Scheduled Game: @Concordia - Guy Vetrie Memorial Tournament - Victoria

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T CONCORDIA 19 54 73 « FINAL Trinity Western 27 34 61

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Game Recap

Men’s Basketball (Guy Vetrie Invitational Tournament)
Thursday, December 28, 2006
TWU Spartans (61) vs. the Concordia University Stingers (73)

SIXTH RANKED STINGERS SURGE PAST SPARTANS

VICTORIA – The sixth ranked University of Concordia Stingers outscored the Trinity Western University Spartans 11-0 over the final two and a half minutes to claim a 73-61 victory Thursday night at the Guy Vetrie Invitational tournament in Victoria, B.C. The Spartans, who led by eight points at the half, were unable to keep the Stingers off of the boards as TWU dropped the opening game of the tournament.

“We were able to get everybody a lot of minutes and it was a great game for our guys to get their legs back as we look forward to the second half of the season,” said TWU Head Coach Stan Peters.

Trinity Western opened up the scoring and took an early 11-point lead, 15-4, with just five minutes gone off the clock. The Spartans would take their largest lead of the half, a margin of 12, with nine to play but the Stingers would work their way back in before the end of the first.

With just under five to go till the break, Concordia cut the edge to only two, 18-16, but would end up down at the half by a score of 27-19.

The second half proved to be a much better half for the Stringers, who evened the score at 33, with five minutes into the final half. Concordia opened up a seven point lead with seven minutes left but Trinity Western did not give up without a fight. With four minutes left in the game, the Spartans were back within a basket of tying the game, with the score 61-58. TWU got to within one point, 62-61 with 2:30 remaining, but the Langley side would not complete the comeback, losing to the Stingers by a final score of 73-61.

The Spartans, playing without top scorer Brian Banman, were led by Luke Robinson with 11. Daniel Demian chipped in with nine. Robinson was best on the glass for Trinity Western with seven rebounds. Concordia's Patrick Perrotte was the game's high scorer with 20 points. Damian Buckley added 16. Perrotte was the Stinger's top rebounder with 12. Benjamin Sormonte added nine boards.

In other tournament action the No. 4 ranked University of Victoria Vikes toppled the Queen's University Golden Gaels 73-72. The No. 2 ranked University of British Columbia Thunderbirds will see their first action tomorrow.

The Invitational is named after Guy Vetrie who was entering his 14th year as head coach with the Vikes when he passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in September 2003. During his UVic career, he amassed 543 career victories and was named Canada West ‘Coach of the Year’ on six occasions. He was a man passionate about sport and basketball. His impact and legacy is evident in the lives of all of the great players and gentlemen who played under him.

Game Notes: Concordia out rebounded TWU 51-36... the Stingers went 1-19 (5%) from the three point line, while the Spartans went 4-17 (23%)...TWU shot 17-29 (58%) from the foul line, while Concordia shot 28-41 (68%)... today’s game was the first for both squads since the first week of December...Banman sat out as a precautionary measure...

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-contributions from UVIC Sports Information.

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