LANGLEY, British Columbia – UBC's Maddison Penn and Keylyn Filewich each earned a double-double to lead the visiting Thunderbirds to a 76-64 win over Trinity Western Friday at the Langley Events Centre. 
 
Filewich finished night with 18 points and 13 rebounds, while Penn added 15 points and 15 boards to help UBC (9-4) to its sixth consecutive victory.


 
The Spartans three-headed attack of Jessie Brown (Langley), Sarah Buckingham (Langley) and Tessa Ratzlaff (Abbotsford, B.C.) put up 18, 17 and 16 points, respectively. The loss drops TWU's record to 8-5.
 
After building a nine-point lead at halftime, 41-32, the T-Birds pushed their advantage to a game-high 18-points midway through the third quarter and held off the home side the rest of the way. Despite a 13-0 run by TWU late in the third quarter – one that saw TWU close the gap to five points, 53-48 – that was as closed the Spartans came.
 
The T-Birds won both the battle on the glass, out-rebounding TWU 47-31, and in the shooting percentage department, shooting 50 per cent (34-68) compared to the Spartans 39.7 per cent (27-68). 


 
TWU limited its turnovers to just 13, while UBC had 17.
 
A fast-paced contest saw the teams combine for just 12 free throw attempts, with TWU shooting 4 for 7 and UBC shooting 1 for 5.
 
Shooting 55.6 per cent in the opening 10 minutes, UBC opened a 20-10 lead early in the first quarter before a late Spartans charge made it a six-point game, 22-16, by the end of the frame. 
 
The second quarter was more of the same from UBC, with the T-Birds finishing the half shooting 51.4 per cent while out-rebounding TWU 25-15. Back-to-back 3-pointers from TWU's Brown helped the Spartans keep the differential to single digits, with the home team trailing 41-32 at the break.


 
After a 3-pointer from UBC's Jessica Hanson, who finished with 14 points, the T-Birds opened an 18-point lead, 53-35, midway through third quarter. However, the Spartans clawed right back into the game, closing the gap to five points late in the quarter.
 
UBC pushed it lead back up to 11 points early in the fourth quarter, 64-54, before eventually finishing the night with a 12-point edge.

Friday's game was the Spartans annual Shoot for the Cure night as part of the U SPORTS initiative to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and other related local and provincial charities.