The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack  saw a four point half time lead evaporate and wound up falling for the first time in this young Canada West men's basketball season.
The Pack dropped a 93-91 decision to the University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat Friday afternoon (Nov 8) at the Furnace in Kelowna, BC.
The game was part of the UBCO "School Day" promotion.

The Pack fall to 2-1 on  the season while the Heat improve to 1-2.  The loss snapped the WolfPack's three game winning streak against UBCO in head to head competition.
Thompson Rivers led 25-18 after the first quarter and were up 46-42 at the break.

The Pack were led offensively by Anton Bilous (5^th year, guard, Cerkassy, Ukraine) with 26 points. Joe Davis (5^th year, forward, Kamloops, BC) added 20 while Tyus DeVries (3^rd year, guard, Chilliwack BC) notched 19.   Michael Rouault (5^th year, guard, Vernon, BC) hauled down a team leading nine rebounds.

The Heat had four players in double figures led by Jacob Stokker with 19 points. Philip Okanlawon had 18 while Hafith Moallin added 116 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Sebago Jean-Charles notched 14 points.

WolfPack head coach Scott Clark stated, " When you score 91 points and got out worked you don't deserve to win.  We had zero toughness.  We turned the ball over nine times but when you get into a game of 'cops and robbers' on the road, you are rolling the dice and quite often you don't come out on top."

The Heat outscored the WolfPack 33-24 in the final quarter en route to the victory and turned over the ball 15 times to TRU's 14.  Thompson Rivers scored 44 points in the paint, had 14 points off turnovers and saw their bench contribute 26 points.   UBCO had 36 points in the paint, 16 turnover points and their bench contributed 69 points.
 
UP NEXT:
The two teams will battle again on Saturday (Nov 9) in Kelowna. Tip off will be 6 pm PST.  If you can't make it live, you can watch it on a pay-per-view basis on Canada West TV presented by Co-op.  you can access it by op by accessing: https://cw.yaretv.com/.  

This was the latest installment of the 'President's Cup' series between the two schools. The UBCO victory on Friday means they lead the series 3-0-1.

Next weekend (Nov 15-16), the WolfPack will visit the MacEwan University Griffins. They don't return to the Tournament Capital Centre until Friday, November 22^nd when they entertain the UNBC Timberwolves. Tip off that night will be 5 pm.