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Show r IERIC seegmiller Staff Wuter Dixie State Col-- e mens basketball nidiopped its final game of the sea-,0- n ,e over 1 Saturday Silverswords of 73-7- 5, IlLf P out nis Sa with a final home win BYU-Hawa- the n, Pacific West Conference champions looked to send its thr USE? nlinade University. Red Storm (20-- hard 2) celebration. Fresh off a thrilling overtime victory i)ie ,ie hs lost for the first time in neaily two months in what 'P posed to be a night 7 15-- - wMnwMMir u Rocky, the Denver NugEe,s mascot- - lamed up w.th Big Dee to ensure that fans would be excited and ready to cheer their team to victory. The stage was set for a victorious home p n a he, but there was just lurgoi to give a copy ot the script to the visitors fiom Chammade. I was woiried about this, head coach Jon Judkins said. We were on a pretty big high on Wednesday Its very easy to come out and overlook teams and not i prepaie. Our players just didnt come ready to play The Silverswords stymied the Red Storm in the first half and built a double-dig- it lead. And each time the Red Storm tried to cut into the lead, Chammade had an answer ; With the lead and the of momentum on their side, 4&1 id the Red Storm were poised to pull away for the victory. However, the Silverswords answered with hoi for hi We coach three pointers, the second coming after the Red Storm allowed three tries in the same possession With the game tied at back-to-bac- k 'amis 's 8-- remaining t of lot Led by junior guard McKay Massey, the Red Storm bounced back in the second half with a 0 run to pull to within two points The two teams traded punches throughout the rest of the half until the Red Storm finally took their first lead of the game with four minutes goo, in f the ws nd th ings, 71, the Red Storm had a chance for the basket but gave the ball back to the Silverswords on a turnover Freshman guard Lee Bailey made the Red Storm pay on the ensuing possession with a layup in traffic with just two seconds remaining. The Red Storm had a chance for a gamebut winning was to unable Massey convert at the buzzer. The only bright side there is out of it is hopefully it will wake us up, said Massey, a nursing major from Payson. We cant just simply show up and hope to win. We have to play to win. The Red Storm travel to Phoenix for the regular season finale on Saturday against Grand go-ahe- ad XIa ft jmball Payne, a sophomore general education major from Alpine, leads the team in a defensive play early in their game against After the win, the team suffered a 1 loss to Chaminade Saturday night. 73-7- Canyon University. is set for 6:30 p m. Ti-po- is more 1 ley it peop1 y were ;ds of ;Arthur split oy up ha ,it out and L out ot snt , and" said eagre ilayeo t t to ; 4 ponal' pl rdino eb 2 'l Dame tionaf 17.1 C ELINA. I HAVE PRIVACY IV.MJNGDEFIGJENCY, ON YOUR PLASMA DON Mi ON. SO MY LIFE DEPENDS - ; ! I ! ! ! 016 n 2030 E ST GEORGE, UT 047SQ 435.627.9102 SCHEDULE Ail APPOINTMENT at 0l0LiFEPLASr.lA.C0M Mk VIiHj ip-- ' AfMN IS Must present this coupon pnor to the initial donation to leceive $S0 on your fourth successful donation Initial donation must be completed oy 3 32 12 id subsequent donations within 30 days May not be combined with any other oT Valid only at participating locations Dixie Expires 4 30.12 'r u 40028 wl'11 tof i ff |
