Alex Roth's first long bomb gave the UBC Okanagan Heat some life. His second gave them an upset victory against the defending national champions.
Roth, a veteran guard, nailed a pair of long three-pointers in the final 20 seconds of a Saturday night men's basketball game between the Heat and the UNBC Northern Timberwolves and lifted his team to an 86-85 win. He drained the decisive bucket with 7.9 seconds left on the Northern Sport Centre clock. On UNBC's last possession, a driving Inderbir Gill didn't get the roll off the rim and the T-wolves then failed to convert on a pair of rebound opportunities.
Game over, in front of about 1,300 shellshocked fans.
"They were big," Roth said of his two treys. "I missed a bunny at 80-80 and then hit a lucky one. Then Dave (Mackay) gave me a great pass and I was lucky enough to knock it down and we got a (defensive) stop.
"We definitely battled hard. We've been kind of on a roller coaster early in the season. We haven't been able to put a full game together and tonight we played four pretty good quarters and were able to beat a very, very good team."
