BRANDON, Manitoba – Led by fourth-year guard Jayden Gill (Abbotsford, B.C.) with 20 points, seven assists, and five steals, and third-year guard Shemaiah Abatayo (Vancouver, B.C) with 19 points and seven assists the Trinity Western Spartans remain unbeaten with an 80-65 victory over the Brandon Bobcats Saturday night at the Healthy Living Centre in Brandon, Man. The win improves the Spartans to 6-0, while the loss drops the Cougars to 0-8.

The Spartans and Bobcats were tied 42-42 at the half. But the Spartans got breathing room with a 20-10 third quarter before finishing the final game with a low scoring, 14-5 fourth quarter to earn the 15 points win.

Also hitting double-digit scoring for the Spartans were fourth-year guard Kaley Reimer (Abbotsford, B.C.) with 14 points and third-year forward Gracie Corneau (Abbotsford, B.C.) with 11 points. Reetta Tulkki with 18 points, and six rebounds, and Cali Yates with 10 points, and five rebounds led the Bobcats.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Cheryl Jean-Paul
" Tonight's game was a battle and a great response from Brandon after yesterday. We were trading baskets for most of the first half and that's a tough way to gain momentum. We're glad to get both and looking forward to finishing the semester as strong as we can but this game definitely has a lot of teachable moments for us to learn from which will only make us better moving forward."
 
NOTABLE

• TWU finished the night shooting 42.9 percent (30-70) from the field, 16.7 percent (2-12) from the three-point line, and 62.1 percent (18-29) from the foul line, while Brandon finished shooting 38 percent (19-50), 31.6 percent (6-19), and 80.8 percent (21-26) respectively.
• The Bobcats outrebounded the Spartans 40-39.
• TWU had 11 turnovers, while Brandon had 23
• The Spartans are currently 27-5 lifetime against the Bobcats.
• TWU's last loss to Brandon was 56-48 on February 16, 2017 in Langley, B.C.

 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now return home and host the Manitoba Bisons for the final games of the first semester on December 1-2. Game time is set for 6 p.m. and  4 p.m. and 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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