Kelowna, BC – It took overtime on Saturday to separate the UFV Cascades and UBC Okanagan Heat, but it was the hosts that found the edge in the extra period to come up with a 94-85 result in Kelowna.
The loss drops UFV to 1-3 on the season, while UBCO improves to 2-2 with the victory.
How it happened :
The Heat opened the game on a 6-0 run, but the Cascades would claw back throughout the opening frame, cutting the deficit to two halfway through the quarter on a
Lorenzo Bonamin layup, before a pair of
Amari Jones free throws at the end would make it a one point game going into the second.
The game remained tight in the second, with a Tarun Saroya four-point play putting the Heat back up by five. The Cascades would fight back once again, with a 6-0 run of their own. A Saroya layup at the end of the half would be all that separated the teams at the break.
The third quarter followed much of the same script, with UBCO snatching a small lead, before back-to-back three pointers from
Taige Roberts would pull UFV level again at 49 apiece. Both teams traded free throws as the quarter came to a close, with the Heat leading 62-60.
A pair of
Mercer Thiessen threes in the middle of the fourth gave UFV a small lead, and
Clay Kurtz would chip in a pair of baskets of his own to keep the advantage, but UBCO's Isaak Moore would hit consecutive threes to put the hosts up by two with under 30 seconds left. Kurtz responded for UFV with a layup to tie it and force an extra frame.
UBCO would hold UFV to just three points off free throws in overtime, as five points from Saroya and three from Moore helped them close out the 94-85 win.
Notable :
Kurtz led UFV with 19 points in the game, including nine in the fourth quarter, while
Taige Roberts added 17 points with 11 of those coming in the third. The two of them each completed double-doubles on the night with 10 rebounds and 11 boards respectively.
Lorenzo Bonamin also had a strong performance for UFV with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Saroya led UBCO with 27 points on the night, while Anthony Brady had 21, and Moore added 19.
UBCO shot 51.5% (34-66) from the field in the game, compared to just 37% (30-81) for UFV.
Keep up to date
Cascades regular season 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. All Cascades regular season soccer, volleyball, and basketball games are also available to watch live and on demand at canadawest.tv.
About UFV
Located in the beautiful Fraser Valley just east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
, the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is a
fully accredited, public university that enrolls approximately 15,000 students per year. UFV has
campuses and locations in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, and Hope, and a growing presence in Chandigarh, India.
