. The Spartans struck quickly in the next 90 seconds TWU went on a 9-0 run to take a ten point lead, 60-50 with just 12:42 remaining.

With 9:30 remaining and a nine point lead, 67-58, the Spartans looked to be in control of the contest. But then UCFV’s Jamie Vaughan (Chilliwack, B.C.) took over. The fourth year forward scored 11 of the Cascades next 13 points to give Fraser Valley a 13-2 run and a 71-69 lead with five and a half minutes remaining. UCFV continued the run to build their lead up to six points, 75-69 with just over five minutes remaining.

“Our issue that we are working through is that we relax when we get control of the game. We relax and think that the other team is going to cave, but they come storming back. It has happened to us a number of times against teams that we should beat,” said TWU’s Peters. “We are game above .500 and we are not playing with the same desperation that teams with loosing records are playing with. We just don’t match that desperation. That is our issue. We are comfortable were we are in the standings; we are comfortable when we are up 12. Instead of saying No, we have to create separation, we can’t give these guys life.”

Banman with 16 points and four rebounds, Michael Erickson (Aldergrove, B.C.) with 10 points and three rebounds and Jason Keegstra (Vernon, B.C.) with 10 points and three rebounds led the Spartans. Vaughan with 23 points, five rebounds and Jackson with 18 points, seven rebounds led the Cascades.

The two teams will have a day off then meet for the rematch on Saturday night at TWU. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m.

Match Notes: tonight’s win was coach Stan Peters 100th CIS victory, 100-142 in eight seasons...TWU’s bench outscored UCFV’s 36-10...the Spartans scored 33 points of 27 Cascade turnovers, while UCFV scored 23 points off of 24 TWU turnovers...foul shots: TWU 13-22, UCFV 18-28, three point shots: TWU 8-21, UCFV 2-8, field goals: UCFV 32-63, TWU 32-72...the game was scheduled to be broadcast on AM730, but at the last minute the local radio station decided not to broadcast the game...

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