Denys Bachurin
AP Shutter
55
Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M) TRU 6-14
88
Winner Victoria Vikes (M) VIC 16-3
Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M) TRU
6-14
55
Final
88
Victoria Vikes (M) VIC
16-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Thompson Rivers WolfPack (M) TRU 13 13 15 14 55
Victoria Vikes (M) VIC 21 13 31 23 88

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | TRU WolfPack

No. 1 Vikes too much for ‘Pack to handle in season finale

QUICK FIRE
  • The Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's basketball team saw their 2023-24 Canada West regular season come to an end Thursday night as they fell 88-55 to the nationally No. 1 ranked UVic Vikes in Victoria.
 
DIFFERENCE MAKERS
  • In the final game of his university career Daniel Bost paced TRU with 12 points in the game. Both Denys Bachurin and Evan Smith had ten-point outings for the 'Pack
  • Diego Maffia had a game-high 30 points for UVic while Griffin Arnatt and Renoldo Robinson added 18 and 11 respectively.
     
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • UVic took control of the game early, knocking down four three-pointers to jump out to the lead. Bachurin had five points to lead TRU but it was UVic that led by eight points after the opening ten minutes.
  • TRU hung tough with the Vikes throughout the second quarter and a Bachurin three-pointer tied the game at 26-26 with three minutes left to play in the half.
  • The rest of the night belonged to UVic though, as they finished the half on an 8-0 run before outscoring TRU 54-29 in the second half.
     
NOTABLE
  • TRU ends the season with a record of 6-14.
  • The game was the final in the WolfPack career's of both Daniel Bost and Tyler Schilling.
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