Bruins Play Through Holiday Season Season r a x b. b Sri 1 12 I r. r F t 6 ai r rN G N ry ii Ei k LJ i f w E ry e a tr r rry 4 a Lady Bruins Lose at H Home me to 70 70 67 67 Defeat Snow and Dixie on Road Larry D. D Curtis Managing Editor Despite losing starting center Mikka Brown to injury on a hard foul foul the Lady Bruins won won two games on a difficult road trip to keep them in the hunt for the conference championship Friday Dec 10 The Lady Bruins opened th their ir conference season at home hOIre against rival arch-rival the Utah Vall Valley y State College Wolverines The Wolverines Wolverines Wolver Wolver- ines are among the teams teams' expected to to challenge for the conference title and are traditionally tough The Bruins opened the game with a flourish of points jumping to toan toan an an early lead They performed ormed well wellon on the boards which lead to some easy fast break points Their defence was also solid especially in the back court where Krista Krist Wardle and Kamie Kanie Bland pressured the Wo Wolverine Wolver Wolver- verine ver- ver ine ire guards Bruin Coach Soni Adams also used a press that crea created ed turnovers turnovers turn turn- overs and kept out of their of of- fence By balf time half tine the Bruins looked to tobe tobe be in control leading 40 to 31 The second half was a different story used an defence defence defence de de- de- de fence which contributed to the Bruins Bruin's cold shooting They went went only 10 for 36 in the second half a dismal 27 percent The Wolverines on the other hand hi hit 15 of 30 shots from the field including a three pointer and eight of 11 free throws They outscored the Bruins 39 to 27 in the second half and won vion the game 70 to 67 Laura Goulding led the Bruins with 20 points seven of 11 shots from the field six of nine free throws and pulling down six rebounds Goulding as well as her team teammates teammates teammates mates felt that it was a game they should've won and will win when the teams play again in the regular conference finale burring Duning the Christmas break the women took to the road to meet Snow and Dixie college They won both games but lost starting center Mika Brown against Snow when she was fouled hard on a breakaway She suffered a shoulder separation separation separation sepa sepa- ration and nd is expected to be out until the middle of January Friday Dec 17 According to Coach Coa Adams Adam Ephriam and St. St George are difficult places to play because of the home crowds If the team was intimidated they failed to show it trouncing Snow to 79 Mika Brown was dominating hitting hitting hitting hit hit- ting nine of 11 shots collecting seven rebounds and blo blocking king five shots hots before her injury While playing playing playing play play- ing o only y 31 minutes she was still the game games game's s high scorer with 19 points Regan Taylor came caIre off the bench to collect nine rebounds s tying her with Goulding for top honors in the game Stephanie Killpack in for Brown chipped in 14 points and points and six rebounds Saturday Dec 18 18 Against the Rebels the Bruins managed another tough road victory victory victory vic vic- vic vic- tory winning 62 to 54 despite hitting hitting hitting hit hit- ting only 28 percent of their shots They scored 25 of their points points- from the free throw line missing only nine l i ix fn I x I d c r Left Chad Left Chad Kart Kartchner swats away shot Top- Top Laura Goulding competes tes for a rebound Right- Right Steffen Felix shoots a scoring scoring scoring ing two in a victory over The Bruin the Rebels to 32 percent shoo shooting g but t they they- made only eight of f 18 free throws the difference in the game Charlotte Kornik and Goulding each had 13 points for forthe forthe forthe the Bruins Bruin Men Pound in Conference Opener Open r Drop Two Games on Southern Road Trip Jody Genessy Staff Writer Friday Dec 1 10 0 For Coach Norm Parrish starting starting starting start start- ing off the regular season against intrastate rival Utah Vall Valley y State College is never a pleasing thing to do but the Bruins were up to the task in the Bruin Den on Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- Fri Fri- day Dec 10 10 Sp Sparked by a 2 15 run at the beginning of the game the Bruins shot out-shot and powered over-powered the Wolverines for a 92 76 victory shot percent from the field while managed a meager 39 7 percent Another key factor was the domination in the paint by the Bruins re out bounded 54 Marcel Johnson was the leading leading leading lead lead- ing scorer for the Bruins with 23 points Chuck Overton proved to tobe tobe tobe be a consistent force once again He pitched in with 21 points seven rebounds and four steals Steffen Felix and Jimmy Dotson both added 12 points F Felix Ux also pulled down 10 rebounds The Bruins Bruin's s biggest surprise of ot the season Shane hane Belnap directed directed directed di di- the Bruins at the p point int position position po po- The 6 foot sophomore or led the team in rebounding with 11 ill Z w fj r d dIF IF 1 j ii ii 9 r r n nt t boards He scored nine points and dish dished out seven assi assists t Y Belnap played sparingly his freshman season for but has played well since returning from an mission in Washing Washing- ton The Wolverines were led ed by Kenny Pratt and Mark who scored 18 points a piece Justin Justin Justin Jus Jus- tin Nielsen and Andy Smith both chipped in with 10 points The Bruins got off to a shocking shocking shocking shock shock- ing 2 15 lead and continued to play very well in the first half The Bruins shot 56 percent in the first half The second half saw a comeback by the Wolverines but they could never get clos closer t than five points took their winning streak to n nine nine ne games winning streak snapped at five The Bruins lifted their record to 11 1 1 fell 2 11 0 11 to 20 11 Friday Dec 17 The road is never easy in the Scenic West Athletic Conference and this proved true for the Bruins Bruins Bruins Bru Bru- ins who spent the weekend before Christmas on a trip to Ephraim and St. St George that was anything but cheery first stop on their two game road trip was in Ephraim against the Snow Badgers The Bruins came out flat and ended up losing 90 8 90 Chuck Overton led the Bruins in scoring with ith 22 points Marcel Johnson added 21 and arid muscled his w way y to 11 rebounds Shane Belnap p also hit double figures with 15 points ts s. s Snow shot a sizzling perce percent percent per per- ce cent t in the first half 57 percent f for r. r the game gam but the Bruins hung around and wouldn't die cut the lead leac to one point midway through the second half but Snow quickly took charge again to secure the victory The Badgers shot 42 free throws while only shot 21 from the charity charity charity char char- ity stripe Saturday Dec 18 The Bruins coming off a lackluster lackluster lackluster lack lack- luster performance against Snow tried to gain some respect and recognition against the Dix Dixie e Rebels the number two ranked team in the nation shot a miserable percent in the first half and watched as Dixie ran off to an early 20 point lead The Rebels led by as many as 25 points early in the second half but then the Bruins caught some st steam am Marcel Marcel Marcel Mar Mar- cel Johnson Chuck Overton and Shane Belnap sparked a Bruin comeback that brought the Bruins to within five points with just over four minutes left in the game Dixie held tough and got some from the referees referees referees refer refer- ees to thwart the Bruins holiday upset The loss left let the Bruins at 11 3 1 Dixie 14 0 4 31 rose to 14 04 The Bruin men are in action again tonight against Western Wyoming at pm p.m. at sec In their last meeting on December 7 stung the Spartans in Rock RockSprings RockSprings RockSprings Springs WY The Bruins also play host to the College of Southern Idaho on Friday Jan 7 at has been ranked as high as 16 this s season finishes their against Treasure Valley Valley Valley Val Val- Val Val- ley on Saturday Jan 8 at pm p.m. pm p.m. in the Bruin Den