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The University of Regina's men's basketball team suffered a 97-70 loss to the No. 1-ranked UBC Thunderbirds on Friday night in a Canada West game at the War Memorial Gym in Vancouver.

UBC took control of the game early, scoring 13 consecutive points over a span of three minutes midway through the first quarter. The Cougars brought the lead back into single digits late in the second quarter, but UBC's Blain LaBranche hit back-to-back three-pointers to put the Thunderbirds up by 15 at the half.

UBC put the game away in the third quarter, outscoring the Cougars by a 24-13 margin in the period.

LaBranche led all players with 20 points for the Thunderbirds, while Josh Whyte (15 points), Brent Malish (13), Kyle Watson (11), and Melvyn Mayott (10) also scored at least ten for UBC.

Jamal Williams had a team-high 18 points for the Cougars. Jimmy Scroggins made his U of R debut and had nine points and a game-high six steals in a spirited 22 minutes off the bench.

The Cougars (4-5) will play at Victoria (5-3) on Saturday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. PST.

NOTES: Jeff Lukomski had three points on Friday, becoming the 13th player in U of R history to register 1000 career points … Paul Schubach needs 47 more points to hit the same milestone.