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MEN’S BASKETBALL
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012
TRINITY WESTERN (83) UBC OKANAGAN (56)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DEFENCE LEADS SPARTANS TO WIN IN KELOWNA

KELOWNA, British Columbia – The Trinity Western men’s basketball team continued its winning ways in the New Year as they knocked off UBC Okanagan 83-56 Saturday night.

With their best defensive performance of the Canada West season this year, the Spartans took advantage of a deluge of turnovers and spotty shooting from the Heat to earn its second road win of the season.

Trinity Western boasted three players who notched double digit points tonight including Sean Peter (5th year, Ottawa, ON), who led his team with 17 points while also grabbing seven rebounds, Kurtis Osborne (2nd year, Tsawwassen, BC) who was close behind with 15 points, and Calvin Westbrook (5th year, Courtenay, BC), who scored 14 points. Niko Monachini (3rd year, Richmond, BC) was a beast inside as he led his team in rebounds tonight, grabbing nine in just 18 minutes of floor time.

UBC Okanagan was led in scoring by point guard Bret Macdonald (1st year, Port Coquitlam, BC) with 16 point to go along with seven rebounds. Simon Pelland (5th year, N. Vancouver, BC) was close behind Macdonald, scoring 12 points. After a 33-point game Friday night against the Spartans, Yassine Ghomari (3rd year, Vancouver, BC) only managed 11 points tonight. Ed Dane Medi led the Heat in on the glass tonight, grabbing eight defensive rebounds and 10 overall.

With the win, the Spartans, who are now 4-0 in 2012, moved up to .500 for the first time all season as they are now 6-6 in Canada West. The loss drops the Heat to 2-8 in conference play.

“It was a good overall team effort,” said Spartans coach Scott Allen. “It was a really positive response from all of the guys. We saw a lot more energy out of Niko and that really helped us tonight and we hope we can see more of that in the future.

“It’s good to be back to .500, but the next two games are pivotal for taking a run at the playoffs.”

Like Friday night’s game, the Spartans got off to a quick start in the opening stanza, this time scoring the first six points, and never fell behind the entire night.

After finishing the first quarter with a five-point lead, the Spartans really came to life in the second quarter  as the outscored UBC-O 23-14 in the second to go into haltime with a 14-point lead, 42-28.

In the second half, the Spartans continued to shoot well and dominate on the boards as they didn’t let up at either end of the floor and found themselves up by 21, 64-43, going into the final 10 minutes.

The Spartans maintained control throughout the fourth quarter and with a Lucas Nugteren field goal with five seconds left, they equalled their most lopsided win of the year having also beaten Manitoba by 27 points earlier this year, 95-68.

Trinity Western got a chance to disperse its minutes well as every player saw the floor for at least five minutes and 10 of the 12 Spartans dressed hit the scoreboard.
Next up for the Spartans is a prairie road trip where they will travel to Brandon, Manitoba to take on the Bobcats on Friday, January 20 before traveling to Regina to take on the University of Regina Cougars on Saturday, January 21. Both contests can be watched live on Canadawest.TV.

Game Notes – TWU had 38 rebounds to UBC-O’s 26…TWU shot 47.9 per cent from the field while UBC-O shot 37.3 per cent from the field.

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