Scheduled Game: @Thompson Rivers*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 3 4 T Trinity Western 22 9 31 26 88 « FINAL Thompson Rivers 29 13 21 21 84

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (Canada West)
Saturday, November 17, 2007
TWU Spartans (88) at Thompson Rivers University WolfPack (84)

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ROBINSON LEADS SPARTANS TO VICTORY

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia - Behind fifth year guard Luke Robinson's (Ahousat, B.C.) 31 points the Trinity Western University men's basketball team exploded for 57 second half points on their way to a come-from-behind 88-84 win over Thompson Rivers University Saturday night in Kamloops, B.C.

Trailing 42-31 at the half TWU Head Coach Stan Peters let Robinson doing the talking at half time. "I didn't even go in and talk to them at the half. Luke talked to the guys about why he came back for his fifth year. That he believed in them and that they needed to play with confidence and not play scared," said Peters. "Luke put the guys on his shoulders and they backed him."

After Friday night's big win TRU started the game on the right foot and took a lead that lasted three quarters of the game. In the first quarter, the WolfPack made seven 3-pointers and finished the first 10 minutes with a 29-22 lead over the Spartans. The second quarter had less scoring for both teams as TRU extend their lead to 11 points at the end of the first half.

Following Robinson's speech the Spartans came out flying to start the third quarter. TWU quickly went on an 11-2 run to cut the home team's lead to two points, 42-40 just over two minutes into the second half. The WolfPack regained their composure and exploded for a 19-7 run to build a comfortable 14 point, 61-47, lead with three minutes left in the quarter. Then Joe Vroom (3rd-year, forward, Abbotsford, B.C.) made a lay-up followed by a huge dunk that inspired the TWU squad. By the end of the third quarter the Spartans had shrunk the WolfPack's lead to one point, 63-62. "Joe's dunk really gave us a lot of momentum going into the final quarter," said Peters.

The fourth quarter was all Spartans. TWU went on a 16-3 run to start the final frame and with just over four minutes remaining had built a 12 point lead, 78-66. The WolfPack made it interesting down the stretch as they cut the Spartans lead to four points, 82-78 with one minute remaining. It was as close as TRU would get as TWU made enough free throws down the stretch to hold on to their lead.

The win moves the Spartans to 2-6, while the loss drops the WolfPack to 1-7.

Robinson added six rebounds, four assists and four steals, while Joe Vroom (Abbotsford, B.C.) added 13 points and seven rebounds for the Spartans. Brian Smith with 17 points and six rebounds and Drew Bleth and Chris Vanderweide with 16 points each led the Wolfpack.

The Spartans will now return home to host the University of Winnipeg on Friday, Nov. 23 and the University of Manitoba on Saturday, Nov. 24. Both games have a 8 p.m. tip-off. Both games will be broadcast live on TWU's Spartan Web Radio at www.gospartans.ca.

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