Scheduled Game: @Victoria*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T Trinity Western 34 36 70 Victoria 37 53 90 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men’s Basketball (Canada West)
Saturday, January 6, 2007
TWU Spartans (70) at the University of Victoria Vikes (90)

VIKES TAKE OUT SPARTANS
-Strong finish give’s Victoria Victory

VICTORIA, British Columbia - It was game on tonight for the University of Victoria Vikes and the Trinity Western University Spartans as both teams kicked off the second half of the Canada West men's basketball season. The teams expected to be in action last evening but a leak in the McKinnon Gymnasium roof forced a postponed of the game, now rescheduled for Sunday at 3pm.

Victoria proved to be too much for TWU in the final 15 minutes as the Vikes used a 43-25 run to take the game 90-70.

Victoria was out quickly from the opening tip and within minutes were up 15-6. The Vikes maintained the nine point margin, 24-15 with just over ten minutes gone in the half, but the aggressive high-energy defense of the Spartans started to find it’s grove and after a back to back baskets by Trevor Nerdahl, TWU had battled back to tie the game at 24-24 less than two minutes later.

The teams exchanged hoops for much of the rest of the half and the game was tied again at 32 after Spartan Daniel Demian sunk a three with 90 seconds to go.

With time ticking off the clock, Victoria’s Steve Moore drained a three and Trinity Western answered back with two free throws by Jon Schmidt just before the horn, to set the score at 37-34 at the break.

Trinity Western opened the second with four straight and moved out on top by a single point, 38-37 after a pair of Luke Robinson foul shots.  The lead was short-lived as the Vikes bounced right back with five straight to go up 43-38.

Hass ignited the Victoria crowd with a big dunk and Josh Whyte then hit for two to stretch the lead to ten points, 57-47.

Victoria continued to increase their lead down the stretch and were up 17, 79-62, with five and a half minutes to play. Over the next two minutes the Spartans pushed hard to get back into the game, but they could not get any closer then 13 points as the Vikes closed out the game with a 11-8 run.

Victoria’s Hass was the game's high scorer with 20.  Bollinger added 15 and Steve Moore 14.  Six Vikes hit for double figures in scoring.  Bollinger was a monster on the boards with a game high 16.   UVic shot 55% from the field.

Across the ball for the Spartans, Jason Keegstra led the way with 17.  Luke Robinson hit for 11 and Jon Schmidt 10.  Keegstra led the Spartans with five boards.

As mentioned, the Vikes and Spartans will return to the hardwood on Sunday afternoon at McKinnon Gym. Tip-off is set for 3pm.

There will be no broadcast of Sunday's game.

Game Notes: Victoria out-rebounded TWU 50-28...the Spartans shot 25-70 (35%) from the field, while the Vikes went 37-67 (55%)...Both teams had 18 turnovers...Guard Brian Banman sat our for the Spartans and forward Jacob Doerksen sat out for the Vikes...

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