Scheduled Game: @Simon Fraser- CW Playoffs

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Spartans Season Ends on Burnaby Mountain
#1 ranked SFU sweeps Pacific Division Semi-Final 2-0

BURNABY, British Columbia - The Trinity Western University women's basketball team battled the Simon Fraser University Clan to the end Saturday night, but it was not to be as the Spartans saw their season come to an end with a 69-49 loss to the number one ranked Clan. The Clan sweep the best-of-three series against TWU 2-0. SFU will now host the UBC Thunderbirds for the Pacific Division title and a spot in the Canada West final four.

"We did a much better job tonight," said TWU Head Coach Danielle Gardner. "We played hard and left everything out there."

For the second night in a row both teams started the game at a slow clip, as SFU jumped out to an 9-0 lead before the Spartans registered their first score with a three-pointer by Liesa Ohman (Langley) after six minutes had passed in the game. TWU cut the score to three points on two separate occasions in the first half, but the Clan pulled away to close the first frame up ten 30-20.

The Spartans were able to close the gap to six points in the opening five minutes of the second half, before a 21-6 run by the Clan with put the Clan up 62-41 with just over four minutes remaining and the game firmly out of reach.

Devon Campbell (Langley) netted ten points and eight assists for SFU, while Randi French (Richmond) scored 17 points including 3-for-3 from the three-point arc for the Spartans. SFU out rebounded TWU 33-to-31, while the Clan scored 20 points off Trinity turnovers.

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