Bobcats Edge Ice - Cold Dinos

As hot as the shooting was in Friday’s win over Regina, so was it as cold as ice on Saturday in Calgary’s 82 - 79 loss to the Brandon Bobcats. At 34 % ( 23/68) , the Dinos had so many field goal attempts bounce of the iron, that catching the resilient Brandon team proved to be too tough a task.

Launching 27 three point attempts , Calgary only connected on 7 … 26 %. The Dinos cashed 26/37 free throws to keep the game close after trailing by as much as 14 in the first half, but a late surge could only tie Brandon with less than a minute remaining.
The 14 - 2 Bobcats got a game - winning 3 point shot from Adam Hartman, while a trey atttempt at the buzzer from Robbie Sihota went long for Calgary.

The Dinos got a stellar performance from 4th year wing man Jeremy Odland, who had 20 points and 12 big rebounds; ‘JO’ was tireless on the offensive boards, and was the driving force in the Dinos second half charge. Brian Finniss also notched a double - double of 13 points and 10 rebounds, but the inside game for Brandon proved too much, with the Dinos giving up 20 points off Bobcat put-backs, as the post duo of Hartman and Yuri Whyms feasted for 25 and 24 pts. respectively.

Calgary is headed on the road for the next two weekends, first to Abbotsford and Kamloops to play Fraser Valley and Thompson Rivers, and , on Feb. 2/3 to Winnipeg to face Manitoba and Winnipeg. The regular seaso wraps up on Feb. 9/10 with a pair of games with the Saskatchewan Huskies here in Calgary.