Trinity Western Spartans (M) TWU 0

Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M) TRU 0

Trinity Western Spartans (M) TWU

Final

Nov. 04, 2023

Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M) TRU

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Trinity Western Spartans (M) TWU	24	9	15	14	62
Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M) TRU	20	31	17	11	79

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 11/4/2023 10:35:00 PM | TRU WolfPack

Massive second quarter sends WolfPack over Spartans

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History

QUICK FIRE

A second quarter that saw them pour in 31 points sent the Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's basketball team to their first victory of 2023-24 with a 79-62 victory over the Trinity Western Spartans.

LEADERS

A pair of career-high point totals led the way for TRU as both Evan Smith and Jason Okoro tallied 17 points for the 'Pack. Smith's points came from 5-6 shooting from deep. Cyrus Harrison added 16 points and eight rebounds.
Connor Platz was everywhere for TWU, scoring 14 points and also adding 15 rebounds and four blocks. Mitch Morgan and Marcus Shankar each added 10 for TWU.
A big difference in the game was the 'Pack's ball security. TRU turned the ball over just five times and had a plus-13 turnover differential in the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Q1: TWU had their best quarter of the game in the first. Shankar scored nine points while the Spartans hit 56 per cent of their shots as a team to take a slim 24-20 lead.
Q2: The second quarter belonged to the 'Pack. Smith caught fire for 14 points in the frame and TRU went 12-25 from deep to explode for a 31-9 run in the quarter.
2nd HALF: The teams traded runs throughout the second half but the WolfPack's lead was never in doubt as they sailed to 17-point victory.

NOTABLE

The win was the first in the WolfPack career for head coach Chad Jacobson.
TRU's mark of turning the ball over just five times is the best mark for the team on record.

QUOTEABLE - Wolfpack head coach Chad Jacobson

"I thought we put together two halves of really good basketball. The message last night was that you can't play for 20 or 25 minutes, you have to play for a total 40 and I thought our guys did that today"
"Jason Okoro is the heart and soul of the team, we go as we goes, he leads us defensively and it was good to see an offensive spark from him."
"Evan Smith is just playing so well right now, his confidence his really high and his teammates believe in him, his coaches believe in him and having someone like that step up when we have an injury to deal with is really, really big."

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