Friday night in Abbotsford, the UNBC Timberwolves (1-8) dropped a 90-58 decision to the Fraser Valley Cascades (5-6). Chris Jackson, who returned to UFV's lineup after a lengthy injury that has spanned parts of two seasons, led the way for the Cascades with 15 points and 11 rebounds. The leader for UNBC was once again Evgeny Baukin. The third-year Russian star posted a team-high 19 points along with eight rebounds.

An under-manned TWolves squad (with only nine players dressed) jumped out to a strong start, posting an 18-16 lead on the strength of nine first quarter points from Baukin. The energy for UNBC was palpable from the jump as Milan Pasquale, Wesley Ainu'u and Isaiah Bias were all making their first Canada West starts. Pasquale supplied the first five points on the night for UNBC before Baukin then took over with nine of his squad's final five first quarter points. Takeshi Croke and Chris Jackson each supplied four in response for UFV.

A triple from Baukin and a pair of tough layups from Chris Ainsley got the offense started for UNBC in the second quarter, but UFV outscored them 12-9 in the opening five minutes to take a slim 28-27 lead. A pair of buckets from Croke and individual makes from Matthias Klim and Uyi Ologhola helped get them there. The hosts continued on a 7-1 run to push their lead to 35-28, but Marcus Wilson swiped momentum back with a triple moving UNBC back within four (35-31). A late three from UFV's Ismael Hernandez and a pair of successful free-throws from Baukin rounded out the scoring in quarter 2 as UFV took a 38-33 lead into the half.

Through 20, Evgeny Baukin led all scorers with 16 points and added three boards, two assists, a block and a steal to his totals. Croke had eight points, four rebounds and an assist in response for the Cascades. Both teams hit four threes in the opening half.

Halfway through the third quarter, UFV had outscored UNBC 19-9 to lead 55-42. Chris Jackson supplied nine of those 19 points for the Cascades while Pasquale (3), Bias, Ainu'u and Chris Ainsley all found the point-sheet for UNBC. UFV's third-quarter dominance continued as they outscored the TWolves 11-2 down the stretch on their way to a 68-44 lead through three. 30 minutes through, Chris Jackson had put together a 13-point, 10 rebound double-double effort for the hosts.

Both coaches leaned on their benches in the final quarter as UFV outscored UNBC 22-14. The fourth quarter bright spot offensively for the Green and Gold was Ainu'u who posted seven of his career-high 11 points in the final Q. Jake Willemsen went three-for-three in the final period for UFV en route to recording eight of his eventual 11 on the night.

When all was said and done, UFV had earned the 90-58 victory as six of their players all reached double-digits in scoring. The leader among all of them for the Cascades was Jackson who ended the night with 16 points and 11 rebounds in his first game back from a lengthy injury that kept him out of action for nearly two years.

At the other side, Baukin paced the UNBC offense with 19 points and a team-leading eight rebounds. Ainu'u (11) and Pasquale (10) also recorded double-digits offensively for the TWoilves who will now shift their attention to a road clash with UBC tomorrow night at 6:00 pm.