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4 p.m., Tim Hortons Field, TV: TSN; Radio: TSN 1040 AM

B.C. is now trapped with time to think about being Sask-squashed and about being 1-6. They have a bye next week and return to action Aug. 10 against the surging Tiger-Cats in Hamilton.

“I think it will help the guys to clear their heads and reassess what we’re trying to do here, and what’s important and what it’s going to take (to improve),” said B.C. quarterback Mike Reilly.

“We’re certainly not in a great situation right now. There’s a lot of football left to play, but it’s only going to matter if we start playing good football.

“If we keep playing the football we are now, it doesn’t matter how much we football we have left — we’re not going to get anywhere.”

The Lions continued to look out of sorts and out of sync. There are far too many moments when you wonder if they’re playing a man short given how wide open the rival receivers are.

The Lions had problems tackling again and Saskatchewan running back William Powell got into that second level of the B.C. defence far too easily far too often.

The Lions also had problems protecting Reilly — again. They also had trouble holding onto momentum — again.

B.C. cut the deficit to 26-10 with 30 seconds left in the first half when Lankford rambled that errant field goal attempt from one end zone to the other. B.C. held Saskatchewan to a rouge on the first series of the third quarter but went two-and-out on the ensuing possession.

There was also B.C. coach DeVone Claybrooks winning a review challenge with 4:25 left in the second quarter, creating a Saskatchewan turnover on a fumble by quarterback Cody Fajardo on the B.C. 30-yard line with the Lions trailing 19-3. The Lions went two-and-out and, two plays following the B.C. punt, Powell rambled 42 yards for a Roughrider major.