WolfPack capture silver in Canada West Men’s Basketball
CALGARY — It’s a silver medal for the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men’s basketball team in Canada West play. In a battle of division leaders, the hometown University of Calgary Dinos downed the WolfPack 91-84 in the gold medal game of Canada West. The game was played Saturday (Mar 12) at the Jack Simpson Gym.
It was the WolfPack’s first ever appearance in the league finale and first ever medal in men’s basketball.
TRU got off to a great start as Josh Wolfram (5thyear, forward, Kamloops, BC) hit a pair of three point shots to give the ‘Pack a 9-2 lead. Wolfram wound up 15 points.
Calgary cut the deficit to three and then took their first lead of the game with 3:30 left when they made it 17-16. The Dinos enlarged their lead to four points when Jasdeep Gill hit a pair of three point shots in the last minute and led 25-21 after the first quarter.