Scheduled Game: @Alberta*

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MEN’S BASKETBALL (CANADA WEST)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2011
TRINITY WESTERN (77) AT ALBERTA (87)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SPARTANS FALL TO NO. 7 GOLDEN BEARS

EDMONTON – Led by shooting guard Daniel Ferguson with 26 points the No.7 ranked University of Alberta Golden Bears defeated the visiting Trinity Western Spartans 87-77 Friday night in the Saville Community Sport Centre in Edmonton.  The win improves Alberta to 5-2 on the season and gives the program their 450th conference win in team history, with the loss Trinity Western falls to 2-5 in conference play.

“We are a young team and we are doing a lot of little things well, we outrebounded them and cut our turnovers down were just not scoring enough,” commented TWU head coach Scott Allen. “But we improved our overall play tonight and we will focus on the positive and move forward.”

Kyle Coston reached a team high 25 points for the Spartans, while Sean Peter notched 18 points and Kurtis Osbourne banked 15.  Coston also had a game high nine rebounds as he was easily TWU’s best player on the court.  The native of Blaine, WA, shot 50 percent from downtown and also had three assists in the loss.

Ferguson, a fifth-year guard from Malton, Ont., drained three of seven three-pointers, as well as five free-throws to collect a game best 26 points.  Third-year Edmonton guard Jordan Baker racked up 17 points, five assists and five rebounds, while guard Sahr Saffa chipped in with 15 points.

Baker, notched six points and a pair of boards as the Golden Bears opened with an 18-13 lead through 10 minutes.

In the second quarter the Bears started to heat up from outside and would go up by 17 points before settling for a 13 point, 42-29, half time lead.

Led by Peter, the Spartans came out running and opened up the second half with a 10-3 run to make it a six point ball game early on, despite trailing by 13 at the break.  Although Trinity Western continued to chip away, led by Peter’s seven third quarter points, the Golden Bears managed to regain their first half form and held the Spartans at bay to enter the fourth quarter with a 10 point lead at 61-51.

In the final frame the Spartans were unable to close on the Bears as Alberta held on for the victory.

The Spartans, who picked up CIS silver last season, will now head to Saskatchewan and a date with the 4-2 and No.5 ranked Saskatchewan Huskies, while Alberta will next host the Fraser Valley Cascades, ranked No.8 in CIS. TWU and Saskatchewan will tip off at 8 p.m. CST.

Game Notes: The Spartans finished the night shooting 46 percent from the field, 29-63, while the Bears finished at 49.2 percent, 29-59…Alberta went 21-34, 61.8 percent, from the foul line, while TWU went 16-25, 64 percent…the Spartans outrebounded the Bears 35 to 31…

-TW-

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