SPARTANS CLOSE OUT 2019 WITH RETURN TO DAVID. E. ENARSON GYM

The Spartans men’s team will look to pick up its first win of the season against MacEwan, as Trinity Western hosts the Griffins Friday and Saturday back on campus at the David. E. Enarson Gymnasium.

WEEKEND PREVIEW Friday, Nov 29th vs. MacEwan – 8 p.m. PT

Saturday, Nov 30th vs. MacEwan – 7 p.m. PT

THE WEEKEND STORY

• This weekend is a matchup of two teams looking for their first win of the year as both sides are 0-6 to start the 2019-20 season. • Both games will be played at the Spartans former home on campus at Trinity Western University, the David. E. Enarson Gymansium. • The Spartans return home after a pair of losses on the road to unbeaten and No. 2 ranked Calgary, while MacEwan visits after losing to Thompson Rivers in both its home games last weekend. • TWU will look for Ja’Qualyn Gilbreath (Amarillo, Tex.) to carry its offence, as the fourth-year transfer is currently sixth in conference scoring (20.5 ppg). • The Spartans will need to contain Griffins rookie Luke Harold, who is currently second in conference 3-pt percentage, sitting at 57.1%. • TWU and MacEwan last played Feb. 2-3 2018, with both teams splitting games in . • The last time TWU played a regular season game at David E. Enarson Gymnasium was in 2016-17 (Dec. 1-2), with the Spartans falling in a pair of games against Brandon. • The Spartans last win was against MacEwan on Feb. 2, 2018 when TWU knocked off the Griffins 97-88 in Edmonton. Ethan DaSilva (Calgary) and Aaron Paetkau (Parksville, B.C.) are the only two current Spartans who remain from the 2017-18 TWU squad.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (0-6) West standings: T-16th Last Weekend: at Calgary (L 112-74, L110-86) Streak: 6L Regular Season Form: L-L-L-L-L

MACEWAN GRIFFINS (0-6) Canada West Standings: T-16th Last Weekend: vs. Thompson Rivers (L 79-56, L 79-74) Streak: 6L Regular Season Form: L-L-L-L-L

About Spartan Athletics As official members of , the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, , basketball, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men's hockey and as an independent team in men's rugby. The men's and women's hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships.

CANADA WEST MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS Place Team Record PF-PA Streak Points 1 7-1 687-580 W2 14 2 Calgary 6-0 561-455 W6 12 3 UBC 6-2 717-582 W4 12 4 Thompson Rivers 6-2 679-587 W1 12 5 Manitoba 5-1 530-469 W2 10 6 Saskatchewan 5-1 526-476 L1 10 7 Victoria 4-2 449-393 W3 8 8 Regina 4-4 681-636 W1 8 9 UNBC 4-4 635-679 L1 8 10 Mount Royal 3-3 513-570 L3 6 11 UFV 3-3 507-459 W1 6 12 Lethbridge 3-5 689-740 L1 6 13 Winnipeg 3-6 685-702 W1 6 14 UBC Okanagan 1-7 546-748 L5 2 15 Brandon 1-8 675-781 L6 2 16 Trinity Western 0-6 483-597 L6 0 17 MacEwan 0-6 425-534 L6 0

USPORTS TOP TEN RANKING RANK SCHOOL Record Points (1ST) Previous 1 Carleton 8-0 477 (45) 1 2 Dalhousie 6-0 433 (3) 2 3 Calgary 6-0 382 4 4 Ottawa 7-1 307 3 5 Alberta 7-1 293 6 6 Lakehead 7-3 225 8 7 Saskatchewan 5-1 197 5 8 Laurentian 8-1 143 10 9 McMaster 6-2 102 7 10 UBC 6-2 39 NR 2019-20 TWU Men's Basketball Roster No. Name POS HT WT Elig Course Home Town Last Team (Highschool) 0 Adam Gehrig F 6-6 200 3 BUSI Toowoomba, AUS Clackamas (Centenary Heights) 1 Ree Compton F 6-5 180 1 GENR Toronto, ON (Central Toronto Academy) 3 Ethan DaSilva G 6-1 165 5 EDUC Calgary, Alta. Briercrest (William Aberhart) 4 Gabe Mannes G 6-0 170 2 GENR Chilliwack, BC CBC (GW Graham) 5 Riley Braich G 6-4 195 3 BUSI Abbotsford, BC UFV (Yale) 6 Keyan Adkins F 6-4 180 1 GENR Langley, BC (Pacific Academy) 9 Isaiah Reimer W 6-4 185 2 BUSI Abbotsford, BC (MEI) 10 Aaron Paetkau F 6-6 185 3 GENR Parksville, BC (Ballenas) 11 Daniel Stead F 6-7 190 2 HKIN Langley, BC (Walnut Grove) 13 Ja'Qualyn Gilbreath G 6-2 165 4 BUSI Amarillo, TX Lubbock Christian 14 Andrew Goertzen C 6-9 235 2 HKIN Langley, BC (Walnut Grove) 21 Jack Nadelhoffer F 6-7 200 5 BUSI Tigard, Oregon CBC (Jesuit)

