Scheduled Game: WINNIPEG*

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (Conference)
Friday, November 8, 2002
TWU Spartans (87) vs. the University of Winnipeg Wesmen (72)

Thrilling Opener Gives Spartans Win

Langley, British Columbia - The Spartans scored the first basket ten seconds into the game and never looked back, winning their league home opener against the University of Winnipeg Wesmen, 87-72. Once again Spartan "wonderguard" Adam Friesen led all scorers with 34 points, shooting 13-23 (57%) from the field. Aldin Smalling led the Wesmen with 17 points on 6-12 shooting.

TWU continues to show its opponents why it is a team to be taken seriously this year. Playing uptempo basketball at both ends of the floor, and, even more importantly, playing as a team, the Spartans are a constant threat offensively (from multiple positions) as well as defensively. The Wesmen discovered this for themselves tonight, as they were forced to take low percentage shots and played catch-up with the quicker Spartan guards.

Head Coach Stan Peters had this to say of his team tonight: "Tonight was not just an individual effort. Yes, Adam had 34 points, but they came in the flow of the game. We came out and executed our game plan, and we played a good team game."

Halfway through the first half the score was 34-18, and the Wesmen would get no closer than that as the half ended with the Spartans up 48-32.

The Wesmen were able to find the holes in the Spartan defense early in the second half, resulting in Coach Peters calling a timeout to rally his troops. Following that timeout his team blew open their lead, extending it as high as 24.

Logan Kitteringham and Dan Young each had an emphatic block on a Wesmen shot from the post, bringing the Spartan fans to their feet in appreciation of such stellar defense.

The Spartan men and women host the Winnipeg Wesmen again tomorrow night, Saturday, at 6:00pm and 8:00pm.

Game Notes: Despite losing the game the Wesmen shot higher percentages than the Spartans, hitting 44.1% from the field, and 42.9% from beyond the arc, compared to TWU's 41.5% and 35.3%, respectively...the Wesmen were the aggressors in this match, with 28 fouls to the Spartans' 18...

-TW-

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