Home unbeaten streak ends at seven straight with loss at EAC
The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns defeated the UFV Cascades, 87-78, at the Envision Athletic Center. The Cascades Canada West conference record falls to 6-4, while the Pronghorns improve to 5-5. The Cascades unbeaten streak which dated back to February, 2011 was stopped at seven with tonight’s loss to Lethbridge.
The Pronghorns came out strong and quickly establish the lead in the first quarter. The Pronghorns shot over 50 percent from the floor to open a seven point lead. They were able to hold the Cascades to 32 first half points and went into the intermission leading the home team by five points. In the second half, both teams struggled on offense and the defenses dominated the third quarter, with Lethbridge maintaining a six point lead throught three quarters of play.
In the final quarter, the game became “chippy” as both teams were called for fouls after the play and several technical were handed out by the referees. The Pronghorns were able to fend off the late run by UFV as the Cascades narrowed the deficit to two points before several clutch free throws earned the visiting Pronghorns their fifth Canada West win of the year.
“A lot of video sessions will be coming this week for our team, as we will have to regroup and put a better performance out there in our upcoming games. We definitely struggled with foul trouble tonight, with 5 guys fouling out, and had to be creative with the line ups. But that was only part of the issue, as we definitely didn’t play our best basketball. The game had a very different flow to it than any of our other games this year, and we struggled to find a way to play our style of basketball,” said UFV Head Coach Barnaby Craddock.
The Cascades were led by Sam Freeman, Coquitlam, BC with 23 points. Jasper Moedt, Abbotsford, BC added 20 points and team high 6 rebounds as Joel Friesen, Abbotsford, BC rounded out the players in double figure with 15 points.
The Pronghorns were led by Daryl Cooper, San Francisco, California with 18 points. Dominyc Coward, Airdrie, Alberta and Morgan Duce, Raymond, Alberta each contributed 17 points in the victory. Coward pulled down 9 rebounds as Lethbridge out rebounded UFV 46 to 36 for the game.
ULeth 23 14 20 30 = 87 (5-5)
UFV 16 16 19 27 = 78 (6-4)
Top Scorers: ULeth: D Cooper 18 points/ UFV: S Freeman 23 points
Team Rebounds: ULeth: 15+31=46/ UFV: 16+20=36
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