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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (Canada West)
Saturday, February 07, 2009
TWU Spartans (74) at the University of Winnipeg Wesmen (62)

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SPARTANS HOME TO OPEN POST-SEASON
-Win gives TWU second spot in Pac Div.

WINNIPEG - The Trinity Western University Spartans completed a perfect weekend posting a 74-62 victory over the Winnipeg Wesmen in both teams regular season finales at the Duckworth Centre Saturday night. Trinity Western concludes the regular season with a 17-6 record tied with the University of Victoria for second place in the Pacific Division. The Spartans won the season series over Victoria 2-1 and as a result will host the Vikes in the Pacific Division semi-finals, which will open Thursday night at 8 p.m. at TWU's David E. Enarson Gym.

"We had a slow first quarter and it took awhile for the guys to get going. Overall it was a great team effort," said TWU head coach Scott Allen. "Were just happy to get the win and be hosting the play-offs."

Jacob Doerksen (Abbotsford, B.C.) led the Spartans with a game high 29 points. Guard Louis Hurd (Spokane, Wash.) finished with 15 points and added six assists. "Louis had an excellent game, he is playing at both ends of the floor and it's good to get him going again," said Allen.

Joe Vroom (Abbotsford, B.C.) had season highs with 11 points and a game high eight rebounds. "Joe was our unsung hero, he is a huge piece to our team and it's good to see his confidence up over the last few games," commented Allen on the fourth year forwards performance.

Third year guard Nick Lother led the Wesmen with 17 points. Mike James added 16 points and a team leading seven rebounds. Peter Lomuro scored 11 points and added five assists.

The Spartans came out on all cylinders early on in the contest running off six straight points with the game barely two minutes old to take an early 6-0 lead. The Wesmen did not quit and went on a 14-0 run in a four minute span to take a 14-6 lead. Winnipeg led 18-9 after the opening quarter.

Winnipeg continued to hold the lead in the second quarter holding a 32-22 lead at the midway point of the quarter but a late 18-7 run by the Spartans gave the visitors a 40-39 lead at halftime.

The Spartans with momentum on their side continued to roll in the third quarter outscoring the Wesmen by a margin of 22-10 to take a 62-49 lead after three quarters.

Winnipeg did make a late charge in the fourth quarter cutting the Spartan lead to seven at 70-63 with 43 seconds and soon afterwards the Spartans closed out the contest winning 72-64.

Winnipeg finishes the regular season in third place in the Great Plains Division with a record of 5-17. Winnipeg will travel to Regina to take on the Cougars in the best of three Great Plains Division semi-final.

Game Notes: The last time the Spartans hosted a play-off series at TWU was in 2002-03 when TWU swept the Simon Fraser University Clan. The Spartans went on to earn a bronze medal in the Canada West final four after earning the wildcard berth...the last time TWU and Victoria met in the play-offs was in 2 005-06 when the host Vikes defeated the Spartans 2-1...

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