UFV Cascades Men’s Basketball: Cascades defeat Pronghorns, 74-66, force third and final game tomorrow
Men’s Basketball
Scoreboard:
Canada West Quarterfinal
(2 out of 3 playoff series tied at one each)
Thursday, February 23 Lethbridge 87-78
Friday, February 24 Cascades 74-66
Saturday, February 25 Lethbridge @ UFV 7PM
The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades defeated the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns, 74-66, to even the two out of three Canada West quarterfinal series at one each. The third game goes tomorrow night at the Envision Athletic Centre at 7PM. UFV will be looking to win its first ever Canada West quarterfinal series on Saturday night. The Cascades regular and post season record improves to 14-6 with tonight’s victory. The Pronghorns now stand at 12-10.
Tonight’s game was the same as the previous two this season. A hard fought game with the lead changing hands numerous times. The Cascades did not waste any time opening the scoring and holding onto a narrow two point lead after the first quarter. The Pronghorns came alive in the second quarter out scoring UFV by four points to take a two point lead into intermission.
The third quarter was the key tonight to UFV getting back into the Canada West quarterfinal series. The team played excellent defense holding the high powered Pronghorns to 11 points while taking the lead back and holding onto it for the remainder of the game. The Cascades outscored Lethbridge, by 11 points, to open up the biggest lead of the game at 54-45, going into the fourth quarter where they held off the Pronghorns to force the third and final game of the series.
“I was much happier with our defensive effort tonight; we had focus on defense for much larger stretches of the game,” said UFV head coach Barnaby Craddock. “Lethbridge is a good team, and we will have to play our best basketball if we want to be successful tomorrow.”
UFV was led by Jasper Moedt, Abbotsford, BC with a game high 21 point performance. Sam Freeman, Coquitlam, BC added 12 points and Joel Friesen, Abbotsford, BC 10 points in the victory over Lethbridge tonight. Friesen and Kyle Grewal, Surrey, BC each pulled down 10 rebounds as UFV out rebounded Lethbridge 54 to 38 for the game.
Dominyc Coward, Airdie, AB led the Pronghorns with 19 points and 13 total rebounds. Daryl Cooper, San Francisco, CA added 12 points and Derek Waldner, DeWinton, AB scored 11 points.
Lethbridge 14 20 11 21 = 66 (1-1)
UFV 16 16 22 20 = 74 (1-1)
Top Scorers: Lethbridge: D Coward 19 points/UFV: J Moedt 21 points
Team Rebounds: Lethbridge: 7+31=38/UFV: 21+33=54
For more information on UFV Cascades athletics contact David Kent, Sports Information, 604-309-7658 david.kent@ufv.ca
Lethbridge vs UFV (02/24/12 at Abbotsford, BC, Envision Athletic Centre)
Official Basketball Box Score: Lethbridge vs UFV
02/24/12 8:00pm at Abbotsford, BC, Envision Athletic Centre
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VISITORS: Lethbridge 1-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Dominyc Coward…… * 7-15 2-5 3-3 2 11 13 2 19 2 0 2 2 35
03 Daryl Cooper…….. * 1-9 0-3 10-10 0 2 2 3 12 5 3 0 0 30
04 J.Spear Chief-Morris * 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10
10 Morgan Duce……… * 1-10 1-8 0-2 1 4 5 2 3 3 1 0 0 31
14 Derek Waldner……. * 5-5 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 5 11 0 1 0 0 14
02 Terrence Blake…… 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
05 Dallon Martin……. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
07 Logan Reiter…….. 1-3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 13
09 Tyson Mcintyre…… 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 4 5 5 2 0 0 0 1 10
11 Alex Fletcher……. 1-7 1-6 0-0 0 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 26
13 Spencer Wenzel…… 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
15 Niko Kovac………. 3-5 0-0 3-3 0 3 3 2 9 0 4 0 0 18
Team……………. 2 2 4 2
Totals………….. 22-59 5-24 17-21 7 31 38 24 66 13 15 2 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd Half: 10-28 35.7% Game: 37.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd Half: 3-15 20.0% Game: 20.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 9-11 81.8% Game: 81.0% 0
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HOME TEAM: UFV 1-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
06 Joel Friesen…….. * 4-9 1-3 1-4 2 8 10 4 10 4 2 0 2 31
07 James York………. * 1-5 0-2 1-1 2 3 5 2 3 3 1 0 2 28
08 Jasper Moedt…….. * 6-13 0-0 9-13 5 4 9 4 21 0 4 0 1 24
09 Kyle Grewal……… * 3-12 0-2 3-3 2 8 10 3 9 3 2 1 0 34
12 Samuel Freeman…… * 3-11 3-7 3-4 0 2 2 3 12 2 2 0 0 28
01 Sheldon Bjorgaard… 2-6 1-2 1-2 0 3 3 0 6 2 0 0 1 20
05 Jordan Blackman….. 2-2 2-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 13
10 Spencer Evans……. 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1 5
11 Michael James……. 2-6 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 15
13 Connor Oldham……. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Team……………. 8 5 13
Totals………….. 24-65 8-20 18-29 21 33 54 24 74 15 11 1 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-35 28.6% 2nd Half: 14-30 46.7% Game: 36.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd Half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 11-17 64.7% 2nd Half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 62.1% 1
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Officials: Karl Ardis, Mike James, Tanner Cervo
Technical fouls: Lethbridge-Niko Kovac. UFV-None.
Attendance: 480
Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Lethbridge……………….. 14 20 11 21 – 66
UFV……………………… 16 16 22 20 – 74
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