Scheduled Game: REGINA*

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (Canada West)
Friday, January 02, 2009
TWU Spartans (84) vs. the University of Regina Cougars (65)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SPARTANS OPEN 2009 WITH SOLID WIN

LANGLEY, British Columbia - Behind forward Jason Keegstra's (Vernon, B.C.) season best 19 points the Trinity Western University men's basketball team defeated the University of Regina Cougars 84-65 Friday night at TWU's David E. Enarson Gym.

The win moves the Spartans to 7-5 and extends their Canada West winning streak to four games, while the loss drops the Cougars to 6-4, but they remain in first place in the Great Plains Division over the Brandon Bobcats. TWU is currently tied with Simon Fraser for third spot in the Pacific Division.

A jumper by Regina's Jamal Williams gave the Cougars an early 2-0 lead, but that would be Regina's lone lead of the contest, as the Spartans scored 15 of the next 17 points to take an 11-point lead midway through the first quarter. The Spartans led by 13 at the break, and then scored 13 consecutive points in the third quarter, essentially putting the game out of reach.

Four players scored in double digits for Trinity Western, led by Keegstra and a double-double by forward Jacob Doerksen (Abbotsford, B.C.), who ended up with 17 points and 11 rebounds on the night after starting the game with 11 points and seven rebounds in the first quarter. Guard Louis Hurd (Spokane, Wash.) with15 points and guard Brian Banman (Kelowna, B.C.) with 11 points also helped the cause for Spartans.

Williams ended up with 19 points and seven rebounds on the night to lead Regina, while Kris Heshka had 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

The Cougars had difficulty finishing on Friday night, ending up shooting 22-for-61 (36.1 percent) from the field compared to Trinity Western's 54.5 percent clip. Those difficulties extended to the free throw line for Regina, as the team was able to connect on just 19 of its 39 attempts. Trinity Western was a season best 85.7 percent (12-14) from the charity stripe. TWU also had an outstanding night from the three point line hitting 50 percent (12-24) compared to Regina's 12.5 percent (2-16).

The lone negative on the Spartans night was the 32 turnovers that they committed that resulted in 30 Regina points. The Cougars committed 19 turnovers on the night.

Trinity Western will host Brandon on Saturday night at 7 p.m., while the Cougars will make the short drive west to Burnaby, B.C. to square off with the Simon Fraser Clan at 5 p.m.

-TW-

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