Scheduled Game: FRASER VALLEY*

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Game Recap

Women's Basketball (Canada West)
Saturday, November 29, 2008
TWU Spartans (70) vs. the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades (56)

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SPARTANS GET SEASON SWEEP OF CASCADES
-TWU heads into break on two game winning streak

LANGLEY, British Columbia - The Trinity Western University women's basketball team moved over .500 with a solid 70-56 victory over the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades Saturday night at TWU's Langley, B.C. campus. The win makes the Spartans three-for-three against the Cascades this season after dropping six in a row over the past two seasons. The win moves the third place Spartans to 6-5, while the loss drops the fourth place Cascades to 3-9.

Forward Lauren Doubroff (Surrey, B.C.), with her second double-double of the season at 19 points and 10 rebounds, led the Spartans on an impressive shooting display in the second half to close out the Cascades. TWU shot 50 percent, 5-10, from the three point line and 45.5 percent, 15-33, from the field, while UFV shot 30 percent, 3-10, from the three point line and 34.4 percent, 11-32, from the field. Doubroff was 3-4 from the field, 2-2 from the three point line and 2-2 from the foul line for ten points and six rebounds in 13 minutes of play in the second half.

The Spartans offence and defence were clicking to start the game as TWU built a six point lead, 8-2 four minutes into the contest. The Cascades slowly got back into it and at the end of the first ten minutes had cut the Spartans lead to one point, trailing 14-13.

Fraser Valley's three steals in the first three minutes of the second quarter, which they used to overtake Trinity Western and build a five point lead, 19-14. The Spartans settled down and took started to take more care with the ball. As a result they were able to go on a 18-6 run to take a 32-24 lead with three minutes remaining. But the turnover bug bit Trinity Western again to close the half. Fraser Valley used two steals to score four straight points and cut the deficit in half, 32-28 as they headed into the break. The Spartans Doubroff and the Cascades Megan McAlister (Abbotsford, B.C.) led all scorers with nine points each, with Doubroff added four rebounds to the her totals. Both teams had an outstanding first half from the foul line UFV was 9-10 (90%), while TWU was 10-11 (90.9%).

In the third quarter the Spartans got separation from the Cascades by hitting from all over the floor. TWU was perfect from the four line, 2-2 and the three point line, 2-2, while shooting 46 percent, 7-15, from the field as they extended their lead to 11 points, 50-39 at the end of 30 minutes. The Spartans defense shut down the Cascades from the field, 25 percent, 5-20, while UFV went ice cold from the foul line hitting only one of 11 attempts for nine percent.

TWU extended their lead to 13 points to start the fourth before the Cascades made a mini run to cut the deficit to eight points, 52-44 with just under nine minutes remaining. Trinity Western then shut the door on Fraser Valley with a 10-0 run to take a 62-44 lead with six minutes remaining. From there the Cascades never really challenge as the Spartans closed out the semester with a solid 14 point win.

Also contributing for the Spartans were guard Lindsey Gustafson (Mission, B.C.) with 12 points, five rebounds and four steals and guard Laura Craig (Delta, B.C.) with 11 points, four rebounds, four steals, three assists and only one turnover in 22 minutes. The Cascades were led by Jennifer Bridgeman (Vernon, B.C.) with 13 points, five rebounds, Megan McAlister with 11 points and Heather Boer (Agassiz, B.C.) with 10 points and seven rebounds.

Next up for the Spartans is the Christmas break, followed by home games on Jan. 2 against the University of Regina and on Jan. 3 against Brandon University.

Game Notes: TWU finished 13-16 for 81.3 percent from the foul line, while UFV finished at 12-23 for 52.2 percent...TWU had 15 turnovers to the Cascades 12 turnovers in the first half, but turned it around and only had nine turnovers in the second half to Fraser Valley's 13...TWU had a slight edge 45-44 in rebounding...

-TW-

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