Head Coach: Trevor Pridie (1) Asst. Coaches: Joel Ashbee, Hugh Lynn, Matt Guynup, Matt Bolton Student Therapist: Ted Zhu, Teagan Christianson Head Therapist: Natalie Ghobrial SID: Scott Stewart Marketing and Media Manager: Mark Janzen 2019-20 MacEwan Men's Basketball Roster No. Name Pos Ht Wt Elig Faculty Hometown Previous Team 0 Tylar Dobish G 6-5 160 2 Arts St. Albert, AB NAIT Ooks 1 Abdullah Shittu F 6-8 210 3 Arts Edmonton, AB Harry Ainlay HS 2 Deonte Doslov-Doctor PG 6-0 180 5 Commerce Edmonton, AB Archbishop MacDonald 3 Jesse Trussler PG 6-1 180 2 Arts Regina, SK Campbell Collegiate HS 4 Gregoire Piche-Wint F 6-6 185 1 Arts Winnipeg, MB Notre Dame 5 Luke Harold F 6-4 195 2 Science Regina, SK Campbell Collegiate 6 Grayson Youngs PG 6-2 165 1 Arts Edmonton, AB Ross Sheppard 7 Jake Notice W/PG 6-4 195 4 Arts Bath, UK Bristol Flyers (SJS College) 8 Mason Hunter W 6-3 195 3 Commerce Sherwood Park, AB UAlberta-Augustana 9 Dustin Gatzki F 6-4 195 4 Commerce Westlock, AB Eastern Wyoming College 10 Colton Halbersma W 6-2 175 1 Commerce Sherwood Park, AB Good Hoops U17 Elite 14 Alex Jap F 6-6 230 2 Communications Sherwood Park, AB Bev Facey 15 Abiel Tabufor W 6-4 200 2 Science Grande Prairie, AB Grande Prairie Composite RS Eddy Nkerabahizi W 6-3 173 3 Science Spruce Grove, AB UAlberta-Augustana

Head Coach: Mike Connolly (1st season) Assistant Coaches: Ryan Bhalla, Kashrell Lawrence, Jacob Cusumano Student Assistant: Anup Thakkar Assistant Manager: Scottie Mergaert Head Athletic Therapist: Jennifer Dunn Student Therapist: Sofia Contreras Athletics Director: Ken Schildroth Sports Information: Jefferson Hagen Trinity Western Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 29, 2019) All games

Overall record: 0-6 Conf: 0-6 Home: 0-2 Away: 0-4 Neutral: 0-0

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROW REBOUNDS ## PLAYER GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA FG3% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 06 K Adkins 2-0 3 1.5 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 05 R Braich 2-2 53 26.5 11-31 .355 9-23 .391 3-6 .500 0 3 3 1.5 2 0 1 3 0 3 34 17.0 01 R Compton 5-0 25 5.0 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0 5 5 1.0 2 0 0 3 1 0 5 1.0 03 E Dasilva 6-5 116 19.3 11-26 .423 3-6 .500 7-11 .636 3 11 14 2.3 11 0 12 12 0 7 32 5.3 00 A Gehrig 6-2 131 21.8 15-53 .283 6-30 .200 4-6 .667 3 17 20 3.3 16 1 10 9 2 3 40 6.7 13 J Gilbreath 6-6 200 33.3 45-112 .402 12-41 .293 21-25 .840 10 33 43 7.2 21 0 14 15 5 16 123 20.5 14 A Goertzen 4-2 46 11.5 6-15 .400 0-0 - 2-4 .500 3 3 6 1.5 10 1 2 5 2 0 14 3.5 04 G Mannes 6-3 151 25.2 30-65 .462 7-19 .368 6-8 .750 4 9 13 2.2 19 1 10 11 0 10 73 12.2 21 J Nadelhoffer 6-5 160 26.7 25-58 .431 4-17 .235 11-17 .647 15 30 45 7.5 18 1 5 11 8 13 65 10.8 10 A Paetkau 6-1 57 9.5 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 - 2 0 2 0.3 9 0 0 4 0 0 6 1.0 09 I Reimer 6-4 138 23.0 21-54 .389 14-39 .359 2-3 .667 0 11 11 1.8 20 1 2 3 2 3 58 9.7 11 D Stead 6-0 120 20.0 13-28 .464 5-13 .385 2-2 1.000 5 8 13 2.2 12 1 3 11 1 3 33 5.5 Totals 6.0 1200 - 182-454 .401 61-192 .318 58-82 .707 56 153 209 34.8 140 1 59 88 21 58 483 80.5 Opponents 6.0 1200 - 212-420 .505 49-145 .338 124-158 .785 72 227 299 49.8 92 1 103 97 13 33 597 99.5

