Scheduled Game: FRASER VALLEY*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 3 4 T Fraser Valley 18 17 32 22 89 « FINAL Trinity Western 19 11 22 24 76

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (Canada West)
Friday, January 11, 2008
TWU Spartans (76) vs. UCFV Cascades (89)

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HAVILAND'S THREE POINT BARRAGE LEADS CASCADES PAST SPARTANS

LANGLEY, British Columbia - Joel Haviland (Abbotsford, B.C.) out-dueled Luke Robinson (Ahousat, B.C.) to help University College of the Fraser Valley defeat Trinity Western University Spartans 89-76. Haviland hit eight three pointers and finished with 26 points and four rebounds. Robinson was heroic in the loss for the Spartans with a career high 31 points, including six threes of his own, and also added six rebounds and four steals.

"Luke is a fifth year guy, and he was phenomenal," TWU head coach Pat Lee said. "He's definitely one of the better players in this league. He and the guys played hard tonight. All we needed was a possession or two, and we just couldn't get it when we needed it."

The Cascades sixth win of the season keeps them in fourth place in the Canada West Pacific division, and also gives them a tie-breaker over the Spartans in the playoff race. The two teams split their previous two games in Abbotsford, B.C. in early December. The loss for the Spartans drops them to 7-8 in fifth place.

TWU led by one after one 19-18 in front of a capacity crowd at TWU's David E. Enarson Gymnasium, but UCFV grinded out a five point advantage in the second quarter to lead 35-30. Haviland and Robinson each had eight points at the break, saving their fireworks for the second half.

Haviland would catch fire first, nailing five of six three point attempts as the Cascades outscored the Spartans 32-22 to lead by 15. Robinson scored eight points in the quarter, but he wouldn't heat up until the fourth.

The Spartans chipped away at the Cascades lead early in the final frame, as Robinson and TWU gained momentum. After back to back Robinson threes, suddenly the Spartans were down just six points with five minutes to play. But that's as close as TWU would get, as on the very next play Haviland buried his eighth three of the night to push the lead back to nine, and the Cascades would hang on from there. Robinson carried the Spartans in the fourth, hitting four threes and scoring 15 more points but it wasn't quite enough.

Haviland was one of five UCFV players in double figures, including Doug Plumb's (Pitt Meadows, B.C.) 19 points. Two other Spartans hit double digits, as Joe Vroom (Abbotsford, B.C.) and Jason Keegstra (Vernon, B.C.) finished with 10 points apiece.

The Spartans next game is at home tomorrow night at 8 p.m. against the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack. The Cascades travel to Burnaby, B.C. to face the Simon Fraser University Clan, which is also an 8 p.m. start.

Game Notes- Robinson's 31 points were the eighth highest single game total in Spartans history...His six three pointers in a game ties him for third best in TWU history...The game was broadcast live on gospartans.ca.

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