CALGARY – The University of Calgary Dinos improved to 4-1, while the UFV Cascades fell to 2-4 with a 105-79 result on Friday at the Jack Simpson Gymnasium in Calgary. The top five Calgary scorers were all new faces to the Jack Simpson crowd, paced by second-year guard Eli Djordjevic's 22 points on 8-10 shooting. 

UFV sprang out of the gates, leading 20-14 just five minutes in with Marcus Flores scoring six of his 10 in the opening frame. Making their Dinos debuts, Djordjevic and Cornell transfer Hayden Franson countered with double digits apiece in the 1st quarter to rebuild a seven point Calgary lead. 

Calgary extended their lead at the rim in the second quarter, but UFV leveraged timely, and frequent, trips to the free throw line to quietly claw back heading into halftime with the Dinos leading 57-41.

Bennett O'Connor broke out in the 3rd, scoring 16 points in the frame to cut the deficit to nine for UFV.

Dinos veteran Aidan Smith drilled a momentous three pointer that stymied the Cascades' run and brought the thundering home crowd to its feet. Calgary's newcomers took the reins from there, cruising to the 26-point victory. 

Aleksandar Vukovic notched 13 points in the fourth, alongside fellow debut standout Dre Francis, who finished the game with 14 points and nine rebounds.

O'Connor led the Cascades with 24 points and three steals in the game, while Flores added 16 points and eight rebounds, and Dilveer Randhawa chipped in 15 points of his own.  

The two teams will meet up once again on Saturday night at 5 p.m. PT, with the game once again streamed live on CanadaWestTV presented by BioSteel.

-With files from Jack Pengelly; Dinos Communications -