The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack have seen their five game Canada West men's basketball winning streak come to an end at five.  The WolfPack suffered a fourth quarter let down and fell to the host University of Victoria Vikes 66-62.

 This tightly contested affair saw the Vikes (11-4) lead by a maximum of four, while the WolfPack's biggest lead was seven. There were four ties and 10 lead changes in the game, with the last change coming in the final three minutes.

Down two with 2:40 remaining,  Jason Scully sunk his only three of the game from the corner to put the Vikes up 63-62.

Two possessions later, he came flying out of the rafters to grab an offensive rebound and set up Diego Maffia for the dagger three from the bend with 1:30 remaining.

Early on, nobody on the Vikes was grabbing offensive rebounds. At halftime, the WolfPack were winning the battle on the offensive glass 8-1.

Leading the charge for the WolfPack (11-4) was the Canada West's fifth-leading rebounder Micheal Rouault (5^th year, guard, Vernon, BC).

Whenever Rouault wasn't tipping in misses, he was twisting and turning his way to the hoop, as he finished with a team-high 17 points on 14 shots.

The Vikes approached Rouault and the WolfPack's rebounders differently in the second half.

A shot-for-shot guard battle was brewing early, as Aaron Tesfagiorgis was a perfect 4-for-4 in the second quarter. The Calgarian also canned a two threes in the second half and finished a lovely hoop and the harm after suspending long enough in air to draw contact.

Guarding Tesfargiorgis was Rojhae Colbert, who matched his check by cashing in on a pair of up-and-under baskets in the first half. The Arizona native was the sharpest shooter for the WolfPack, as he knocked down 6-of-10 shots. He matched Tesfagiorgis' output with 14 points.

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COMMENTS BY COACH  SCOTT CLARK:
"We didn't execute down the stretch  as we made too many mistakes in the last five minutes. We had 35 minutes of good basketball but we had some mental lapses both offensively and defensively and we didn't have enough to beat a pretty good basketball team in Victoria.

UP NEXT:

Thompson Rivers and Victoria will conclude their weekend series tomorrow (Saturday, Jan 25) with a  7 pm PDT tip off.  The WolfPack will head home for their final two regular season games at the Tournament Capital Centre.

TRU will entertain the Fraser Valley Cascades on  January 31^st and February 1^st.

All of the above games will be webcast on a pay-per-view basis on Canada West TV presented by Co-op by accessing: https://cw.yaretv.com/.  
 
(With Help from UVIC Sports Information)