The University of the Fraser Valley men's basketball team wrapped up its first-semester schedule with a flourish, running its win streak to seven games with an 80-60 triumph over the UBC Okanagan Heat on the road Saturday.
 
Parm Bains and Mark Johnson both posted season-high point totals for the Cascades, notching 27 and 24 points, respectively, and Johnson added 11 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the campaign.
 
Those key performances helped the Cascades overcome a rare triple-double – just the 14th in Canada West history – from UBCO's Aldrich Berrios, who posted 15 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.
 
UFV boosted its record to 8-4, good for a share of third place in Canada West with the Winnipeg Wesmen. The Heat, which started the season with four straight wins, fall to 5-7.
 
"UBCO came out with great intensity today which we didn't match at first," Cascades head coach Adam Friesen said afterward. "But credit to our guys for recognizing and responding properly.
 

?? MBB | "Boy, is he deadly from three-point land." The UBCO PxP team knows all about Mark Johnson.

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— UFV Cascades (@UFVCascades) December 2, 2018

 
"As a group we really are coming together. We're looking forward to the second half of the year and trying to build on the momentum we're ending the first semester with."
 
The Cascades, coming off a 92-62 victory on Friday, started relatively slow on Saturday – the Heat's Jacob Stokker hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the hosts a 22-21 lead at the end of the first quarter.
 
But Bains could not be contained, and his red-hot shooting from downtown sparked UFV to a strong second quarter which saw them outscore the Heat 24-16. The third-year point guard from Surrey, B.C. scored 20 points in the first half alone, hitting a scorching 6-of-9 from beyond the arc as the Cascades led 45-38 at the break.
 
It was more of the same in the third quarter. UFV opened the frame on a 15-5 run to stretch the lead to double digits, and they put together an 8-0 surge bridging the third and fourth quarters, holding the Heat scoreless for over four minutes as they went up 73-50.
 

?? MBB | Third quarter is all Cascades, highlighted by this Sukhjot Bains coast-to-coast, steal-and-dunk sequence! They outscore the Heat 22-12 and are in the driver's seat headed to the 4Q!

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— UFV Cascades (@UFVCascades) December 2, 2018

 
The Cascades weathered a four-minute scoring drought of their own at that point, but their lead proved insurmountable.
 
Andrew Morris did a little bit of everything for UFV, posting eight points, six rebounds and a team-high five assists, and Sukhjot Bains's seven-point outing included a pair of highlight-reel, coast-to-coast, steal-and-dunk sequences.
 
Jacob Stokker scored a team-high 16 for the Heat, and Philip Okanlawon added 10 points.
 
The next Canada West game action for the Cascades basketball teams comes Jan. 4-5, when they host the Brandon Bobcats at the Envision Financial Athletic Centre.