Scheduled Game: @Fraser Valley*

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Game Recap

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (CANADA WEST)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013
FRASER VALLEY (77) TRINITY WESTERN (66)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SUFFER SETBACK AGAINST NO. 4 CASCADES
    
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia – The No. 4 Fraser Valley Cascades women’s basketball team defeated Trinity Western 77-66 Friday at the Envision Athletic Centre in the first of a season-ending home and home weekend series.  

The Cascades improve their Pacific Division leading record to 17-4 and with a win Saturday night against TWU, in Langley, could wrap up their first ever division title since joining Canada West seven years ago.  The Spartans record drops to 7-14.

Trinity Western, unable to qualify for the post-season  will look to end its season on a high note Saturday and play spoiler on a night when the Spartans will honour graduating seniors Emily Knauff (Maple Ridge, B.C.), Stephanie Carkner (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) and Sarah Cleveland (Elizabeth, Colo.).

Friday’s game provided plenty of entertainment in the first half as the young Spartans gave the more experienced Cascades all they could handle.

The Cascades were led by Nicole Wierks (Chilliwack, B.C.), who had 17 points, five assists and 11 rebounds.  Aieisha Luyken (Mission, B.C.) finished with 11 points while Katie Brink (Abbotsford, B.C.) added 10 points.  The Cascades pulled down 38 team rebounds and forced 22 TWU turnovers in the victory.  

The Spartans top scorer was Holly Strom (Calgary) with 12 points.  Cleveland chipped in with 10 points and Chantelle Martin (Surrey, B.C) rounded out the Spartans in double figures with 10 points.  Knauff pulled down six boards as TWU recorded 26 rebounds on the night. Strom has a Canada West leading 19.0 points per game on the season and, with one game left on the schedule, will set the TWU single-season points per game record.

The Cascades jumped out to an early lead and established an eight-point lead midway through the first quarter.  Fraser Valley would hold onto that lead until the four-minute mark of the second quarter when TWU went on a 10-2 run to tie the game 25-25. After a UFV timeout, the Cascades shut the door holding TWU to four points over the final five minutes and re-established their eight-point lead going into the break, ahead 37-29.  

The Cascades shot 37 percent from the floor in the half, while TWU shot 35 percent.  Both teams committed 10 turnovers in the half as the defenses dominated.  

Wierks led UFV with eight points and six rebounds at the intermission.  Luyken and Kayli Sartori (Chilliwack, B.C.) each scored six points as nine different Cascades contributed in the half with at least two points.              

The Spartans were led by Storm, who had 11 points, Cleveland, who added six points and Knauff, who pulled down three rebounds for TWU.  

In the third quarter, TWU continued to hold UFV’s top scorers in check as they held UFV to 16 points and trailed by just 10 going into the final quarter. But in the fourth quarter, TWU couldn’t pull off the comeback. The Spartans closed out the game with a 10-4 run but that only narrowed the final score to 11 points.  Fraser Valley shot 54 percent from the floor in the second half.  

Game Notes: UFV was 6 for 11 from 3-point range while TWU was 2 for 10, resulting in a 12-point difference…TWU was forced to play all but four minutes of the game without Chelsey Olsen (Fanny Bay, B.C.), who was knocked out of the game with an injury.

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