MONTREAL – Trinity Western's men's basketball team lost 98-92 against Toronto Metropolitan University in the Spartans opening game of the Concordia Classic Saturday. 
 
Connor Platz (Langley, B.C) led the Spartans with a double-double, putting up 22 points and grabbing a game-high 13 rebounds, while Mason Bourcier (Kelowna, B.C.) added 22 points to go with a team-high six assists. David Mutabazi (Delta, B.C.), who was playing in his first game as a Spartan after transferring from Columbia Bible College, had 17 points and was eight for eight from the free throw line. 
 
Ankit Choudhary had a game-high 36 points to lead the Bold, while also collecting team-highs in rebounds, with eight, and assists, with seven. 
 
After a tight first half that saw TWU trail TMU by just four points, 51-47, the Bold outscored the Spartans 23-17 to build a 10 point lead through 30 minutes. 
 
The Spartans responded in the final frame, tying the game 82-82 with 6:01 to play, but were unable to take the lead as TMU held on for the win.

QUOATABLE
Trevor Pridie - TWU Head Coach
"I'm happy with the effort and how the guys came out and battled. TMU is a very good team with some dynamic players who give any team challenges. It was nice to see what some of the young guys can do against a top tier opponent. Offensively I thought we played well and got quality looks and played like a team. It was a good step in the right direction and a nice way to start preseason. We play two more really good teams this weekend so hopefully we can keep getting better and progressing for the start of season."

UP NEXT 
TWU will play the host Concordia on Saturday (3 p.m. PT) in the Spartans second of three matches at the Concordia Classic.
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby, as well as women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 13 U SPORTS team championships and 31 Canada West team championships.
 
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