With their backs to the wall, the Dinos took to the court Sunday in Saskatoon needing a win to step into the playoffs. The Dinos came out ggressively in the first half and ran by the Saskatchewan Huskies to take a 45 - 26 half time lead. Clutch hoops by Robbie Sihota and Chris Wright sealed the win down the stretch. Point guards Josh Feist, Tony Dhaliwal, and Cody Darrah did a great job of pushing the pace and giving the Dinos more aggressive punch.

Wright finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds while Sihota had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Also in double figures were Cody Darrah with
16 and Ross Bekkering with 12. Calgary shot 60% for the game from the field and were 24 for 31 from the foul line for 77%.

Calgary faced an elimination game after the Lethbridge Pronghorns beat Alberta 68 - 67 in Edmonton Saturday night. Calgary finishes third and will travel to Alberta next weekend for divisional semi-final play. Saskatchewan had clinched first place and awaits the winner of Calgary and Alberta for the divisional final to be played in Saskatoon.

GAME STATS

Saskatchewan Huskies 71 Calgary Dinos 61

The Dinos were close for most of the first half trailing 34 - 32, but had only 29 points in the second half. Chris Wright led the scoring with 11 while Brian Finniss added 10. Andrew Spagrud netted 25 for the Huskies.

Saskatchewan outshot Calgary 54% to 42% from the field. Calgary was 14 of 19 for 74% from the free throw line. Saskatchewan made only 10 of 26 for 36%. Calgary out rebounded Saskatchewan 35 -29.

5 Technical fouls were assessed during the game with Calgary receiving 3 and Saskatchewan 2.

The teams play Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in Saskatoon with the Dinos looking for one win to seal a playoff spot.

GAME STATS