Scheduled Game: ALBERTA*

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Game Recap

Women's Basketball (Canada West)
Saturday, November 08, 2008
TWU Spartans (46) vs. University of Alberta Pandas (55)

For Immediate Release

Spartans Lose Tough Game Against Pandas

Langley, British Columbia - The Trinity Western Spartans (2-3) fell to the University of Alberta Pandas (3-1) 55- 46 Saturday night at TWU in large part because of the constant pressure from the Panda defence.

The Spartans were able to hang around the Pandas all game long, but constantly turned the ball over at in-opportune times. All in all they coughed it up 33 times.

"We feel like we had an opportunity to win against a really good team at home, but we didn't take care of the ball as well as we could have," commented Spartan coach Kerby Court commented.

Leading the way for Spartans offensively with 11 points was Katie Haworth (4th, Greshem, Oreg). Post Lauren Doubroff (4th, Surrey, B.C.) and guard Laura Craig (4th, Delta, B.C.) contributed offensively for the Spartans offensively as well, with eight points each.

For the Pandas forward Melanie Schlichter (5th, Winnipeg, Man.) had 13 points. The Pandas used balance attack with six players scoring at least five points.

In the first quarter the Pandas jumped out to a 9 - 8 lead and had the crowd at the David E. Enarson Gymnasium believing another upset was possible. But the Pandas quickly adjusted and shut down the Trinity offence. The Pandas would then close the quarter on 6 - 0 run.

In the second quarter, both teams settled into a rhythm. Whenever it seemed the Pandas were about to pull away, the Spartans would claw there way back into the game. The teams traded points and the Pandas went into the half leading 28 - 22.

The back and forth trend continued for much of the third quarter. The Spartans closed the gap to only 3 points early in the quarter, but turnovers did them in as the Pandas went on a small 6-0 run that distanced them enough from the Spartans to effectively put the game out of reach. At the end of the quarter the Spartans were down 46 - 36.

The Spartans continued to kill any chances of a comeback in the fourth with turnovers and couldn't gain any significant ground on the Panda's lead. "We knew what type of game they were going to play, but we still let some opportunities get away," bemoaned coach Court.

The Spartans next game will be on the road at University of the Fraser Valley on Wed, Nov 12.

The Pandas return home for a two game series against the University of Lethbridge.

Game Notes: TWU out rebounded the Alberta 49 - 36. The Spartans were held to just 27.1% shooting tonight, while the Pandas shot 32.8%. The Pandas also made it to the line 28 times while the Spartans took only 11 trips to the line.

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