Scheduled Game: @Simon Fraser*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 T Trinity Western 44 30 74 SFU Clan 48 42 90 « FINAL

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Game Recap

Men's Basketball (League)
Saturday, January 19, 2002
TWU Spartans (74) at the Simon Fraser University Clan (90)

Eight is Not Enough

Burnaby, British Columbia - The Trinity Western University men's basketball team took on the #8 ranked Simon Fraser University Clan with only 8 players Saturday night at SFU. And it proved to be not enough as the Clan wore the Spartans down on their way to a 16-point victory, 90-74.

"We played a great first half, but without Ben [Bauman - back injury] we had a very depleted bench and we were not able to stay fresh," said TWU head coach Stan Peters. "In the second half Charlton was on fire and we just did not have the legs to be able to contain him."

The Spartans were able to hang right with the Clan for the entire first half, and only trailed by 4 after the first 20 minutes, 48-44.

The start of the second half saw the Clan take full advantage of the Spartans short bench. In 5 minutes SFU had turned a 4-point nail biter into a walk. Over the 5 minutes the Clan outscored the Spartans 20-6 to take a 68-50 lead.

But SFU was not done, they continued to find easy hoops and went on another big run, 18-5 to build their lead to a game high 29 points, 84-55 with 6:15 remaining.

In the final 6 minutes the Spartans were able to close the gap to 16 points, but tonight's game was a numbers game and the Clan had more to choose from then the Spartans.

David Martens (3rd yr, guard, Abbotsford, BC) led the Spartans with 20 points, while Brent Charleton led the Clan with a game high 30 points.

Next up for TWU is at the University of British Columbia on Friday, January 25.

Game Notes:
Tonight's game had 35 fewer free throw attempts then Friday night (32-67)...playing with only 4 forwards the Spartans were out rebounded 36-28 by SFU.

-TW-

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