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Show Thursday, February 25, 1999 Messenger-Enterpris- Page e 5 Badgers clinch top seed After years of trying. Snow College finally clinched their top seed for the Region 8 mens basketball tournament w ith a solid 6 victory over SWAC Dixie College on the runner-up- , Badgers home floor. The No. Badgers used a strong second-hal- f performance to outdistance the No. Rebels, finishing off a searival and son sweep of the 26-moving their record to With the conference's top seed now firmly in hand, the Badgers look to finish strong, traveling to TVCC and CSI this weekend to put the final touches on a remarkable conference record. Though this weekend's games will have no effect on Snows seeding, the Badgers fully understand the importance of maintaining momentum as they head into the refirst-ev1 Victory over Dixie raises Lady Badgers record to By Ken Beazer On Sophomore Night for the . Lady Badgers it was a freshman who provided the spark, igniting a second-hal- f surge that ended 9 with a victory over the 62-5- SWACs top team, and nationally ranked Dixie College. Snows victory over Dixie lifted the Lady Badgers overall record to 0 and keeps Coach Jaime Whites team on pace to n notch the colleges first 18-1- 20-wi- season in years. More importantly, it enabled Snow to move within one game of the conferences third seed, a huge step with one week remaining in the season. After honoring the sophomores last Friday night, the Lady Badgers sent a lucid message to g the Rebels early with an aggressive style of play. After high-flyin- . succumbing to Dixies aggressive defense in a loss to the Lady Rebels back in January, Snow returned the favor, w ith an nothing-to-los- e approach to the game. Snow greeted Dixie with a physical game, giving the Lady Rebels a taste of their own style. The aggressive approach worked, treating a large crowd to an extremely entertaining first half. Though the Lady Badgers trailed 0 at the break, the message was clear, this game was headed for the wire. In the second-halfreshman Rebekah Boyce, got it going for Snow. Boyce did most of her damage in the paint, scoring 12 of her 32-3- f, 18 game-hig- h 92-7- 18-1- 0 8 Dixie took a late lead, at snatch to threatening victory the end. However, Snow refused to panic, worked the ball around to shot. Boyce who hit the 59-5- te 2. go-ahe- acA couple of free-throand final counted for the scoring, Snows sophomores went out in The sophostyle, winning 62-5vital role in a mores have served 9. of the colleges womens basketball fortunes. Since Coach Jaime Whites arrival points, allowing three years ago, the team has the reversal Snow to build a 2 lead. Boyce steadily improved their conference did not act alone during the Lady standing. run. UnBadgers second-hal- f daunted by Dixies national ranking and gaudy record. Snow forced the tempo all night, each player taking turns at hitting a key basket or coming up with a big rebound. In sharp contrast to the aggressive nature of the Lady Badgers play was their calm demeanor in the end when Dixie came back to 52-4- of a championship ev ent: for thus it was. A Badger win titlement By Ken Beazer gion tournament. The game carried all the en er would wrap up the SWACs top seed. A Rebel v ictory would throw the SWAC title up for grabs with one week to play. From the start, it was obvious the games intensity bolstered Snows performance while Dixie struggled to find their composure. Offensively and defensively Snow dominated the game for the first frustrating the Rebels of the court. The Rebel's discontent boiled over at several critical junctures, allow ing on both ends Snow to forge a lead. 50-3- 4 half-tim- sponse from a previously moribund Dixie crowd. But no sooner had the Rebel faithful sprung to their feet than Mitch Montgomery nailed a inflicting a fatal blow to Dixie's uprising. Montgomery's basket v isibly removed the life out of Dixie's comeback as Snow pushed their lead back to 17 points, thus prompting an euphoric chant of "We're number one. three-pointe- r, In their last performance in the Activity Center, the Badger e In the Snow creased their lead to 26 points. Despite the large lead, Dixies level of play remained formidable, second-hal- f. minutes to play, the Rebels clawed back to within nine points, prompting an enthusiastic re- in- and the Rebels began to make their move late. Slow ly, the Badger's lead began to shrink as the Rebels seized the momentum. With just over six sophomores stood out. Montgomery led five of the sophomores in with 21 points, followed by Chad Tracy, Trent Whi- double-digit- s Rhoads and Kyle had 15. 14, 11 and who Russell, 10 points respectively . Freshman. 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