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B.C. basketball player records two rare triple-doubles back-to-back

Trinity Western UniversityBԪַs Mason Bourcier named athlete of the week
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TWU Spartans player Mason BourcierBԪַs triple-double against UFV, on Friday Jan. 21 at the Envision Financial Athletic Centre in Abbotsford, was the first official one in the Langley universityBԪַs program history. (TWU)

Mason Bourcier has done it again.

On Saturday, Jan. 22, playing against the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Cascades, the 6BԪַ4BԪַ fourth-year guard from Kelowna notched his second triple-double in as many games for LangleyBԪַs Trinity Western University Spartans, scoring 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists.

Bourcier was also a standout on defence, making four steals.

However, with all five UFV starters scoring 11 or more points, Cascades cruised to their fifth victory of the 2021-22 season, downing the Spartans 102-88.

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For Bourcier, it was his second triple-double in two days, following FridayBԪַs performance against UFV, when he posted 15 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists on Jan. 21 to record the first official triple-double in TWU program history and the 18th triple-double in Canada West conference history on the way to a 97-87 victory.

Bourcier also tied TWUBԪַs single-game assist record.

In the wake of SaturdayBԪַs game he was named Spartan Male Athlete of the Week and Canada West MenBԪַs Basketball Athlete of the Week.

Bourcier credited his fellow Spartans for making it possible.

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Triple-doubles are rare.

In the NBA, out of 72,798 games played, there have been only 1,242 triple-doubles, just 1.7 percent, where a player scored at least ten points in three of five categories in one game (points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots).

Only 9.1 per cent of all NBA players have recorded a single triple-double, barely half recording more than one, and only 29 with more than 10.

BourcierBԪַs teammate JaBԪַQualyn Gilbreath achieved the same feat in the 2019-20 season against UBC, on Jan. 9, 2020, but it wasnBԪַt counted after he was declared ineligible.

At the time, the under a rule that states when a BԪַstudent-athlete is not a Canadian citizen or does not have permanent resident status in Canada,BԪַ they are not allowed to play for BԪַ365 days from the date that the athlete last participated in the sport.BԪַ

It was described as an BԪַadministrative error.BԪַ


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