Box Score VANCOUVER - It was a game of momentum swings, as the UBC Thunderbirds (8-2) held off the Lethbridge Pronghorns (3-7) 88-80 to close out the calendar year on a six-game winning streak.
 
UBC's Grant Audu led all scorers with 19 points, adding five boards, while captain Jadon Cohee put up a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists. Manroop Clair totalled 17 points, five rebounds and four assists in the victory.
 
Kyle Peterson cooled off after his red-hot shooting performance for Lethbridge Friday night, and finished 1 for 6 from beyond the arc with 17 points and a team-high six assists. Chad Oviatt notched a double-double for the Pronghorns with 14 points and 12 rebounds on 46% shooting.
 
Keanu Funa hit a deep three for Lethbridge early in the first quarter, and Taylor Brown knocked down two triples of his own to give UBC an 17-16 edge. Cohee then found Lincoln Rosebush on an inbound play with 1.8 seconds remaining to go up 26-21 after the first quarter.
 
The Pronghorns continued to ramp up their defensive pressure in the second quarter and forced a series of T-Bird turnovers. Colton Gibb drained a three to bring Lethbridge within seven, before Peterson hit two free throws and Oviatt converted a UBC turnover to tie it up at 39-39. The 'Birds finally ended Lethbridge's 10-0 run with an Audu three to head into the half up 42-39.
 
The visitors scored 19 points off of turnovers and earned nine steals through the first 20 minutes of play, despite struggling to produce in their half court set.
 
UBC maintained a ten-point lead after a strong take to the rim by Grant Shephard, and Zack Moore went on a tear late in the third with a pair of corner threes and a smooth up-and-under finish at the buzzer to make it 70-53 after the third quarter.
 
Audu capped off a 14-0 UBC run with a three to extend the lead to 53-73 early in the fourth, and Cohee went coast-to-coast to make it 87-64 Thunderbirds. Despite being down over twenty, the Pronghorns didn't go down without a fight - rattling off a 16-1 run of their own to close out the game.
 
The Thunderbirds enter the winter break tied for second with the Calgary Dinos (8-0) for second in the Canada West
 
UBC resumes their conference schedule on January 3, 2020 against the UFV Cascades in Abbotsford, while Lethbridge will also return to action on January 3 to host the Regina Cougars (4-6).