Abbotsford, BC – Marcus Flores had a career-high 24 points as the UFV Cascades scored a convincing 97-69 win over the UBC Okanagan Heat on Friday at the UFV Athletic Centre.

UFV improves to 2-3 with the win, while UBCO falls to 1-4 on the season. 

How it Happened:
The Cascades took control of the game in the first quarter, with Dilveer Randhawa scoring 12 points and adding three assists in the opening frame, as UFV took a 33-15 lead into the second quarter.

The Heat would chip away at that lead throughout the second quarter, with Jalen Shirley hitting three free throws late to cut the deficit to just eight at the halftime break. 

Flores would take over in the third, scoring 13 points on 5-7 shooting, to help the Cascades reestablish a 23 point margin, and they would manage the game in the fourth on their way to a 97-69 win. 

Notable:
Flores posted a career-high 24 points to go with nine rebounds for UFV, while Randhawa added 22 points and seven assists while shooting 5-7 from three-point range.

Isaak Moore and Shirley each posted a team-high 14 points for the Heat in the contest.

Quotable:
UFV forward Marcus Flores

"This was a big one. We didn't want to leave any questions, and we wanted to make a bit of a statement tonight. Last week against Trinity Western we had a kind of rough start in the games, so it was a big thing we were focusing on to prove to coach that we could come into the first quarter and make a statement."

Up next:
The Cascades now get set to head to Calgary for a pair of matches on November 14^th and 15^th against the Dinos. Both games can be seen live and on demand at canadawest.tv.

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