They gave it the old college try.
A 25-point 4th quarter, which included some clutch shot making proved to be the difference for the UBC Thunderbirds in an 88-74 victory over the UNBC Timberwolves at the Northern Sports Centre on Thursday night.
It was a woeful night from long-range for UNBC going a chilly 5-for-34 in the game, while the Thunderbirds were 7-for-14 from three-point land.
UBC had six players reach double-digit points including Nicola Guzina who had a team-high 19 points to go along with seven rebounds.
Holt Tomie, Gus Goerzen, Nylan Roberts, Zeru Abera and Edouard Gauthier also tallied ten points or more in the contest as the Thunderbirds improved to 11-2 on the season.
Isiah Bias had a strong out in defeat for the 2-11 T-Wolves with 19 points. Second-year big-man Miller Davies hooped 18 points and had a perfect 8-for-8 showing on field goals.
UNBC was once again without Canada West leading top-scorer Evgeni Baukin due to injury.
In seven games this season, the fourth-year player has averaged 25.7 points per game.
In women’s action, the Thunderbirds improved 9-4 on the campaign after a convincing 84-49 win against UNBC.
Ten UBC players recorded at least one bucket in the game, including Cassie Joli-Coeur who put up a team high 20 points while coming off the bench.
Olivia Weeks proved to be a monster at both ends of the court for the visiting T-Birds tallying 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Her teammate and UBC Okanagan transfer Jaeli Ibbetson recorded six points and 15 rebounds.
Viktoriia Filatova recorded 14 points in 30 minutes of action for UNBC.
UBC went 31-for-79 on field goals while the Timberwolves (1-12), only converted on 24.6% of their attempts (14-for-57).
Both UNBC basketball teams are back in action on Saturday when they take on the Fraser Valley Cascades at 5pm (women) and 7pm (men) from Brownridge Court at the Northern Sports Centre.
Saturday also marks Shoot for the Cure Night, where the T-Wolves women’s basketball team will be wearing special pink jerseys.
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