Almost everything that went right for the Beacons on Friday night went wrong on Saturday as the University of British Columbia claimed an 80-66 victory.
NCU (4-1) suffered their first loss of the season as they shot just 37% from the field and were held 34 points under their scoring average. The Thunderbirds (9-1) forced 18 Beacon turnovers.
The Beacons were led by Jay Mayernik, pumping out another double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds as he shot 6-for-9 from the field. For the second straight night, Kylor Kelley broke the school blocking record, this time collecting seven stops to go with eight points and six rebounds.
After an 0-for-7 shooting effort in the first half, Anthony Walker rebounded to finish with 16 points. Jack Hackman hit four three-pointers and scored 13 points.
The Thunderbirds were led by Conor Morgan, scoring 27 points as he shot 12-for-18 from the field and added a team-high nine rebounds. Phil Jalalpoor added 15 points.
NCU will be back in action on the 19
th of November when they head to Salem to take on Willamette University at 7 p.m.