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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (Canada West)
Friday, November 7, 2008
TWU Spartans (92) vs. the University of Saskatchewan Huskies (74)

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Doerksen's 38 Point Night Lead Spartans to First Win

LANGLEY, British Columbia - The Trinity Western Spartans (1-3) defeated the Saskatchewan Huskies (0-3) 92-74 to gain their first Canada West Conference win of the season.

Jacob Doerksen (3rd, Abbotsford, B.C.) dominated for the Spartans, leading the way with 38 points and 14 rebounds. Jamie Vaughn (5th, Chilliwack, B.C.), Matt Myers (2nd, Turnwater, Wash.), and Brian Banman (5th, Kelowna, B.C.) also hit double digits in points, with 17, 13 and 10 respectively.

Leading the way for the Huskies was Showron Glover (Fresno, Calf.) who almost stole the show with an electrifying 33 point performance. Also, reaching double digits for the Huskies was Dan Bruedehl (Saskatoon) who had 18 points.

In the first quarter both teams played fairly sloppy basketball as the Spartans jumped to a 23-16. Doerkson had a quiet quarter as he only had two points. But, Brian Banman stepped up for the Spartans scoring the Spartan's first seven points of the game.

With the Spartans starting to run away with the game, Showron Glover put the team on his back with 16 second quarter points. He made basket after basket using his quickness to drive the lane. When he could not drive, he was able to hit jump-shots to burn the Spartans defence. While Glover was lighting it up on one end, the Spartans were struggling to do anything on their end as they turned the ball over a 10 times in the quarter. With Glover running the show the Huskies entered the half with a 47-46 lead.

In the third quarter the Spartans regained their composure and started to run away with the game lead by Doerksen. Doerksen set the tone defensively as he shut down the Huskies with a couple of blocks. Then, midway through the quarter, with the Spartans starting to pull away Banman lobbed a gorgeous alley-hoop pass that Vaughn slammed down through a Saskatchewan defender, drawing the foul as well. The basket sparked the home crowd and effectively took the life away from the Huskie bench. Following the play the Spartans outscored the Huskies 30-17 effectively putting the game away.

In the fourth, the Spartans continued their great play. They continued to limit Glover's solid chances, keeping to only 10 second half points. They also forced to commit eight second half turnovers.

The real story was here was Doerksen, though. He was everywhere for the Spartans. On defense he had five steals and four blocks. Offensively, his 38 points were only three shy of tying the school record for points in a game, which was set by alum Adam Friesen against McMaster University on Oct. 25, 2002.

The Spartans face the Alberta Golden Bears tomorrow night, while the Huskies will travel to SFU to play the Clan.

Game Notes: The Spartans had the advantage on the boards an astounding 53-28. After committing 16 first half turnovers the Spartans only committed 8 the rest of the game.

-TW-

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