Scheduled Game: @Thompson Rivers*

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (Canada West)
Friday, November 16, 2007
TWU Spartans (85) at the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack (89)

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WolfPack Steal Game from Spartans

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia - The Trinity Western University men's basketball team fell 89-85 to Thompson Rivers University Friday night in Kamloops, B.C. The WolfPack earned their first victory, 1-6, of the Canada West season by overcoming a 17 point half-time deficit to drop the Spartans to 1-6.

"We have a number of guys who are playing through injury but we have to keep battling and keep our heads up and keep working to click and see where we can go from there," said TWU Head Coach Stan Peters. "

The Spartans dominated the first half. They forced the WolfPack into 23 turnovers on their way to a 17 point, 45-28, half time lead.

The third quarter saw the home-team come out on fire. The WolfPack outscored the Spartans 34-24 to make it a seven point game, 69-62, heading into the final frame.

With five minutes remaining the WolPack tied the game at 76-76.

For the rest of the game it was a tug-of-war for control. TWU's Luke Robinson (Ahousat, B.C.) hit a three pointer to give the Spartans a four point lead, 82-78 with 3:40 remaining. Back-to-back WolfPack baskets made it a tie game at 82-82 with just over two minutes remaining. Jon Loewen (Abbotsford, B.C.) free-throws gave the visitors a three point lead, 85-82 with 1:45 left.

With a minute remaining TRU's Geoff Matthews made it a two point game, 85-83 after hitting one of three foul shots. The WolfPack's Drew Bleth gave the home team their first lead of the game, 86-85, when he hit a three-point basket with just over 30 seconds remaining.

TWU's Lucas Goltz (Comox, B.C.) missed a three-point attempt on the Spartans next possession and with the shot clock off the Spartans were forced to foul. TRU made their foul shots to secure their first win of the season.

"They took the game away from us in the second half," said Peters. "We have a couple of things that we need to correct. We need to do a better job on the defensive glass and when we force teams into turnovers we have to do a better job of taking care of the ball."

Luke Robinson led the Spartans with 25 points and six steals, while Kamar Burke led the WolfPack with 20 points and 16 rebounds.

The two teams will battle again tomorrow night at the Tournament Capital Centre. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

Game Notes: the Spartans shot 43.8% (32-73), while the WolfPack shot 38.3% (31-81) from the field...TRU dominated the boards, outrebounding TWU 50-31...the WolfPack committed 34 turnovers to TWU's 27...the Spartans were 8-27 (29.6%) from behind the arc , while the WolfPack was 7-22 (31.8%)... TRU's last conference win was a 90-82 win over UCFV on Feb. 2 last season...it is the WolfPack's fourth Canada West conference win since entering the CIS in 2005-06...

-TW-

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