Scheduled Game: @Victoria*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T Trinity Western 34 34 68 Victoria 38 45 83 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men’s Basketball (Canada West)
Sunday, January 07, 2007
TWU Spartans (68) at the University of Victoria Vikes (83)

SPARTANS SWEPT
-Victoria takes two game series

VICTORIA, British Columbia – Victoria’s Brandon Ellis hit for 21-points this afternoon as he led his University of Victoria Vikes (12-1) men's basketball team to an 83-68 victory over the visiting Trinity Western University Spartans (7-7) in Canada West action.

The game was originally to be played on Friday evening but a storm front moved into the Victoria area and dumped large amounts of rain.  The precipitation was more than the McKinnon building could handle and water leaked through the roof onto centre court, forcing the postponement of the game.

The energy level was high and the tempo quick for both teams, as each side exchange baskets through most of the first.  The largest lead in the opening 20 minutes was six by the Vikes with the score 27-21 but for most of the half, the lead bounced between two and four.

Spartans forward Michael Brouwer (3rd year, Nanaimo, B.C.) provided the biggest highlight in the first when he went high to swat away a Mitch Gudgeon shot in the early going.

Victoria stayed in front through most of the first but Trinity Western moved out on top on a Luke Robinson (4th year, Ahousat, B.C.) two with three minutes till the half but Victoria answered back and took a four point, 38-34, edge into the break.

Jason Keegstra (2nd year, Vernon, B.C.) got the Spartans off on the right foot to begin the second. The second year forward stole the ball from Steve Moore and charged down the floor and finished with a huge dunk.

That seemed to be a bit of a wake-up call for the Vikes, who quickly moved out by eight, 46-38, with only three minutes played.

Trinity Western pulled it within four 56-52 at the mid point but again, the Vikes turned up the heat. Steve Moore's second three of the day put Victoria up thirteen with seven minutes still on the clock.

The gap was cut inside double digits with five minutes and twenty seconds to go when Drew Slaght (1st year, Coquitlam, B.C.) converted for two, making the score 78-69.

With time running out, Victoria continued to increase their spread.  The games high scorer Brandon Ellis hit for three of his 21, with two and half minutes to play.  The Vikes followed that up with another hoop to move in front 21, their largest margin of the night, before closing out with the 83-68 win.

In addition to Ellis' 21, Moore hit for 16, Gudgeon 15 and Josh Whyte 11.  Graeme Bollinger picked up 11 boards and Whyte had seven assists. Michael Erickson (3rd year, Aldergrove, B.C.) led Trinity Western's scoring with 13. Keegstra and Slaght each had eight. Brouwer was best on the boards for the Spartans with four.  Four others had three-a-piece.

Game Notes: TWU shot 46% for the game and 40% from outside the arc, while Victoria shot 42% from the field and 28% from beyond the arc…The Vikes were 27-65, while the Spartans were 25-54…TWU finished with 26 rebounds, Victoria finished with 36 rebounds… Guard Brian Banman sat out for the Spartans and forward Jacob Doerksen sat out for the Vikes…

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