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Show Page The Dixie Sun 8 SPORTS January2V1997 Sports Editor: Amber Faulkner Dixie Rebel basketball is too hot for Snow By AMBER FAULKNER THE DIXIE SUN Although it may have been snowing outside, inside, it was "too hot for snow, "the Snow College Badgers that is. Dixie's Lady Rebels defeated the Lady Badgers Thursday night at the Burns arena. Snow started early with Emilyn Hullinger stealing the ball after Dixie got the tip, and making the jump shot. Brittany Booth answered back with two of her 11 first half points, and other than a short-live- d Badger lead of five, it was Rebels all the way. Sunny Myers had 12 points in the first half. Snow College shot 50 percent from the field, 20 percent from behind the three-poiline. The only three-poibasket of the game came from Snow's Kelly Olsen with just under six minutes remaining until half. Dixie shot only 45 percent from the field, but shot an amazing 73 percent from the line. In the second half, the Rebels came out ready to win. With a score of 41- - 36 at the half, the Rebels knew they needed to step it up. Myers and Booth added together to make 35 points and 15 rebounds. Dixie led by as much as 21, but Snow rallied back to lose by 14. Myers leads the Scenic West Athletic Conference on scoring at 18.8 points a game. Watson is the conference leader in field goal percent at 55.5. Celeste Harding leads the league in rebounding with 9.9 a game and Tiana Heaton is the top setup person at 5.9 assists a 76-6- 2, nt nt game. In the men's game, the crowd and the band were alive and ready for the heat. It was a close game the whole way through. The Rebel's Aaron Henderson and Kenyatta Clyde each had eight points at the half. Tennison Tripple, who received his mission call on Wednesday, had two three-poishots in the first half and Demarlo Slocum had one. Lance Barnes led the way for the Badgers with 12 points, followed by Pat McGrath with 11. Snow College also had five turnovers in the first half of play. In the second half the battle began. The lead switched between the two teams, Dixie by one. Snow College by one. With 11:13 left in the game, Dixie was down by two, when Justin Bradshaw found himself at the line. Bradshaw connected on both nt free-throw- Travis s. Christensen fouled Snow's Lance Barnes, who threw the ball away. Mark Bailey got the rebound and made the three-poiplay, he was fouled on the shot, putting Dixie up by three. Barnes took the ball down and passed off to McGrath who dished it back to Barnes for the two. Barnes was fouled on the shot, but missed his and the rebound was tipped to Tripple who gave the ball to Christensen for the three. Barnes was fouled again and connected on both shots. Dixie pushed off of Barnes, which put them into the bonus. Barnes missed his shot, and the rebound went to Tyler Webb, who made the shot and put Dixie up by Henderson stole four, the ball and was fouled. Dixie brought the ball in to Bailey, who was fouled, (anyone seeing a pattern?). Bailey made his first shot, but missed the second and the rebound went to Todd Phillips, but Henderson stole the ball, then traveled. Brandon Fries made the three, bringing the Badgers within two. Jeff Kindred got the rebound off the missed shot by Bailey and tied the game with 6:38 left. (Cont. on page 9) nt free-thro- 67-6- 3. TYLER THORSTEDTHE DIXIE SUN Bradshaw added 16 points to the Rebel victory over Snow College Justin Bradshaw dribbles in for a lay-uThursday night at the Bums Arena. The next game for the Rebels is Jan. 24 at home against Treasure Valley Community College. The women play at 6 p.m. and the men play at 8 p.m.. This Week in Sports SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco head coach George Seifert resigned on Wednesday night. Seifert, spent eight seasons coaching underneath Bill Walsh, and eight seasons as the 49ers head coach. Despite two super bowl championships and the best winning percentage on NFL history Seifert was never anointed with the "genius" status afforded to Walsh. The 49ers went 12-on the season, but lost twice to the Carolina Panthers. Seifert is one of just eight coaches to win two super bowls. In 1989, he succeeded Walsh and guided the 49ers to their second straight super bowl crown, joining Baltimore's Don McCafferty as the only first-yecoach to win a super bowl. ROCHESTER MINN. Arnold Palmer, who won seven major championships and lifted golf's popularity to unprecedented height four decades ago, underwent successful surgery for prostate cancer and is resting comfortably. Palmer announced during the PGA Tour Awards dinner last Friday at Carlsbad, Calif., that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer after undergoing a biopsy. Palmer officially withdrew from the Bob Hope Classic and said he doubts he will be playing golf "until this tlung is taken care of." BLOOMFIELD, CONN. Olympic figure skater Oksana Baiul turned herself into police and was arrested on charges of drunken and reckless driving after she ran her car off a road during a weekend accident. The level of .168 percent, well above Ukrainian, had a blood-alcohConnecticut's legal limit of .10. Baiul is also two years younger than Connecticut's legal drinking age of 21. DALLAS ,T. A woman who falsely accused Dallas Cowboys stars Michael Irvin and Erik r ..iiams ' ct ws i nmh making "malicious" allegations. lulling her r Jh ' W : f ' I" (108-35- ), 4 ar ol - - jaf |