Great second half defensive stand leads to victory!
The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades defeated the University of Victoria Vikes, 53-50, at the Envision Athletic Centre to improve their Canada West regular season record to 2-3 and win their first home game off the young season.
The Cascades came out strong and grabbed the early lead from the Vikes at 12-7 after the first quarter. The second quarter belonged to Victoria as they held UFV to 9-points, while scoring 28 to go into the half with a 35-21 advantage.
In the second half, UFV shut the door on Victoria playing great defence and holding their opponent to 15-second half points, including only 5-points in the fourth quarter. The Cascades slowly fought their way back and with a 18-point fourth quarter performance tied the game and eventually UFV went ahead for good and won the game by-3-points.
The Cascades were led by Sam Freeman, Coquitlam, BC with a game high 14-points. Zeon Gray, Los Angeles, CA added 11-points and Joel Friesen, Abbotsford, BC with 10-points. James Elliott, Perth, West Australia led the Cascades with 11-total rebounds. The Vikes’ Zac Andrus led all Victoria scorers with 10-points.
Victoria out rebounded UFV 43 to 35 for the game.
“We were very fortunate to sneak a win out tonight. I felt that Victoria outplayed us for long stretches in the game, and we were lucky they missed a few shots,” said UFV Head Coach Barnaby Craddock. “We will have to find a way to play closer to 40 minutes of good basketball tomorrow night if we want to have success.”
VIC 7 28 10 5 = 50
UFV 12 8 15 18 = 53
Top Scorers:
VIC: Andrus 10-points / UFV: Freeman 14-points
Team Rebounds:
VIC: 17+26=43 / UFV: 5+30=35
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