Abbotsford, BC – The UFV Cascades dropped an 83-74 decision to the TRU WolfPack on Saturday afternoon at the UFV Athletic Centre.

The loss sees the Cascades record move to 5-7 on the season, while TRU improves to 6-6 in the campaign. The teams sit fourth and third in the pacific division respectively.

How it happened:
The teams traded points throughout the first, but an 8-2 run for TRU at the end of the quarter gave them a four-point edge. A Chris Jackson jumper would tie the game back up in the second, but six quick points from TRU's Cyrus Harrison helped the visitors regain a two-point advantage at the half.

The teams traded the lead early in the third, but an 11-0 WolfPack run gave TRU the first double-digit lead of the game. UFV would cut that back down to five on a Vince Velasquez jumper, but that would be as close as they would get as the teams traded scoring plays down the stretch enroute to the TRU win.

Notable:
Chris Jackson led the team in scoring for the second straight night off the bench – dropping 14 points in the game. Clay Kurtz added 12 points, and Jake Willemsen went 3-4 from deep to add 10 points. 

Quotable:
UFV head coach Joe Enevoldson

"TRU is a team that works very hard. They're physical, they have a bunch of fifth year guys that have played together, and tonight the flat out wanted it more. They did a good job jamming us up."

"It's a disappointing effort today, but you know some individual efforts were pretty good, so I don't want to downplay those, but I think there were some scenarios in the game where we had a pretty good first effort but it's the second effort we need. Next week we all have to be better. Myself, coaching staff included. We have a chance to go out and do what we love to do, and we have to respect the game."

Up next:
The Cascades head on the road next week for a pair of games against the UBC Thunderbirds on January 17 and 18. The games can also be seen live on Canada West TV.

Cascades home games offer free admission for UFV students with their student card. You can keep up with all the action at gocascades.ca, or by following the UFV Cascades on social media at @ufvcascades