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Game Recap

Women's Basketball (Canada West)
Saturday, February 07, 2009
TWU Spartans (54) at the University of Winnipeg Wesmen (74)

FOR IMMEDITATE RELEASE

WESMEN TOO STRONG IN SECOND HALF

WINNIPEG - The Trinity Western University women's basketball team dropped their final game of Canada West conference play 74-54 to the University of Winnipeg Wesmen Saturday night at the Duckworth Centre in Winnipeg.

Trinity Western concludes the regular season with a record of 11-12 and finishes in fourth place in the Pacific Division. The Spartans will open the Pacific Division semi-final at the No. 1 Simon Fraser University Clan. The best of three series will start Fri. Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. on Burnaby Mountain.

"We didn't expect to come here and not win either game. We thought that we had a good shot at finishing the season above .500 this season," commented a disappointed TWU head coach Kerby Court. "I was proud of the effort to start the fourth quarter, but Winnipeg was just able to hit the open looks that they got tonight."

Lauren Doubroff (Surrey, B.C.) and Katie Haworth (Gresham, Ore.) each led the Spartans with 11 points. Jordan Verhoeff (Calgary) and Lindsey Gustafson (Mission, B.C.) finished the night with 10 points. Doubroff led the Spartans with nine rebounds.

Five of Winnipeg's players figured in double digits on the evening led by Caity Gooch with 17 points while adding five assists and six steals. Randie Gibson scored 13 points, including three-three pointers and had five assists. Jessica Stromberg finished with a double-double 11 points and 12 rebounds. Amy Ogidan and Sarah Reilly each scored 11 points.

Trinity Western started the contest on the right foot leading 21-16 after the opening ten minutes of play.

The Wesmen were able to find their groove in the second quarter especially on the defensive end limiting the Spartans to only nine points in the second quarter. Winnipeg outscored Trinity Western 14-9 to tie the score at 30-30 at the halftime break.

The Wesmen blew the game open in the first half of the third quarter by running off 12 straight points to take a 42-30 lead at the five minute mark. Winnipeg maintained their double digit lead for the remainder of the quarter holding a 58-38 lead to start final quarter.

The Spartans made a strong push to start the fourth quarter and used an 11-0 run to cut the Wesmen lead to single digits, 58-49. But Winnipeg once again took control the game and finished of the contest with a 20 point victory, 74-54.

The Wesmen finish the regular season at 13-8 which gives them second place in the Great Plains Division. Winnipeg will host their cross town rivals the Manitoba Bisons in the best of three Great Plains Division semi-final series beginning with game one on Thursday night at the Duckworth Centre.

Game Notes: TWU's 11 wins is the most in program history...the Spartans return to the post season after a two year absence...Rebounding was the difference as the Wesmen out did the Spartans 43-33, including 24 offensive boards...

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