UBC 97 - Calgary 89

The visiting UBC T-Birds shot the lights out in the Jack Simpson Gym Friday night. The ‘Birds were 59% from the field, and a sizzling 63% (12/19) from 3 pt. range. Pasha Bains, the 5th year transfer from Simon Fraser was 15/22 and notched 41 pts. on the game.

UBC burst from the gate and scored the first 10 pts. and held a 30-13 lead midway through the half. The Dinos steadied themselves with better defence and some inside scoring to narrow the gap to 40-31 at the half. Calgary, led by some sharp-shooting from Whit Hornsberger, who finished with 25 for the game, tied it at 58, and again at 73, but could never get in front of the visitors.

Bains and Jordan Yu, who had 17 pts. off the bench, hit timely shots to finish off Calgary, as the Dinos missed key free throws in the final 7 minutes. Rookie post player Ross Bekkering had a strong game for the Dinos in scoring 22 and snaring 7 rebounds to lead both teams. Calgary was 33/66 from the field, but only 7/21 from 3 pt. range.

The teams go at it again at 8:00 Saturday night at ‘The Jack”.