LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans remain unbeaten in Canada West after defeating the No. 10 Regina Cougars 66-52 Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The win moves the Spartans to 4-0 in Canada West play, while the loss drops the Cougars to 0-2.
The Spartans led 38-30 at the half.
Fourth-year guard
Jayden Gill (Abbotsford, B.C.) with 17 points, and three steals, third-year guard
Shemaiah Abatayo (Vancouver, B.C.) with 13 points, and eight assists, and third-year forward
Gracie Corneau (Abbotsford, B.C.) with eight points and seven rebounds led the Spartans. Jade Belmore and Kyu Fust with 11 points each led the Cougars.
AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans and the Cougars were even through the first five minutes, but TWU was able to take a four-point, 20-16, lead going into the quarter break.
Similar to last night the Spartans slowly built their advantage to lead 38-30 at the end of the first half.
Trinity Western extended their lead to 11 points, 53-42 at the end of the third quarter before closing out the game with a 14-point, 66-52, win.
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Cheryl Jean-Paul
"Tonight's game was a great example of how much we've grown as a program in the last few weeks. Great maturity was shown by our older athletes and great readiness to impact the game by our younger athletes. We found the defensive response we needed throughout the game and the lead we were able to maintain came from a disciplined approach to playing well as a team. Excited to see where we are headed as a team and looking forward to some time now to keep developing our reads and looks. Every weekend has been teaching us something about our strengths and our gaps and we want to keep getting after both."
NOTABLE
- TWU finished the night shooting 41.9 (26-62) from the field, 23.8 percent (3-13) from the three-point line, and 84.6 percent (11-13) from the foul line, while Regina finished shooting 29.7 percent (19-64), 18.2 percent (4-22), and 62.5 percent (10-16) respectively.
- The Spartans outrebounded the Cougars 44-41 and had a 9-4 edge in steals.
- Regina had an 8-5 edge in blocked shots.
- TWU beat Regina 64-55 Friday night.
- The Spartans are currently 6-28 lifetime against the Cougars.
UP NEXT
The Spartans will have a week off before heading to Brandon, Man. for a pair of games November 24-25 at 6 p.m. and 5 p.m. (CT). The games can be seen live on Canadawest.TV.
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. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 34 Canada West team championships.
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