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Game Recap

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (CANADA WEST)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2010
TWU SPARTANS (34) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG WESMEN (62)

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SPARTANS FALL TO WINNIPEG
-Reimer sets school mark in rebounding

WINNIPEG – The Trinity Western University women’s basketball team could not get on track against the University of Winnipeg Friday night, especially in the first ten minutes. The Spartans were shutout 24-0 in the first quarter and were unable to recover as they fell to the Wesmen 62-34 on the road in Winnipeg.

After the opening quarter TWU matched Winnipeg and were only outscored 38-34, but the opening ten minutes were too much to overcome as the Spartans see their record fall to 1-10, while the Wesmen improve to 6-2.

“It was a really tough first quarter. They didn’t show us anything that we weren’t capable of playing against but we came out with a lot of fear and lack of confidence in our abilities,” commented TWU head coach Cheryl Jean-Paul. “At the half we were able to analyze what we were doing and were able to really play a much better second half.”

“We had some players come off the bench and made a major contribution in the second half. We are not giving up were going to keep fighting through this and we will be ready for a new game tomorrow,” added Jean-Paul.

The Spartans trailed 39-10 at the half and were able to cut into the deficit with a solid third quarter, where they outscored the Wesmen 14-12 to trail 51-24 going into the final frame. The two teams exchanged points through the fourth as Winnipeg finished with an 11-10 edge.

Against the Wesmen’s match-up zone the Spartans could not find their range from outside, 0-7 from three point line, or the field 10-53 (18.9 percent). The lone offensive bright spot for TWU was their free throws where they finished at 73.7 percent after hitting 14 of 19.

On the other side of the scorer’s table the Wesmen were nearly unstoppable in the first half as they hit 66.7 percent, 16-24, from the field and 50 percent, 4-8, from the three point line. Winnipeg would cool off in the second half as they finished the contest hitting 42.1 percent, 24-57, from the field, 31.3 percent, 5-16 from the three point line and 60 percent, 9-15 from the foul line.

Corina Reimer with a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds led the Spartans, while Alex MacIver with 16 points and six rebounds led the Wesmen. With her 11 rebounds Reimer has 472 career rebounds and moves past former Spartan Samantha Hill, with 470, for top spot in career rebounds. Reimer is already No. 1 in offensive rebounds with 185, while sitting fourth in defensive rebounds with 287. The fifth year post should move past Hill, who has 324 defensive rebounds, for top spot in defensive rebounds by the end of the season.

The two teams will match up again tomorrow night at 6 p.m. CST at the University of Winnipeg.

Game Notes: the Wesmen had the edge on the boards outrebounding TWU 47-35…the Spartans finished with 23 turnovers to the Wesmen’s 21…

-TW-

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