Saturday night in Prince George, in front of a frenzied, student-heavy crowd at Brownridge Court, the UNBC Timberwolves (1-11) fell 75-57 to the Trinity Western Spartans (6-7). Josh Belvin (21) and Jerric Palma (16) did the heavy lifting for the visitors offensively while Marcus Wilson fired a career-high 13 points in response to lead the Timberwolves. Chris Ainsley (11) and Evgeny. Baukin (10) also finished in double-digits for UNBC. Baukin was a menace on the boards too, grabbing a game-high 14 on his way to a double-double.
1st Quarter –
- An 11-5 run to start the game for Trinity Western.
- Connor Platz led the Spartans with seven points in the first quarter while David Mutabazi added four.
- Evgeny Baukin led the TWolves with four points while Milan Pasquale and Marcus Wilson both hit threes.
2nd Quarter –
- Trinity Western outscored UNBC 21-10 in the second.
- Chris Ainsley supplied six of the 10 for UNBC while Josh Gillespie and Wilson added two apiece.
- Jerric Palma had a big second quarter for Trinity Western as he racked up nine points on four-of-seven from the field.
- At the halfway point, David Mutabazi (8) and Aristote Kalala (7) had combined for 15 rebounds for the visitors while Baukin had five to lead UNB.
3rd Quarter –
- Both teams finished the third quarter with 23 points.
- Marcus Wilson had the hot hand for the TWolves as he nailed two triples and shot three-for-four. Ben White, Milan Pasquale and Chris Ainsley also hit from downtown.
- Josh Belvin recorded 11 for Trinity Western on four-of-six while four other Spartans also registered field goals.
4th Quarter –
- Each team finished with 12 fourth quarter points.
- Ben White led UNBC with four points while Josh Gillespie and Cam Lalli both connected from deep.
- Leading the way for Trinity Western was Tyler Sipma (5) while Belvin connected for four more.
Next up for UNBC – A Friday-Saturday road double-header at TRU next weekend.