T-Birds prime Wolfpack – College of British Columbia Athletics
KAMLOOPS – The Thompson Rivers WolfPack males’s basketball workforce began strongly earlier than faltering down the stretch in an 87-69 loss by the hands of the UBC Thunderbirds.
After leaping out to an early lead, the WolfPack had been outscored by 20 factors over the ultimate half-hour of play. UBC shot practically 60 per cent from the ground as a workforce and snagged 39 rebounds the TRU’s 29.
Denys Bachurin led the way in which offensively for TRU with 17 factors in his 20 minutes on the ground. Asher Mayan and Thomas Olsen each added 9 whereas Cyrus Harrison and Evan Smith chipped in with eight.
Triston Matthews was explosive for UBC. The fifth-year guard tallied 15 factors whereas hitting on 5 of his eight makes an attempt from long-range. Nikola Guzina was 8-10 from the ground for 17 factors and James Woods added 15.
Buoyed by the 600 followers packed contained in the TCC, the WolfPack got here out of the gates on fireplace. They hit 50 per cent effectivity each from the ground and from lengthy distance as a workforce en path to ekeing out a 22-20 lead after ten minutes of play. Bachurin paced the ‘Pack with seven factors within the quarter whereas Woods answered with 5 of his personal for the guests.
After the 2 groups traded factors for a lot of the second quarter, the Thunderbirds went on a game-changing run to finish the body. UBC scored the ultimate eight factors within the half and back-to-back buckets from Guzina gave them an eight-point lead by means of 20 minutes.
TRU refused to go away nonetheless and a hoop plus the hurt courtesy of Thomas Olsen tied the sport at 46 simply three minutes into the second half, however from there on out it was all Thunderbirds. Brian Wallack had seven factors within the quarter and a three-pointer from Matthews capped off a 15-6 UBC run to finish the third.
The Thunderbirds had been in a position to trip that rating all through the remainder of the match en path to scoring the 18-point victory.
These two groups will meet once more tomorrow night time contained in the TCC with tip-off scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
