Lethbridge Knocks Off UNBC At CCAA
By 250 Sports
Thursday, March 17, 2011 08:14 PM
Oshawa Ont – The No. 5 seeded Lethbridge Kodiaks made it three upsets in a row at the CCAA men’s basketball national championship as they defeated the UNBC Northern Thunderwolves 81-66.
“We just played our game, which is just running up the floor and getting good looks. We also got some big stops,” said CCAA All-Canadian and Lethbridge forward Dominyck Coward.
The game began with both teams trying to establish themselves in the post area, with the Kodiaks taking the upper hand and the Timberwolves not clicking on offense, with Lethbridge beginning with a run of 7-0.
A couple loose balls with three minutes left in the quarter saw players diving and scrambling for it on both teams. The Kodiaks had the lead early but Timberwolves guard, Matt Mills drained a couple 3-pointers from beyond the arch to tie up the game at 11. Timberwolves hit a quick pull-up jumper with seconds left in the first quarter to take a 13-11 lead.
Tight defence by both teams seemed to cool down the hot shooting from both sides through the first five minutes of the 2nd quarter, with the score being only 22-17 for the Timberwolves, yet there being fast pace action from basket to basket.
The Timberwolves continued to put up points down the stretch but a couple steals, that led to fast break points by Kodiaks guard Logan Reiter, helped give them the lead going into the half, 31-28.
Early in the 3rd quarter the post play of Kodiaks forward Coward, led the attack and helped Lethbridge break out to a 47-35 lead, and continued to put the pressure on the Timberwolves with their defense.
UNBC defense began to falter late in the quarter and the Kodiaks were able to dominate the rebounds to jump out to a 54-39 lead with a minute remaining on the clock.
The 3rd quarter ended on a score of 56-43 with no slowing down in sight for the Kodiaks.
The 4th quarter started with the Timberwolves playing with more defensive intensity and pushing the tempo on offense.
But halfway through the Kodiaks seemed to be content to exchange points up and down the floor and still managed to hold a lead of 14 points, 66-52.
The Timberwolves cut the lead to 10 points but the Kodiaks began to turn up the heat and seemed to score at will to take a 74-56 point advantage with under three minutes to play.
Even when UNBC were more aggressive on the defensive end, the Kodiaks scored a couple acrobatic lay ups to continue to pad the lead. In the end the offensive and defensive rebounds combined with the ability to score late in the shot clock proved to be too much for the Timberwolves.
Coward finished with a game high 21 points and 15 rebounds.
CCAA player of the year Inderbir Gill was shut down by the Lethbridge defence finishing with 13 points and seven rebounds. Sebastien-Kevin Louis scored a team high 17 points for UNBC.
“We just played our game, which is just running up the floor and getting good looks. We also got some big stops,” said CCAA All-Canadian and Lethbridge forward Dominyck Coward.
The game began with both teams trying to establish themselves in the post area, with the Kodiaks taking the upper hand and the Timberwolves not clicking on offense, with Lethbridge beginning with a run of 7-0.
A couple loose balls with three minutes left in the quarter saw players diving and scrambling for it on both teams. The Kodiaks had the lead early but Timberwolves guard, Matt Mills drained a couple 3-pointers from beyond the arch to tie up the game at 11. Timberwolves hit a quick pull-up jumper with seconds left in the first quarter to take a 13-11 lead.
Tight defence by both teams seemed to cool down the hot shooting from both sides through the first five minutes of the 2nd quarter, with the score being only 22-17 for the Timberwolves, yet there being fast pace action from basket to basket.
The Timberwolves continued to put up points down the stretch but a couple steals, that led to fast break points by Kodiaks guard Logan Reiter, helped give them the lead going into the half, 31-28.
Early in the 3rd quarter the post play of Kodiaks forward Coward, led the attack and helped Lethbridge break out to a 47-35 lead, and continued to put the pressure on the Timberwolves with their defense.
UNBC defense began to falter late in the quarter and the Kodiaks were able to dominate the rebounds to jump out to a 54-39 lead with a minute remaining on the clock.
The 3rd quarter ended on a score of 56-43 with no slowing down in sight for the Kodiaks.
The 4th quarter started with the Timberwolves playing with more defensive intensity and pushing the tempo on offense.
But halfway through the Kodiaks seemed to be content to exchange points up and down the floor and still managed to hold a lead of 14 points, 66-52.
The Timberwolves cut the lead to 10 points but the Kodiaks began to turn up the heat and seemed to score at will to take a 74-56 point advantage with under three minutes to play.
Even when UNBC were more aggressive on the defensive end, the Kodiaks scored a couple acrobatic lay ups to continue to pad the lead. In the end the offensive and defensive rebounds combined with the ability to score late in the shot clock proved to be too much for the Timberwolves.
Coward finished with a game high 21 points and 15 rebounds.
CCAA player of the year Inderbir Gill was shut down by the Lethbridge defence finishing with 13 points and seven rebounds. Sebastien-Kevin Louis scored a team high 17 points for UNBC.
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