Vancouver, BC – The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades fell 92-68 to the UBC Thunderbirds on Friday at War Memorial Gym.  

UBC jumped out to a 14-4 lead in the opening minutes. Both teams struggled with their shot through the rest of the first frame, each hitting less than 30% of their shots from the field, but the Cascades cut into the UBC lead to trail 18-13 lead after the first.

The Thunderbirds began the second quarter on a 10-2 run before taking a 44-28 advantage into the break. An 18-6 run from UBC in the third put the game out of reach.

Top performers
Dylan Kinley and Courtney Anderson led the Cascades with 12 points apiece. UFV's Chris Jackson pulled down 11 rebounds, which was a game high.

Triston Matthews and James Woods scored 20 points each to lead the Thunderbirds. Matthews also had 10 rebounds to record a double-double, while Woods led the team with four three-pointers on only seven attempts.

Quotable
UFV head coach Joe Enevoldson

"We need to play with a sense of urgency. We are 7-10 and there is a log jam for a playoff spot. We have to play with a higher degree of urgency, and we didn't do that tonight. Last week was similar on the Friday night, but Saturday we came out with a great amount of resolve and I'm hopeful that the character of our athletes will show through to do that again tomorrow."

"My goal right now is to see if we can be a little bit better tomorrow night. If we can, we give ourselves a chance to be successful. We are getting towards playoffs, so we have to be playing our best basketball. We can't have these inconsistent ebbs and flows in effort."

Where they sit
UBC sees their record improve to 12-5 with the win, while UFV drops to 7-10 so far this season.

The two teams will play the second half of their back-to-back on Saturday at 6 p.m. (PT) at UBC's War Memorial Gym.