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Exhibition: Calgary Dinos show youth in falling to Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
CALGARY – A night after an outstanding shooting
performance, the University of Calgary Dinos turned the ball over
early and often in an 80-63 setback against the Northern Arizona
Lumberjacks Saturday night at the 2010 Battle of the Border.
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Calgary committed 10 turnovers in the opening quarter alone,
leaving the Dinos in a nine-point hole after the first 10 minutes.
The home side struggled with a much-improved defensive effort from
the Lumberjacks, who improved to 3-1 in their Canadian series.
“We played young,” observed Dinos head coach Dan
Vanhooren. “We dribbled it all over the place and
didn’t really run any offence in the first half. When
you’re down like that after the first quarter against a good
basketball team, it’s hard to get back into it.”
The Dinos did manage to get back within six at the half, but that
deficit was back up to 19 by the end of the third quarter. Again,
Calgary battled back and brought the score to within nine early in
the fourth quarter before foul trouble caught up to them late.
Vanhooren was pleased with his team’s ability to bounce
back.
“There are some things I really liked – we fought back
and got within six at the half,” he said. “Every time
we went down, our kids fought back, and I like that character in
them. We have a lot to work with, it’s pretty
exciting.”
Once again Tyler Fidler led the way for Calgary, piling
up 20 points to go with 10 rebounds and hitting a perfect 10-for-10
from the stripe in 32 minutes on the floor. Jarred
Ogungbemi-Jackson was the only other Dino to hit double
digits with his 13 points, while Phil Labongo and
Andrew McGuinness scored nine apiece.
After just two Lumberjacks cracked the 10-point barrier in scoring
during Calgary’s 89-65 win Friday night, NAU saw four players
in double digits Saturday. Eric Platt and Cameron Jones each had 17
with Danny Redmon adding 13 and Austin Smith 11. Shane Johannsen
had a massive night on the glass, hauling down 12 key rebounds for
the Big Sky school.
The 2010 Battle of the Border closes Sunday morning when NAU plays
its fifth game in as many days, taking on the Lethbridge Pronghorns
at 10 a.m. MT in The Jack.
The Dinos, meanwhile, will enjoy two more weeks of summer before
classes begin. Calgary tips off the 2010-11 Canada West season Oct.
22-23 with a two-game trip to Victoria before opening at home Oct.
29-30 against Lethbridge.
Source:
Calgary Sports Info
