Scheduled Game: VICTORIA*

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Game Recap

WOMENS BASKETBALL (CANADA WEST)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
TWU SPARTANS (62) VS THE NO. 6 UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA VIKES (58)

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SPARTANS USE STRONG START TO STOP VIKES

LANGLEY, British Columbia – Forwards Amanda Knauff of Maple Ridge, B.C. and Lauren Doubroff of Surrey, B.C. scored 18 points each as Trinity Western University knocked of the No. 6 University of Victoria 62-58 Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The win moves the Spartans to 2-4, while the loss drops the Vikes to 2-3.

“We didn’t make a whole lot of big changes from last night, but last night’s planted the seed of belief in this group, which is something as a coaching staff that we have been waiting for,” commented TUW head coach Kerby Court. “Two weeks ago we suffered a big loss to Simon Fraser and the very next day we came into the gym and began to work, because our players did not want that embarrassing loss to represent who they were. So in the two weeks since they have been working very hard and although we were disappointed with last night’s loss you could see the sparkle in their eyes because they knew it was starting to come together. We are learning how to play together and the effort that we need to put forth is there. So tonight the people on the floor players believed in each other, they were playing with lots of energy and they were playing together and that is why we were able to come out with the win.”

The Spartans opened the first quarter in a strong offensive grove and after 10 minutes led the Vikes 21-14.

The two teams matched each other point for point in the second quarter to give TWU a 37-30 half time lead. Kayla Dykstra of Calgary with 10 points led the Vikes, while Doubroff with 10 points led the Spartans.

TWU continued their strong play through the third quarter and with 10 minutes remaining in the contest held a solid 12 point, 51-39, lead.

Then as the case was last night the Spartans had a lull. The Vikes went on a defensive stand and when the dust had cleared Victoria led by three points, 56-53 with just under three minutes remaining in the contest. But tonight was different as the Spartans did not break. Led by strong foul shooting, 7-10, down the stretch the Spartans regained the lead and earn the four point victory.

“Our players worked hard enough to give themselves a margin for error. And Victoria is the No. 6 team in the country for good reason. They are a good team and they made their run,” commented Court. “But our players held. We weren’t very pretty, but the sign of good team is learning how to win and tonight we made another step forward in our growth as a team.”

In addition to her 18 points Doubroff led all players with 11 rebounds to have back-to-back double-double nights. Leading the Vikes were Dykstra with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Debbie Yeboah of Winnipeg with 10 points.

Next up for the Spartans is the University of Calgary on Friday, November 27. Game time at the LEC is set for 6 p.m. Next up for Victoria is at the University of Manitoba on Friday, November 27.

Game Notes: Victoria committed 28 turnovers to TWU’s 23…The Spartans held the rebounding edge 27-25… The Spartans shot 47.7 percent (21-44) from the field, 12.5 percent (2-6) from the three point line and 64.3 percent (18-28) from the foul line, while the Vikes shot 48.8 percent (21-43), 36.4 percent (4-11) and 60 percent (12-20) respectively…the TWU win splits the weekend series with Victoria winning Friday night 68-62…

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