Jadon Cohee
Bob Frid/UBC Thunderbirds
86
Lethbridge LET 3-6
109
Winner UBC UBC 7-2
Lethbridge LET
3-6
86
Final
109
UBC UBC
7-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Lethbridge LET 23 24 23 16 86
UBC UBC 31 26 27 25 109

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Aneesa Heatherington (UBC communications)

T-Birds share the ball to get past Pronghorns

VANCOUVER - The UBC Thunderbirds (7-2) captured their fifth straight victory with a commanding 109-86 win over the Lethbridge Pronghorns (3-6) at War Memorial Gym. It's the third consecutive triple-digit scoring performance for the 'Birds, who entered the weekend with the second most points per game in the Canada West (89.6) and the second highest field goal percentage (47.0).
 
Jadon Cohee led the UBC attack with 23 points and seven assists while teammate Manroop Clair was just behind with 22 and Grant Audu added 20 for the 'Birds who returned to home court after two consecutive weeks on the road.

Manroop Clair
 
Kyle Peterson exploded with a team-best 23 points and nine assists for Lethbridge while Zachary Coleman-Brock added 21 in the loss.
 
"We weren't very happy at all with how we defended early," said head coach Kevin Hanson post game. "They took advantage of us, they made some pretty good reads from the offensive end, made us pay for the way we were playing so we made some adjustments and changed some matchups. I think that helped us but still we have a lot to talk about overnight to come out with a better defensive effort tomorrow."
 
The 'Birds led 22-12 after Clair's second triple, and finished the first quarter up 31-23 after a Zack Moore steal sprung Clair for a smooth eurostep finish. Peterson went off in the second quarter - scoring 13 points in the frame - to bring Lethbridge within two at 43-41. UBC regrouped coming out of a timeout, and reclaimed their 10-point advantage heading into halftime up 57-47. UBC shot an impressive 68.7 per cent from the field and went eight for 14 from beyond the arc in the opening half.
   
While their offence was clicking in the first half, the T-Bird defence went to work in the second half to lock down on Peterson and widen their lead to 84-70 after the third quarter. Clair and Cohee continued to cook as UBC's scoring depth was on full display to overpower the Pronghorns en route to victory.

Grant Audu
 
Hanson also spoke to how his squad spread out the offence even though the hosts had a short bench with just nine healthy players dressed.
 
"I think it's a good opportunity to let some of the younger guys play but still your go to guys have to be good and we have to be better. We shared the ball and we can score the ball but we have to work on defending a whole lot better and not give them so many opportunities and easy buckets."
 
The Thunderbirds and Pronghorns will square off in a rematch on Saturday at 7 p.m. PT inside War Memorial Gym to close out the 2019 portion of their Canada West schedule.
 
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