Reuben Wright
Archie Golding - LeftRight Media
84
Winner UFV Cascades UFV 0
79
TRU WolfPack TRU 0
Winner
UFV Cascades UFV
0
84
Final
79
TRU WolfPack TRU
0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UFV Cascades UFV 15 22 23 24 84
TRU WolfPack TRU 23 22 20 14 79

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | TRU WolfPack

Cascades outlast WolfPack in last second thriller

QUICK FIRE
  • In a game that went right down to the wire it was the visiting UFV Cascades that pulled out a come-from-behind victory over the Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's basketball team by a score of 84-79 inside the TCC.
     
DIFFERENCE MAKERS
  • Jayden Stephens powered the WolfPack offence with 21 points on the night. Dami Farinloye added 15 points, six rebounds as well as three assists and three steals. Steve Stinson with 15 points and Cason Scott with 10 rounded out the top scorers for TRU.
  • Dario Lopez provided much of the offence for UFV with 21 points of his own. Bennett O'Connor added 16 points and Marcus Flores 15.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The WolfPack offence was electric to start to the night. Scott, Stephens and Stinson all scored five points in the first five minutes of the game as TRU started the night on a 20-5 run. Ismael Hernandez responded with nine points for UFV but the WolfPack held a 23-15 advantage after the first quarter of action.
  • TRU continued to hold that eight-point edge heading into the halftime break. The WolfPack knocked down 61.5 per cent of their shots in the second quarter led by five apiece from Stephens and Farinloye to take a 45-37 lead into the halftime break.
  • After a third quarter that saw UFV cut that lead to five, the game came down to the final minutes of play. A 12-5 UFV run to start the fourth saw the Cascades take their first lead of the night at 72-70 with 5:29 left to play. A layup from Lopez with two minutes left in the game gave UFV a 78-73 lead before the WolfPack responded in a big way. Fran Monreal made a pair of free-throws and after a UFV turnover, Stephens knocked down a huge three-pointer to tie the game back up at 78-78 with 1:22 left on the clock. That was the last time the game would be tied however as the Cascades scored six of the game's final seven points to pull out the 84-79 win.
 
NOTABLE
  • The result moves TRU 10-5 on the season while the Cascades gain ground on TRU for third in the conference with a mark of 8-6.

UP NEXT
  • Next up for the WolfPack will be their final home game of the regular season. The 'Pack will host the UBC Thunderbirds this Saturday, Jan. 17 at 6:00 p.m. inside the TCC.
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