Scheduled Game: @Fraser Valley*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 3 4 T Trinty Western 21 14 20 9 64 « FINAL Fraser Valley 10 18 11 15 54

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Game Recap

WOMENS BASKETBALL (CANADA WEST)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010
TWU SPARTANS (64) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY CASCADES (54)

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SPARTANS EXTEND STREAK WITH ROAD WIN

LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western University women’s basketball team extended their winning streak to three games with a 64-54 road victory against the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades Friday night at the Envision Athletic Centre in Abbotsford, B.C.

 The Spartans used a balanced scoring attack, which had four players reach double digits in scoring, and strong first and third quarters to improve their record to 5-11, while dropping the Cascades to 1-15.

“Overall we played pretty well, especially in the first and third quarters, and we did a good job of keeping their scoring threats contained, which we will try and repeat tomorrow while cleaning up our offensive game too,” commented TWU head coach Kerby Court. “We are looking forward to another chance to get a win tomorrow. We know it won’t be easy but we are ready to go to work and see what will happen.”

Forward Lauren Doubroff of Surrey, B.C. with 15 points and six rebounds, forward Tiffany Olsen of Fanny Bay, B.C. with 11 points and eight rebounds, guard Emily Knauff of Maple Ridge, B.C. with 10 points and three steals and forward Amanda Knauff with 10 points and three rebounds led the Spartans, while Aieisha Luyken with 15 points and six rebounds and Jane Meadwell with 12 points and five rebounds led the Cascades.

The Spartans earned the victory by jumping out to a substantial first quarter lead. By the end of the first ten minutes the TWU had built themselves an 11 point, 21-10 lead.

The Cascades charged back in the second quarter and with just under four minutes remaining in the half had cut the Spartans lead to four points, but TWU held of the charge to go into the half with a seven point , 35-28 lead.

With five minutes remaining in the third quart the Cascades were looking to close in on the Spartans as they trailed by only five points 40-35 after a jumper by Alyssa Gaukel. But the Spartans once again withstood the charge and blew the game open with a 15-4 run to earn a 16 point, 55-39, lead going into the final frame.

Fraser Valley made a charge late in the contest, but after trailing by as many as 18 points with two and a half minutes remaining, were only able to get to within 10 points, 64-54 at the final buzzer.

The two teams will match up again tomorrow night in Abbotsford, B.C. Game time at the UFV campus is set for 6 p.m.

Game Notes: TWU shot 42.4 percent (24-65) from the field to UFV’s 40.9 percent (18-50)…the Spartans had the slight edge in rebounding at 41-39…TWU made the difference from behind the arc where they shot 30.4 percent (7-23) to UFV’s 6.7 percent (1-15)…the Cascades kept it close by hitting 17 of their 25 foul shots to TWU’s nine for 20…

-TW-

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