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Show DIXIESUNLINK.COM -- 4- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ( 18 Go online to dixiesunlink.con to see slideshow; of both the mens and B' womens basketball games Monday. Dixie pulls out two win SEEGMILLER BY KERIC Staff Wi iter The Dixie State College men's basketball team had two tilings on its mind over the weekend: getting revenge and extending its winning streak. The Red Storm (10-avenged their only conference by defeating Dominican University on Friday and topped Grand Canyon University on Monday to extend their winning streak to three telopes. After Jones scored the first two baskets of the game, GCU took off on a 1 4 scoring run to open up eight-poilead with an 1 1 minutes rejust over in first half. the maining But the Red Storm again refused to let the game slip away. Following a media timeout, the players regrouped and battled back to 6-- 5-- 1) 4, propel them forward against GCU on Monday, but found themselves in an early hole against the An- games. Dominican kept things interesting in the first half in the Friday game, playing the Red Storm close and even taking an eight-poilead going into halftime. But the Red Storm refused to drop a second nt straight game to the Penguins and fought back to retake the lead for good when senior guard Maurice Cole was fouled on a layup with 5 minutes to play. Cole, who finished the game with 14 points and four assists, calmly drained the free throw to put the Red Storm on top once and for all. Senior forward Griffon Jones paced the Red Storm with 17 points and seven rebounds en route to a 5 1 66-5- victory. "(It was great) to come nt tie the game at 33 going into halftime. It was a close back and forth game and nobody pected what happened ex- next. The Red Storm charged out of the locker room and exploded for 13 unanswered points to start the second half. The crowd roared with each basket and Dixie grabbed the momentum in a pivotal juncture of the game. "Every team goes on runs," Judkins said. "We came out the second half ready to go and kind of punched them in the nose a little bit. It kind of woke us up and there we went." The Red Storm outscored the Antelopes 3 in the second half behind a stellar performance by Cole, who finished with 6 points. But it wasn't just the points that brought fans out of their seats. Cole left defenders stumbling with his nifty moves and dished out seven assists. lafiU1' 4. M j U iZL 'hP l 1 j Mckay Massey, a junior nursing major from Payson, shoots a jump shot in Fridays 66-5- 5 win overDoj minican. The Dixie State College mens basketball team is now 10-- 4 for the overall season. 40-2- time. Frei would only play six minutes, but he made walk, Calif. "It feels good when you see their face light up when they're open, and they get a layup." As the second half progressed, GCU made one final push. The Antelopes went on a 0 scoring run and cut the deficit to just four points. As the Red Storm fought off the Antelope attack, junior guard Mitch Frei entered the game for the first 1 back and beat Dominican," head coach Jon Judkins said. "We don't match up very well with them. That's two times in a row that we haven't played that great against them." The Red Storm hoped to use the momentum gained from the Dominican win to 1 , 4r'AT. the most of them. He immediately went to work and scored four points, grabbed two rebounds and dished out an assist. Perhaps what anyone who was at the game remembers however, was his ferocious slam dunk. 9-- "I like getting people than scoring," more open said Cole, an integrated studies major from Nor- - Sophomore guard Kimball Payne tipped the ball away on defense and made a brilliant move to keep the play alive. Frei scooped the ball up and threw it down eventually put the An- to telopes away for good aijat came away with a with one hand for the only dunk of the game. "Mitch brings a lot of energy," Judkins said. "When he comes off the bench he really gets after it and kind of gets things going. He's so athletic and) the dunk was nice." With the whole team chipping in, the Red Storm victory. - p pc Next up for the Red Storm is Hawaii Pacific plf pf University. TheSeaCpd riors bring a 2 confeoer record to town and wiIhjTi 3-- looking to get back on tile winning track. The gan is set to tipoff at 7:30 p.m. on Satur- - j ter Jen day at Bums Arena. fe c Jig m Slow start gives women loss after big win BY KERIC SEEGMILLER Staff Writer The Dixie State Col- Monday. lege women's basketball team split its holiday weekend games by knocking off Dominican ri t Playing in front of the largest home crowd this season, Dixie (9-looked to feed off the 5, 4-- The Red Storm energy and run the Penguins out of the gym. Unfortunately, poor shooting doomed the Red Storm to a slow start, and they found themselves trailing at halftime. University on Friday and falling to Grand Canyon University on 2) quickly regained the lead in the second half, but only by a small margin. The pesky Penguins hung around for most of the half until senior guard Shanae Vaifanua hit a pair of free throws to give Dixie its first doubledigit lead of the game with six minutes remain- .Ifs-V- ' V." ' 1 f VA ing. The Red Storm defense stiffened and conceded only four more 3 1 dig themselves out the v. V J S' ' tj n k Ta yr 7 v 1 X' v m . f i, points while doubling the lead on the other end of the court. When the final buzzer sounded the Red Storm walked away with a 4 victory. Senior guard Sheila Adams paced the Red Storm with 18 points while Vaifanua and junior center Becca Thomas each recorded a doubledouble. Vaifanua finished with 10 points and 14 rebounds and Thomas scored 16 points and grabbed rebounds. "j rV- - 74-5- E He-: ' iP w I; M ijr i D 1. A 1 1 ""1 o 73 3 "A i ( t V , y business major from Los Angeles, reaches for a loose Qorreah ball during the game on Monday against Grand Canyon University. Dixie State College womens basketball team split its games over the holiday Joice, a junior The Red Storm had the opportunity to knock off nationally ranked GCU on Monday after picking up the win on Friday. But the Red Storm again started slow and this time were unable to proverbial hole. Dixie scored first and led for only a short time before the Antelopes blew the game wide open, outscoring the 3 in the Red Storm first half. Head coach Angela Kristensen said she isn't sure what is causing her team to start slowly. "We just can't get the ball to go in the basket," Kristensen said. "I thought we had good shots, they just weren't falling. Missing layups is unacceptable at this level, and we missed a ton tonight." The Red Storm made just 16 percent of their shots in the first half en halfroute to a time deficit. But regardless of the size of the deficit, the Red Storm refused to go down easy and battled back in the second half, slowly chipping away at 32-1- 19-poi- nt the lead. After senior guard Gabriella Rodriguez made two free throws with four minutes remaining, the Red Storm trailed by only six points and seemed poised to take the game down to the wire. But the Antelopes had other plans and score: six straight points, in k eluding a that extend: the lead back to dout digits. The scoreboard tndi cated a final score oft 49 in favor of the visitors when the clot hit triple zeros. It By managing only points, the Red Storm failed to reach the 50 F mark for the first tini: L this season. the Despite the loss Red Storm remain pO'j tive and upbeat as the'.y look ahead to the rest back-brea- Jei the season. on "We can't dwell this one too long," salj0p Vaifanua, a communi'j0n tion major from Hum cane. "We've only 1' two in conference 50 lea we're going to come back, regroup tomor have practice, and gel ready for our games weekend. We have so good teams coming est Adams again paced at the Red Storm with re- points and seven bounds. iaS( lie The Red Storm reti to the hardwood flrlnd Ha" tth Saturday against Pacific University- Th dj game will tipoff at 5 p.m. at Burns L Arena. |