Box Score Files from Thompson Rivers Sports Information
Kamloops, BC- The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack came up with a huge fourth quarter and wound up downing the visiting University of Winnipeg Wesmen 91-86 in Canada West men's basketball action on Saturday (Jan 14). The game was played on the Warner Rentals Court at the Tournament Capital Centre.
SYNOPSIS
The WolfPack outscored Winnipeg 28-19 in the final period to erase a 67-63 third quarter deficit. Volodymyr Iegorov (5th year, forward, Donetsk, Ukraine) led the way for TRU with 26 points and 16 rebounds.
He was one of four TRU players in double figures.
Winnipeg's high scorers all had 18 points: Narcisse Ambanza (1st year, guard, Toronto,ON) , Jamar Fairley (5th year, guard, Winnipeg, MB) and Sean Tarver (3rd year, forward, Baltimore, MD).
Winnipeg had nine steals to TRU's five.
KEY STATS:
Thompson Rivers
Volodymyr Iegorov: 26 points, 16 rebounds (11 on def), 2 assists, , 3 blocks, 1 steal in 38 minutes
Derek Rhodes: 19 points, 4 rebounds (all defense),4 assists, 1 block, 1 steal in 37 minutes
Luke Morris: 13 points, 2 rebounds (1 each way), 1 steal in 31 minutes
Joe Davis: 12 points, 3 rebounds (2 on offence), 1 assist in 32 minutes
Mike Rouault: 8 points, 12 rebounds (6 both sides), 2 assists in 30 minutes
Winnipeg:
Narcisse Ambanza: 18 points, 4 rebounds (2 each way), 2 assists in 18 minutes
Jamar Farley: 18 points, 2 rebounds (both defense), in 32 minutes
Sean Tarver: 18 points, 8 rebounds (5 on defense), 1 ass9st,1 block, 1 steal in 32 minutes.
TURNOVERS:
TRU 15 Winnipeg 14
SCORING BY PERIOD:
Winnipeg 22 22 23 19 86
TRU 17 27 19 28 91
RECORDS:
Winnipeg 9-5 TRU 7-7
QUOTES:
Winnipeg head coachMike Raimbault (7th season):
On Game:
"It was a hard fought game. Unfortunately we didn't have a better result in the fourth. TRU played great. We have a lot to learn from it."
UP NEXT:
Next week: Both teams have a bye. TRU returns to action the following weekend (Jan 27-28) when they head to Abbotsford, BC to battle the University of Fraser Valley Cascades. While the Wesmen will spend that weekend in Edmonton, Alberta battling the MacEwan University Griffins.
