The winning streak is over for the  Thompson Rivers University WolfPack. They opened the 2017 portion of their Canada West men's basketball season with a 10 point loss to the visiting University of Victoria Vikes. The score on Friday (Jan 6) was 86-76.

SYNOPSIS

The WolfPack trailed by seven (19-12) after the first quarter and were down 43-34 at the half.  Grant Sitton (5^th year, forward, Brush Prairie, Washington) led the Vikes offensively wWolfPack Men's Volleyball Swept In Calgaryith 30 points.

TRU's top scorer was Michael Rouault (2^nd year, guard, Vernon, BC) with 15 points.  Derek Rhodes (3^rd year, guard, Antioch, California) chipped in with 14 points while  Joe Davis (2^nd year, forward, Kamloops, BC) added 13 points.

The Pack outscored the Vikes 25-16 in the final quarter.

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KEY STATS:

Thompson Rivers

Michael Rouault: 15 points, 6 rebounds (2 on defense), 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

Derek Rhodes: 14 points, 2 rebounds (one ach way), 3 assists, 2 steals

Joe Davis: 13 points, 2 rebounds (one each way), 2 steals, 1 block, 2 assists

Volodymyr Iegorov:  11 points, 9 rebounds (5 on defense), 4 steals, 4 assists, 1 block

Victoria:

Grant Sitton:  30 points,  7 rebounds (4 on defense), 1 assist

Scott Kellum: 18 points, 4 rebounds (2 each way), 1 assist, 3 steals

JJ Hamel-Carey: 16 points, 5 assists, 2 steals

Hassan Abdullahi: 10 points, 5 rebounds (all on defense), 3 assists, 1 steal

TURNOVERS:

Victoria 20        TRU  15

SCORING BY PERIOD:

Victoria   19   24   27   16   86

TRU          12  22   17   25    76

RECORDS:

TRU   5-6           Victoria  3-6

QUOTES:

TRU  head coach Scott Clark:

On the Contest:

"Shooting well is not playing well. We didn't play well. They kicked our ass and we should be embarrassed by our efforts today."

"Victoria head coach Craig Beaucamp (14^th season) :

On the Game:

"The biggest thing is that we hit some shots. That was the biggest difference. They didn't shoot the ball as well as they usually do. If you looked at the stats in the first half that was the difference. We hit seven and they hit two. We continued the hot shooting in the second half.  I thought it was a pretty evenly played contest."

UP NEXT:

The two teams will play again at the Tournament Capital Centre tomorrow (Sat Jan 14). Tip off is 7 pm.

Next week: TRU will wrap up their home stand with back to back games against the University of Winnipeg Wesmen (Jan 13-14). Victoria will return to the Interior to visit Kelowna, BC and the UBCO Heat..

Those games can be seen on www.CanadawestTV on a pay-per-view basis.