WolfPack Rally Falls Short-Loses First Of Season To Griffins
The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack rallied from a 20 point first half deficit but fell short to the visiting MacEwan University Griffins 90-85. The teams played in Canada West men’s basketball action on the Warner Rentals Court at the Tournament Capital Centre on Saturday night (Nov 21).
The defeat was the WolfPack’s first in six starts. MacEwan moves to 2-4 on the year
“I guess it was a bit positive,” Thompson Rivers coach Scott Clark said about his team’s clawing back from the huge deficit. “I think the real positive is that we can learn from this. We should be thankful that we played this game and it worked out this way from the standpoint that you learn something and you change your behavior, it is valuable. If you don’t it will not be very valuable. We came out with not enough effort. That is something each of the players have to take inventory of.”
MacEwan led by two (28-26) after the first quarter but then outscored TRU 28-10 in the second quarter to go into the dressing room at half up 56-36.
“The big thing we talked about at half was our response,” said MacEwan head coach Eric Magdanz. “We came out of half and really let TRU take it to us. It was an opportunity to show what kind of character we have and what kind of team we want to be this year. To TRU’s credit, they came back with a really big run and kept pushing in the second half. I am proud of my guys for continuing to fight.”