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MEN’S BASKETBALL
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012
TRINITY WESTERN (83) CALGARY (77)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SPARTANS HOLD ON TO BEAT HEAT

KELOWNA, British Columbia – The Trinity Western men’s basketball team earned its third win of the New Year with an 83-77 victory over UBC Okanagan Friday night.

After holding the lead for the first 35 minutes of the game, the Spartans hung on late after a charge from the Heat in the final quarter nearly ruined what had been a quality first three quarters for visiting Trinity Western. After trailing by as much as 13 points in the second quarter, UBC-O rallied in the fourth quarter to take its first lead of the game, 72-71, but the Spartans responded with a quick two points to retake the lead, and never trailed the rest of the way.

Three Spartan team members were in double digits tonight including Kyle Coston (5th year, Blaine, WA), who scored 20 points and both Calvin Westbrook (5th year, Courtenay, BC) and Sean Peter (5th year, Ottawa, ON) who contributed 19 points each. Peter also led his team in rebounds, grabbing 4 offensive board and 4 defensive boards.

The Heat were led by Yassine Ghomari (3rd year, Vancouver, BC), who had a game-high 33 points and nine rebounds in a losing effort. Close behind him was teammate Simon Pelland (5th year, N. Vancouver, BC) with 23 points.

The win improves the Spartans record to 5-6 on the season while the loss drops the Heat to 2-7 in conference play.

“It was good that we were able to pull it out at the end with some timely baskets but we need to learn to finish teams off,” said Spartans coach Scott Allen. “Hopefully this is a learning experience and we take something out of it. Our decision making near the end of games needs to improve. However, we did do well from the free throw line (going 23 for 27) and on the offensive boards (collecting 14 offensive boards) so that’s certainly a positive we can take moving forward.”

The Spartans held a slight lead after the first quarter and continued to build their lead until the fourth quarter. The Heat started to close the gap in the final quarter and eventually took the lead with four minutes to play. Trinity Western went up by five quickly after, only to be tied at 77 with two minutes remaining when Pelland knocked in a three for UBC Okanagan. Trinity Western scored the next six points, all from the charity stripe to seal their victory.

The two teams meet again tomorrow night at UBC’s Okanagan campus at 8 p.m. The game will be aired live at www.canadawest.tv.

Game Notes – TWU finished 39.2 per cent from the field while UBC-O was 46.7 per cent…UBC-O had 21 turnovers to TWU’s 12.

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