‘OVER THE EDGE February 27- Maron t2, 2008 - Sports and Clubs — - Outrageous Call Takes Host Out of Playoffs Anprew BaiLey Seorts anp Ciues Eniror The UNBC Men’s Basketball team finished off their final home game of the season with an amazing clutch performance bringing tremendous excitement to the screaming home fans one last time. Jay Gladish, playing in his last home game of his prestigious and award filled T-Wolf career was honoured for his commitment to the team and given a final farewell in a ceremony before the game. Once this ceremony was over, Gladish gave the fans one last incredible performance, nailing a three point shot from the sticks to start off the game putting UNEC up by a quick three points right away. Chris Laurie then sparked an impressive T-Wolf drive with a huge steal and dish off to Paul Burkholder who wowed the crowd and the Malaspina defense with a huge crossover dribble and drive to the basket. Six unanswered points by Laurie followed and the T-Wolves were up 13-2 to open the game. The scoring quickly slowed down however as Malaspina tightened up their defense but were still unable to put the ball in the basket, causing the score to remain stagnant for roughly two minutes until Mala- spina sparked a drive putting them down by only two, 13-11 at the end of the first quarter. the court. .Puoro courresy of Scorr BEATON A quick steal and open lay-up to start off the second quar- ter completed the Malaspina come-back and the game started over again at 13 a piece. Laurie continued his impressive play in the 2nd quarter with great shooting as well as a huge dunk, jumping over and completely humiliating Malaspina forward Ryan Davidson. Strong performances by both teams in the 2nd quarter saw Malaspina holding a 29-26 lead at the end of the first half. The T-Wolves were able to tie the game in third how- — ever as Jay Gladish, establishing his ever dominating presence on the court, nailed another three-ball to tie the game up at 31 as the hometown fans began biting their nails in this must win game for UNBC. Then UNBC forward Jarret Borsoi put the crowd on its feet jamming home a huge two handed power slam and taking control of the paint throughout the half coming up with huge blocks much to the dismay of Malaspina forward Graham Giske whose repeated attempts to drive the lane were met with 4 by | point in a must win situa- 1 tion. With the clock ticking # UNBC Guard Sean Corcoran making things happen on through the lane sinking the what I will now name: the impenetrable wall # that Borsoi built. Borsoi’s defense in the paint | led Giske to give up his drives to the hoop and instead began shooting from beyond the arch, incredibly poorly, and Malasapina was visibly frustrated to be taken off their game plan and forced by Borsoi to try a different | scoring strategy that proved tremendously [ ineffective. The third quarter ended in a tie F 46-46. With Borsoi continuing to shut down the Mariners on the defensive end, Chris Laurie and Dennis Stark were able to create a UNBC momentum swing and put up 6 unanswered points putting the T-Wolves up 52-46 with the clock ticking down in the fourth quarter, in- cluding a beautiful alley-oop lay in pass from Gladish to Stark. Then the referee decided to help out the Mariners by blocking a ball Members of NUGGS having fun with UNBC President Don Cant which would have gone out of bounds and shooting free T-shirts into the crowd. given back to UNBC, which lead to a lay-up and drawn foul for Malaspina, although the free throw was missed Malasapina secured the rebound and put it back in the basket meaning that the referee had given Malaspina four unanswered points to the dismay of the UNBC crowd. A quick next basket by the Mar- iners gave them back the lead putting them up by | with very | little time left in the game. Jimmy McGinty, the beloved coach of the Washington Sentinels in the critically acclaimed movie The Replacements played by Gene Hackman, told fictitious quarterback Shane Falco, played by Keanu Reeves, the infam- ous line “winners always want the ball when the game’s on the line.” With this in mind, it was no surprise to see Jay Gladish with the ball, his team down down Gladish drove hard [= basket and picking up the foul all in one fluid motion with a smoothness that can only be compared to one thing, pure butter. Gladish hit the free throw and finished off the game just as he had started it, hitting three points to take the lead. Laurie drew a foul on the next drive and hit one of two at the line putting the final nail in Malaspina’s coffin and the T-Wolves finished off their