Scheduled Game: WILFRID LAURIER

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 3 4 T Wilfrid Laurier 12 18 23 12 65 « FINAL Trinity Western 15 17 12 11 55

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (PRESEASON)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009
TWU SPARTANS (55) VS THE WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY GOLDEN HAWKS (65)

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STRONG SECOND HALF LIFTS GOLDEN HAWKS OVER SPARTANS

LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western University women’s basketball team opened the 2009 pre-season with a battle against Wilfrid Laurier University that saw the Golden Hawks prevail 65-55 Thursday night at the Langley Event Centre in Langley, B.C.

Lauren Doubroff (Surrey, B.C.) with 12 points and seven rebounds led the Spartans, while the Golden Hawk’s Renata Adamczyk (Greensville, Ont.) led all players with 24 points on the night. Laurier’s Amber Hillis (Hamilton, Ont.) was notable as she scored six of her ten points in the final two and a half minutes to pace the visitors to a 12-0 run down the stretch and the ten point victory.

The Golden Hawks started strong and quickly jumped out to a 7-2 lead. But the Spartans used full court pressure for the remainder of the first quarter to outscore Laurier 13-5 to take a 15-12 lead after the first ten minutes.

The Spartans continued to press for the remainder of the half which, after a Keely Goertzen (Nanaimo, B.C.) three point basket, allowed TWU to extend their lead to 32-21 with 2:15 remaining in the first 20 minutes. Laurier settled down over the final two minutes and used a 9-0 run to cut the lead to two points at the end of the first half. TWU’s Doubroff and Laurier’s Adamczyk each led their teams with seven points in the first half. TWU had ten more shots then Laurier as a result of their 28-19 rebounding edge.

The game was back-and-forth for the first seven minutes of the second half. Then with just under three and a half minutes remaining and a one point lead, 44-43, the visitors from Waterloo, Ont. went on a run. Laurier took advantage of TWU turnovers to outscore the Spartans 10-0 and take a nine point lead, 53-44 into the final frame. Adamczyk did the damage for Laurier as she poured in 13 third quarter points.

The Spartans would not go quietly into the night. They came out strong in the fourth quarter and after two foul shots and a lay-up by rookie Holly Strom (Calgary), TWU had retaken the lead 55-53 with just over three minutes remaining. It would be the last points the Spartans would score on the night.

The two teams will battle again on Saturday afternoon. The tip-off at TWU’s David E. Enarson Gym is scheduled for 12 p.m.

Game Notes: Laurier had the edge in the paint outscoring TWU 32-28…the Spartans bench contributed 26 points, to the Hawk’s eight…Laurier scored 11 points in the third quarter off of TWU turnovers...tonight was the Spartans first official game in the Langley Event Centre…

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