TEAM STATISTICS TRINITY WESTERN OPP DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATT. SCORING 483 597 * 11/01/2019 at Thompson Rivers L, 102-80 400 Points per game 80.5 99.5 * 11/02/2019 at Thompson Rivers L, 85-70 350 Scoring margin -19 - * 11/08/2019 UNBC L, 100-87 380 FIELD GOALS-ATT 182-454 212-420 * 11/09/2019 UNBC L, 88-86 345 Field goal pct .401 .505 * 11/22/2019 at Calgary L, 112-74 479 3 POINT FG-ATT 61-192 49-145 * 11/23/2019 at Calgary L, 110-86 419 3-point FG pct .318 .338 3-pt FG made per game 10.2 8.2 * = Conference game FREE THROWS-ATT 58-82 124-158 Free throw pct .707 .785 F-Throws made per game 9.7 20.7 REBOUNDS 209 299 Rebounds per game 34.8 49.8 Turnover margin -15 - ASSISTS 59 103 Assists per game 9.8 17.2 TURNOVERS 88 97 Turnovers per game 14.7 16.2 Assit/turnover ratio 0.7 1.1 STEALS 58 33 Steals per game 9.7 5.5 BLOCKS 21 13 Blocks per game 3.5 2.2 ATTENDANCE 725 1648 Home games-Avg/Game 2-362 4-412 Neutral site-Avg/Game 0-0 -

SCORE BY 1 2 3 4 TOTAL PERIODS Trinity Western 115 133 111 124 483 Opponents 140 138 165 154 597 MacEwan Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 29, 2019) All games

Overall record: 0-6 Conf: 0-6 Home: 0-4 Away: 0-2 Neutral: 0-0

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROW REBOUNDS ## PLAYER GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA FG3% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 00 T Dobish 2-0 8 4.0 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 02 D Doslov-Doctor 6-6 161 26.8 30-78 .385 11-35 .314 8-15 .533 2 27 29 4.8 5 0 17 15 3 3 79 13.2 09 D Gatzki 5-4 118 23.6 9-26 .346 3-10 .300 2-4 .500 6 18 24 4.8 14 1 12 11 2 8 23 4.6 10 C Halbersma 2-0 4 2.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 - 0 3 3 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.0 05 L Harold 6-1 94 15.7 14-30 .467 8-14 .571 6-8 .750 4 13 17 2.8 10 0 4 7 2 1 42 7.0 08 M Hunter 6-5 135 22.5 13-45 .289 11-37 .297 5-6 .833 0 12 12 2.0 9 0 10 6 2 3 42 7.0 14 A Jap 4-3 99 24.8 15-24 .625 0-0 - 5-9 .556 8 16 24 6.0 13 1 5 6 3 2 35 8.8 04 G Piche-Wint 6-2 130 21.7 12-47 .255 4-27 .148 5-6 .833 4 17 21 3.5 11 0 9 10 3 1 33 5.5 01 A Shittu 6-6 135 22.5 23-72 .319 4-21 .190 13-14 .929 7 19 26 4.3 19 1 4 17 9 1 63 10.5 15 A Tabufor 6-2 99 16.5 20-45 .444 3-5 .600 17-22 .773 24 12 36 6.0 7 0 3 13 2 0 60 10.0 03 J Trussler 6-1 137 22.8 10-33 .303 7-22 .318 5-8 .625 0 13 13 2.2 8 0 13 8 2 6 32 5.3 06 G Youngs 5-0 80 16.0 5-23 .217 4-18 .222 0-0 - 3 8 11 2.2 9 0 4 3 0 3 14 2.8 Totals 6.0 1200 - 152-426 .357 55-190 .289 66-92 .717 67 174 241 40.2 107 3 81 102 28 29 425 70.8 Opponents 6.0 1200 - 197-427 .461 49-135 .363 91-127 .717 70 209 279 46.5 95 0 77 73 21 48 534 89.0

TEAM STATISTICS MACEWAN OPP DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATT. SCORING 425 534 * 11/01/2019 Mount Royal L, 96-80 80 Points per game 70.8 89.0 * 11/02/2019 Mount Royal L, 102-87 0 Scoring margin -18.2 - * 11/08/2019 at Saskatchewan L, 99-63 770 FIELD GOALS-ATT 152-426 197-427 * 11/09/2019 at Saskatchewan L, 79-65 550 Field goal pct .357 .461 * 11/15/2019 Thompson Rivers L, 79-56 0 3 POINT FG-ATT 55-190 49-135 * 11/16/2019 Thompson Rivers L, 79-74 0 3-point FG pct .289 .363 3-pt FG made per game 9.2 8.2 * = Conference game FREE THROWS-ATT 66-92 91-127 Free throw pct .717 .717 F-Throws made per game 11.0 15.2 REBOUNDS 241 279 Rebounds per game 40.2 46.5 Turnover margin -6.3 - ASSISTS 81 77 Assists per game 13.5 12.8 TURNOVERS 102 73 Turnovers per game 17.0 12.2 Assit/turnover ratio 0.8 1.1 STEALS 29 48 Steals per game 4.8 8.0 BLOCKS 28 21 Blocks per game 4.7 3.5 ATTENDANCE 80 1320 Home games-Avg/Game 4-20 2-660 Neutral site-Avg/Game 0-0 -

SCORE BY 1 2 3 4 TOTAL PERIODS MacEwan 94 119 110 102 425 Opponents 110 145 144 135 534