Abbotsford, BC – Dylan Kinley led all scorers with 20 points, as the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades topped the University of Saskatchewan Huskies 94-73 to clinch a Canada West playoff berth on Friday.

As it happened:
The Cascades trailed 6-0 early but came alive to outscore the Huskies 25-5 in the final 7:47 of the opening quarter and take a commanding lead. UFV continued to put the pressure on in the second, extending that advantage to 23 points to lead 49-26 at the half.

The Huskies found their scoring touch in the second half, but were unable to slow the Cascades roll, and the hosts cruised to the 21-point victory.

UFV shot 58 percent from the field in the contest, connecting on 40 of 69 shots, while the Huskies were held to just 26 field goals on 74 attempts. The Cascades also had a strong game rebounding the ball, as they tallied 45 rebounds to Saskatchewan's 35 on the night.

Top performers:
Dylan Kinley collected a game-high 20 points and added five rebounds. Matthias Klim was one rebound shy of a double-double notching 15 points and nine rebounds, while Courtney Anderson picked up 15 points and six boards.

Alexander Dewar led the Huskies with 17 points on the night, while Maxwell Amoafo picked up 10 points and nine rebounds, and Tyrese Potoma added 10 points of his own.

Quotable:
Cascades forward Matthias Klim

"To solidify ourselves in playoff contention — that felt so good. I'm just happy we could go out there and execute our stuff, play defence, and get the win."

"We know that if we play good defence we can stay with any team in the league. We just locked in on defence, got stops when we needed to, and the rest took care of itself."

Cascades head coach Joe Enevoldson

"The goal is to be playing your best basketball going in to playoffs, and tonight I thought was one of our more complete performances on both sides of the basketball this year."

"I thought the defensive intensity that Chris [Jackson] and Uyi [Ologhola] brought made a huge difference. I think defensively we were really dialed in, and we have to build on that. In the playoffs it's going to be much tougher to score the ball and we are going to have to win games defensively."

Where they sit:
The Cascades improve to 8-11 with the win, while the Huskies fall to 5-14 on the season. These two teams will face off again on Saturday to close out the regular season at 7 p.m. PT in the UFV Athletic Centre.