Box Score Saturday night at Brownridge Court in Prince George, the UNBC Timberwolves (1-19) wrapped up their Canada West Men's Basketball season with a 96-58 loss to the UBC Thunderbirds (15-5). Four different UBC players finished with 15-or-more points and Victor Radocaj led all them with 19. At the other side Isaiah Bias led with 17 while Milan Pasquale netted a new career high of 15 points. But the story of the night for UNBC was Josh Gillespie who wrapped up his two-year tenure at UNBC with a 10-point, nine-rebound effort.

On a night where Gillespie was honoured as the lone departing UNBC Timberwolf, the Idaho Dynamo wasted little time in making an impact. He recorded the first points of the night for UNBC and would later add a second bucket and four rebounds as the TWolves led 21-17 after one. First-year guard Milan Pasquale was feeling it early from deep as he nailed three from beyond the arc on his way to a nine-point quarter. For UBC it was Micah Jessie leading thew way with six first-quarter points. He hit a two, a three and a single free-throw.  

UBC bounced back in a big way in the second quarter, outscoring UNBC 29-13. The main catalyst for the T-Birds turnaround was Victor Radocaj who shot four-for-five in the second quarter and also pulled down four rebounds. Tobi Akinkunmi supplied five to the UBC cause while UNBC's top second-quarter scorer was Gillespie with six.

At the half, Gillespie had 10 points and six boards to lead UNBC in both categories. The nine points from Radocaj were tops for UBC while Fareed Shittu led UBC with six rebounds at the halfway mark.

UBC increased their lead by seven in the third thanks to a 25-18 swing. Adam Olsen got hot as he doubled his point output going from eight at the half to 16 through three. Radocaj added six more, giving him 15 after three. For UNBC Isaiah Bias poured in seven, giving him a team-high 15 through three. Bias had also secured seven rebounds through three quarters, putting him second only behind Gillespie's eight.

In the fourth, Shittu (10) and Brendan Sullivan (7) combined for 17 of UBC's 25 points while the fourth quarter points from UNBC came from Bias, Wesley Ainu'u and Pasquale. But the biggest ovation of the fourth came with under two minutes remaining when Josh Gillespie left the floor to a deservedly loud ovation from the Timberwolves faithful.

The final score of the night showed 96-58 for UBC.

As the 2024-25 season now officially comes to a close, UNBC Athletics would once again like to thank Josh Gillespie for his impactful two years of service at UNBC. The Idaho Dynamo has left this place better thanks to his passion, dedication and leadership. Thank you Josh!