EDMONTON – In game two of their preseason Alberta road trip, the Trinity Western Spartans dropped a 69-60 decision to the Regina Cougars Friday afternoon at the David Atkinson Gymnasium in Edmonton, Alta. TWU is now 1-4 in preseason play.
 
TWU led 17-10 at the end of the opening quarter but trailed 36-33 at halftime and 57-48 after 30 minutes.
 
Second-year guard Colette Van der Hoven (Maple Ridge, B.C.) with 18 points and eight rebounds, and fourth-year guard Cassidy Buchanan (Aldergrove, B.C.) with 17 points, nine rebounds, and four steals led the Spartans. Cara Misskey with 27 points and eight rebounds, and Rachel Vanderhooft with 14 points and eight rebounds, led the Cougars.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will match up against the MacEwan Griffins Saturday at 2 p.m. (MT) at the David Atkinson Gymnasium in Edmonton, Alta. TWU begins Canada West conference play Friday, October at 5:30 p.m. (PT) in Victoria, B.C.
 
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Cheryl Jean-Paul, TWU Head Coach
"Today's loss was another tough one as our missed opportunities really prevented us from being able to counter Regina's second and third quarter scoring runs. They were able to get to the rim too many times, and our defensive pushback came too late. But with every game that we've played so far in this pre-season, we've discovered different scorers and scoring looks. Our challenge now is to find them all within the same game, rather than over the span of a few, and to understand the importance of finishing the easy stuff. Free throws, numbers advantages in transition, and great O boards weren't the solution they could have been today, so it's not for a lack of opportunity, we just need to capture the moments we're in a little better."

About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as in the NAIA in track and field and cross country and as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.

About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in U SPORTS. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.  
 
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