Simon Crossfield
Andrew Snucins
79
Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M) TRU 6-13
97
Winner Victoria Vikes (M) VIC 15-3
Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M) TRU
6-13
79
Final
97
Victoria Vikes (M) VIC
15-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M) TRU 23 22 13 21 79
Victoria Vikes (M) VIC 21 25 30 21 97

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | TRU WolfPack

Dominant third quarter stretch sends No. 1 Vikes past WolfPack

QUICK FIRE
  • The Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's basketball team went toe-to-toe with the nationally No. 1 ranked UVic Vikes outside of a third quarter blip that sunk the 'Pack in a 97 to 79 loss on the road.
 
DIFFERENCE MAKERS
  • Simon Crossfield was dialled in from long-range as he went 5-7 from beyond the arc en route to 16 points while also adding four steals in the game. Cyrus Harrison (15 points), Denys Bachurin (14) and Jason Okoro (13) rounded out the top-scorers for TRU.
  • Elias Ralph paced UVic with a game-high 24 points while the nation's leading scorer, Diego Maffia, added 18 points of his own.
     
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • TRU shot 50 per cent from the floor as a team to hold a slim lead after the first ten minutes of play. Reuben Wright had a team-high seven points and Denys Bachurin book-ended the frame with three pointers to help the 'Pack to a 23-21 advantage.
  • The teams went shot-for-shot in the second quarter with the 'Pack able to keep pace with the league-leading Vikes' offence. Cyrus Harrison roared to life with ten points in the quarter and yet another Bachurin three to end the half saw the teams separated by just one point through 20 minutes of play.
  • A four-minute span in the middle of the third quarter decided the game. The teams were tied 49-49 before the Vikes ripped off a 17-0 run that gave them 66-49 lead they wouldn't look back from on their way to victory.
     
NOTABLE
  • The result officially brings an end to TRU's playoff chances. They now hold a record of 6-13.
  • Crossfield's 16 points and five three-pointers made were both season best marks for the fourth-year forward.
 
UP NEXT
 
TRU will wrap up their 2023-24 campaign with a rematch against the Vikes at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow.
 
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