British Columbia 96 - Calgary 63

The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds completed a weekend sweep of the University of Calgary Dinos with a 96-63 win Saturday evening. After trailing 39-38 after twenty minutes, UBC took control early in the second half pulling away in the contest leading 53-44 with 15 minutes remaining and outscored their opponents 58-24 in the second half.

Unlike last evening when Pasha Bains controlled the game scoring 41 points, the Thunderbirds used a balanced attack Saturday evening with four starters hitting for double figures. Bains, Ryder McKeown and Jason Birring all had 20 points the Thunderbirds with Casey Archibald
adding 17. Archibald also hauled down ten rebounds and recorded eight assists.

Chris Wright led Calgary scorers with 20 points, 17 of which came in the opening half and rookie Ross Bekkering added a dozen.

UBC shot an impressive 44% from the field as compared to just 28 % for their opponents. In the second half UBC limited Calgary to 7-for-35 from the field while going 16-for-38 themselves.

The Thunderbirds also dominated on the glass hauling down 60 rebounds as compared to 45 for the Dinos with Bains and McKeown each recording 13 boards.

Wright paced Calgary with 10 rebounds who are 0-2 in Conference play while UBC is unbeaten in three games.

The Dinos next action sees them traveling to TCU and Southern Mississippi.