By Larry Read - TRU Athletics

WolfPack drop game one of CW quarterfinal

Feb 24, 2017 | 4:33 AM

KAMLOOPS — WolfPack Give Dinos Run In Opener Of Canada West Men’s Basketball QF

For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 23 2017

Calgary, AB—The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack battled back from a nine point first quarter deficit and just fell short to the defending league champion Calgary Dinos 75-71 in the opener of their Canada West men’s basketball quarterfinal.  The Dinos, playing on their home court of the Jack Simpson Memorial Gym lead the best of three series 1-0.

SYNOPSIS:

The Dinos went on a 14-0 run in the first quarter and after TRU pulled to within 10, Calgary went on a 9-0 run in a 24 second span to end the first half where they led 43-24. In the third quarter, the WolfPack went on a big run and cut the deficit to four after three quarters (52-48).  In that quarter, TRU scored 24 points to Calgary’s 19.

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In the fourth quarter, TRU was only a point behind. In the last two minutes, Volodymyr Iegorov (5th year, forward, Donetsk, Ukraine) had the chance to tie the game at 69 but missed.  Calgary followed up with David Kapinga draining a three pointer with 47 seconds left to give them a 72-66 advantage.

Iegorov finished with a game high 27 points.   Calgary’s top scorer was Thomas Cooper with 21.

KEY STATS:

Thompson Rivers

Volodymyr Iegorov: 27 points, 15 rebounds (12 on defense), 6 assists, 2steals, 1 block in 38 minutes

Derek Rhodes: 14 points, 3 rebounds (all defense), 1 assist, 1 steal in 37 minutes

Trent Monkman: 10 points, 4 rebounds (all defense), 2 assists in 10 minutes

Joe Davis: 8 points, 4 rebounds (all defense), 2 assists in 37 minutes

Luke Morris: 6 points, 6 rebounds (5 on defense), 2 assists in 29 minutes

Calgary: 

Thomas Cooper: 21 points, 10 rebounds (6 on defense), 7 assists, 1 steal in 35 minutes

David Kapinga:  19 points, 6 rebounds (4 defense), 6 steals, 3 assists, in 31 minutes

Jhony Verrone:  11 points, 4 rebounds (2 on either side), 4 steals, 4 assists in 29 minutes.

SCORES BY PERIOD:

Calgary            23     20       9    23        75

TRU                  12     12     24    23       74

TURNOVERS:

TRU 21  Calgary

STEALS:

Calgary 15  TRU 3

POINTS IN THE PAINT:

Calgary 26  TRU 24

LARGEST LEAD:

Calgary 19    TRU 2

BENCH POINTS:

Calgary 14    TRU 12

QUOTES:

WolfPack head coach Scott Clark:

On the second half after the wild flurry in the first half where Calgary went on late run:

“We melted down. You can’t break down and turn over the ball like we did against at team like Calgary. They will make you pay.  In the second half we did our job and it worked out. We just didn’t get the start we wanted tonight. We need to be better for game two.”

UP NEXT:

The Dinos have now beaten TRU four straight times dating back to last year’s Canada West championship final. They and the WolfPack play game two tomorrow (Friday, Feb 24) at the Jack Simpson Gym.  The game begins at 6 pm PDT.  Should a third and deciding game be needed, it would be played Saturday (Feb 25) also in Calgary with a 5 pm PDT start time.