The Cowichan Secondary Thunderbirds won back-to-back league games last week.
The T-Birds opened the week with a 79-61 road win over G.P. Vanier in Courtenay last Tuesday. Eston Unrau led the way with 17 points, while Noah Charles had 13 — and several assists against a zone defence in the second half, while Humza Khan scored 12 and Nirmal Hayer put up nine on three three-pointers.
The T-Birds held a slight 36-33 edge at halftime but went on a 29-11 run to stretch that margin out to 21 points.
“A number of guys contributed in the run, but Andy Derocher, in particular, dug out loose balls, and offensive rebounds that gave us extra possessions,” head coach Lucky Walia said.
At home against Dover Bay on Thursday night, the T-Birds weathered some big ups and downs to prevail 72-69.
Cowichan held an early 23-10 lead, but the Dolphins battled back and were up 57-52 after three quarters. The T-Birds responded well with a 20-10 run to go ahead 72-67 and held on for the narrow win.
Charles finished with 18 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter. Durocher built on his strong outing on Tuesday with 17 against Dover and an energetic performance at both ends. Khan added 15 points and organized the offence against both man and zone defences, and Travis McDonald scored 10 with a big game in the middle.
The T-Birds have two exhibition games at home this weekend, hosting Semiahmoo on Friday and Spectrum on Saturday.