Evgeny Baukin did what he could to try to stop the bleeding for the UNBC Timberwolves Saturday night at Brownridge Court but he was only putting off the inevitable for his win-starved team.
Despite netting a game-high 23 points in three quarters of action at the Northern Sport Centre the third-year forward couldn’t prevent the Fraser Valley Cascades men’s basketball team from completing the sweep of UNBC in their two-game U SPORTS Canada West series.
The visitors from Abbotsford waltzed to a 94-65 win to even their record at 9-9.
Dilveer Randhawa, with 20 points, and Ismael Hernandez, with 17 points, led the Cascades’ scoreboard assault. Dario Lopez hauled in 13 rebounds and Matthias Klim finished with 11.
Chris Ainsley had seven points and first-year forward Miller Davies collected six for the TWolves, who dropped to 1-15 on the season.
UNBC coach Todd Jordan decided to give Baukin a breather and sat him out for the fourth quarter to give some of the TWolves’ freshmen some playing time.
The UNBC women also lost 77-51 on home court Saturday to a veteran-stacked Fraser Valley squad.
The Cascades were led by Bernie Leda’s 22 points and a 20-point effort from Maddy Gobeil.
Julia Tuchscherer contributed eight rebounds for the visitors, who improved their second-place Pacific Division record to 13-5.
Sophomore guard Viktoria Filatova picked up 17 points to lead all UNBC shooters, while Amrit Manak collected 11 points. Sveta Boykova reached a game-high nine rebounds for the TWolves, who dropped to 4-12.
Now down to their last four games this season, both UNBC teams will be in Langley to take on the Trinity Western University Spartans in weekend doubleheaders Friday and Saturday.
