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Show 6 -- SPORTS THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH DIXIE SUN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,2003 Rebels split long road trip, get big win at SLCC at Hammer brought down eight rebounds and hit 18 points. Mike Hall led the team Dixie loses Northern Idaho in overtime in scoring with 19 points, while Terren Harbut added 14 points and led with 11 by Jade Bytheway Dixie Sun Sports Editor rebounds. The Rebel mens basketball team had a tough journey The Rebels either defended the arc well or the Brums just couldn't hit from back last weekend, stopping at Northern Idaho and then Lake Salt Community College. DLxie split the road trip with a loss at Northern Idaho and then a big win agamst the Bruins of Salt there, as the Rebels tained Salt Lake to the range. 1 for-13 win to their 64 straight home victories, then the Dixie State Rebels will be the SWAC Champions. 11-- 61-5- 6 come a step closer to becom- ing conference champions. was our "(Rebounding) major emphasis going into DSC Lady Rebels Free throws become critical in Cardinals' win over the Rebels by Megan Truman the game," said freshman Nick Hammer. We rebounded and then let the offense take its place. Just two nights prior to the big win at SLCC, the Rebels lost a close one in overtime as Nick Hammer's six just weren't quite enough, as the With Northern Idaho College leading throughout most of the game, DSC struggled to shoot. The Cardinals maintained a small lead at the end of the first half 31-2- returned to the court, Jaimey Tanner hit a critical three and came up with a steal on the defensive end. Aya Traore hit two free throws subsequently and brought the score within two with just a minute remaining. As the Rebels NIC, however, was on top of its game and hit free throws. The Rebels went on to lose 63-5- Traore led the Rebels with 26 points and shot 71 percent from the field. Tanner contributed with 15 points and Nicole Snyder had nine points and seven rebounds. Sam Moyle, Assi Ndoye, Aya Traore, and Nicole Snyder Idaho upset the 12th ranked Rebels Thursday night. "We didn't play well at all in the second half," said 72-6- 3 Hammer. "We played good for only 20 minutes." Hammer was talking about DSC lead at the that eventually disappeared, sending the game to the-hal- led the Rebels in their win against SLCC on Saturday night with seven or more rebounds each. The Rebels are now 12-- 3 in the Scenic West Athletic Conference (24-overall), loss one behind the Wolverines of UVSC. After their loss against NIC, the Rebels needed to pull together and maintain their competitive edge in the conference, and that is just what they did. The Rebels shot 55 percent and led by the end of the first half. With Traore fouling out early in the game, it was up the rest of the team to pull up the slack. Moyle had eight rebounds and hit 37-2- 2 some critical shots that brought her to seven points. Jaimey Tanner had 18 points and shot 75 percent from the free throw line. DSC out rebounded and held SLCC off in their win of 67-- 6 The Rebels play again on Saturday where 49-3- 5 1 they meet their long-tim- e rival, Snow College in the Burns Arena. Aya Traore scored 26 points in the Rebels loss at NIC f overtime. Although Hammer said they didn't play well in the second half, he had a good overall game himself as finished with 23 points to go along with his six Hall wasn't his normal self, but did manage to put in twelve points. three-pointer- s. high-scorin- g The win for Northern Idaho improved its record to 8 in 6-- the conference and 17-1- 0 overall. The win also gives them a chance to appear in the conference tournament. bounce back after tough loss against 5 Dixie Sun Lifestyle Editor in Dixie will play host to Snow College on Saturday. If the Rebels add another Lake. The Rebels improved their record to 4 in the conferwan over ence with a the SLCC Bruins on Saturday night. It took great defense plus one of the best rebounding teams in the conference to pull out the huge win and con- The Cardinals of Norhern NIC |