last home game of the season: with an incredibly impressive 63-60 win over the Malaspina Mariners. This win put the Timberwolves in an excellent position to make the playoffs, however they were removed from play- off contention with a 78-72 loss against the UBC Okanagan team in a game much criticized for questionable refereeing. Mariners UNBC Men huddling up before taking on Malasapina | PHOTO COURTESY OF Scorr Beaton Proto courtesy oF Scott BEATON After leading by 10 points at the half with a score of 33-23 the T-Wolves chances of victory were looking great, however the UBC Okanagan Lakers were able to string together a few baskets and put the score within two with two minutes left in the fourth quarter. Then the referee made a questionable and devastating call, charging Gladish with his Sth personal foul of the game and therefore confining the star guard to the bench for the remaining, gut-wrenching, seconds of the game. With- out Gladish on the court the T-Wolves were unable to slow the momentum of the Lakers and fell to a disappointing and unfair 78-72 loss. The loss * took UNBC out of playoff contention as the Capilano College Blues won both their games on the weekend | defeating Langara 90-88 on | Friday and Kwantlen Uni- versity College 82-68 on Saturday to take the 6th and final playoff spot away from the T-Wolves. The BCCAA playoffs will be held from February 28th to March Ist, here at UNBC making the absence of the UNBC Men’s Basketball game all the more heart 4 shattering as they will have ~ to watch from the bleachers in their own gym. However, UNBC will still be repre- sented in the playoffs this year with the very strong Women’s team. Tickets are available at the Sports Centre front desk. Women Supporting Women Anprew BaiLey Sports anp Ciuss Epiror I spent Valentine’s Day the same way as most single people. I made a Valentine’s Day card for a friend of mine, ate some choco- late, and sat around feeling sorry for myself. The members of the Alpha Pi Beta soror- ity however, spent Valentine’s Day in a very non-stereotypical way, making a difference and bettering the lives of women in our com- munity. Every year the sorority raises around $200 through their Valentine candy and card sale. They then donate that money to a local women’s shelter, which they choose based on level of need. This year the sorority was able to raise a record $310 which they will be donating to AWAC, An Association Advocating for Women and Children. AWAC is a commun- ity agency which provides women and youth with services including but not limited to: a 24 hour emergency shelter where clients are sup- ported to acquire readiness for increased in- dependence, a minimal barrier shelter, which is a safe overnight shelter where women and female youth are provided with meals and snacks and access to shower and laundry facilities, and a supported housing program which consists of 8 housing units with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities, where tenants are supported by tenant support workers to develop and carry out personalized life plans to enable them to move towards a greater de- gree of independence and stability. Marianne Sorensen, Executive Director, of AWAC was tremendously grateful of the $310 donation stating, “on behalf of all of the women that AWAC serves and out staff and board I’d really like to thank the Al- pha-Pi Beta sorority for their donation to us and to our pro- grams and services for women.” Lindsey Stinson, vice president of Alpha Pi Beta sorority, who you met in the “Get to Know a Club President” section from last issue’s Over The Edge in turn thanked all those who generously supported their fund- raising event stating “the sorority would like to thank all the students and staff at UNBC who purchased our Valentines Day candy, because they’re the ones who allowed us to make this donation.” When I asked Lindsey about the sorority’s motivation to spend the Lindsey Stinson, vice president of Alpha Pi Beta sorority and Marianne Sorensen, Executive Director, of AWAC, from left. most romantic day of the year cooped up inside raising money for people whom they have never met, she explained to me “essen- tially were women helping women. We treal- ize that poverty stricken women and children are Prince George’s most marginalized demo- graphic and so every year we fundraise to help them out.” Any of you reading this and feel- ing like boosting your karma levels a little bit can get involved with AWAC and their fight to create a more positive living environment for women and youth by calling them at 562- 6262 for more information.