A three-point bank shot by Ismael Hernandez with four seconds remaining forced the game into overtime for the UFV Cascades, but late free throws sealed the game 97-94 for the Trinity Western Spartans on Friday in Abbotsford.

The loss sees UFV fall to 9-10 on the year, while TWU improves to 11-8 with the win. 

How it happened:
15 first half points each from TWU's Connor Platz and David Mutabazi helped give their team a nine-point lead at the break, but a huge 10-point third quarter from UFV's Dario Lopez helped his team take a 61-58 lead into the fourth. 

A Caleb Gremaud triple tied the game for TWU with seven minutes on the clock, and the teams would trade scores for much of the remaining frame until Jerric Palma hit a three to put the Spartans up five with under two minutes to go. A Clay Kurtz steal and dunk with 31 seconds left cut the deficit to three, and after a miss the Cascades got the ball back with eight seconds remaining and advanced the ball after a time out. Hernandez got the ball in his hands off the inbound and banked in the game tying triple to send it to an extra frame.

The teams once again traded scores for much of OT, but TWU would edge out a four-point lead in the late stages. A Lopez jumper cut the deficit to two with eight seconds left, and UFV was forced to send Palma to the line. He made one of two free throws, and a last gasp chance from UFV was defended well to finish off the game. 
Notable:
Dario Lopez led the Cascades offensively, scoring 23 points and adding 14 rebounds, while Clay Kurtz had 21 points and Takeshi Croke chipped in 14 points and seven assists.

Lopez notched his 400^th career Canada West field goal just 28 seconds into Friday's contest, becoming just the third player in program history to reach that milestone.

Croke's seven assists puts him at 98 for the season, good for second in Canada West.

Up Next:
The two teams meet up once again on Saturday at the UFV Athletic Centre to close out the regular season.Tip-off is set for 5pm PT, and the game can be seen live on Canada West TV. The Cascades will also be honouring a number of graduating seniors in a post-game ceremony.