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Show Rebels finish strong in last home game also pleased with the defensive effort our guys gave. They hustled all night The Rebels held the Golden Eagles to 26 percent from the field, allowing just 20 percent in the second half DSC gave up only 27 second-hal- f points while putting the game away after holding on to just a BY KYLE BOWEN Sun Staff Writer Dixie In their final two home games of the season, the Dixie State College Rebels lost Friday night to the College of Eastern Utah, but bounced back Saturday with a trouncing of the Golden 91-6- 4 45-3- first-hal- f Eagles. The game opened with CElTs Tate Sorenson hitting a to give the Golden lead, but that was Eagles a the last time the Rebels would trail. Jason Petrimoulx Affer CEU cut the Rebels lead to just six in the beginning of the second period, DSC quickly built on their lead by 10, and eventually by as many as 33. CEU was never able to slow down the Rebels offensive attack. CEU was led offensively by Jamaal Smith and Chris Lang, who had 18 and 15 points, respectively. Tyler Billings and Tate Sorenson free-thro- 0 responded on their next possession and hit a long three to take the lead for good. DSC was excellent offensively, shooting a solid 43 percent on the night The Rebels also scorched the nets from the outside, shooting 50 percent from three-poin- t range. Henry Uhegwu and Petrimoulx hit six threes between them They were also the teams high scorers; Uhegwu poured in 30 points and Petrimoulx had 16. The Rebels had solid defensive play from Hatila Passos, Alex Blair and Uhegwu Passos pulled down a game-hig10 rebounds, with Blair and Uhegwu hauling in eight apiece. Passos also added 1 1 lead grabbed nine rebounds each for the Golden Eagles, and reserve John Rogers snagged eight boards. The Rebels improved to in the SWAC and overall, and will travel to play rival Snow College in 17-- 9 6-- 8 points, and Blair had 10. Chris Fuller was the only other Rebel in doubledigits, chipping in a dozen on 810 freethrow shoot- ing. a team, the Rebels shot well line, hitr from the for the game, good ting for 72 percent. They were even better in the second half, mak(81 percent). Uhegwu ing hit As a scorching 92 percent (11-1- two weeks. Meanwhile, the in Golden Eagles fall to the SWAC, overall, and travel to Snow next weeke set. end for a from the charity stripe. I liked the way we shot the ball from the line, particularly in the second half," DSC Coach Jeff Kidder said I was free-thro- 35-4- 9 21-2- 5 7-- 7 17-- 8 two-gam- Lady Rebels dominate Golden Eagles back to back "1 BY SI(K)A RIPLEY Dixie Sun Sports Editor The Lady Rebels answered two previous losses to SLCC last weekend with two big wins over CEU. DSC wasted no time in Fridays game by getting to a lead in the first six minutes of the game. Lauren Olander, Talita Aguiar, Chelsey DeLaMare and Jenna Sawyer dominated the post the whole first half. Tough DSC defense forced bad shots from CEU, a team that relies on three-poin- t shooting, and the Rebels didnt give them many opportunities. The Rebels held a firm lead the whole first half. CEU kept DSC from pulling too far away with a couple of but was still down 13 points at the three-pointer- s, half. DSC blew a hole right through the CEU defense in the second half. The Lady Rebels started on a 12-- 0 run in the first four minutes of the second half. For the rest of the night, the Golden double from Friday with 17 points, four boards and four assists. The Lindsey Kame had eight points, four assists and four boards. Charmaine Piula also had eight points and six steals. The Golden Eagles' Veva Whitear had 25 points, seven boards and five steals in CEU's losing effort. Whitear scored 20 of those points in the second half. Janeen Nelson had 15 points and two steals. CEU shot 20 percent in the first half in comparison to DSC's 60 percent. The Golden Eagles improved in the second half, outscoring but the the Rebels lead was too great to exceed. "Eastern, in the second half, they outworked us, us, Coach they Dexter Irvin said. To their ever-consiste- 4 i . N - -- to control the court. Coach Dexter rhe Lady Rebels learn theres strength in numbers, as they pull together rvin helps the Rebels to work as a team and understand the game. Eagles couldn't even get with hi a bird's eye view of the Rebels. When the clock struck 0:00, it not only ended the game, but also the Golden Eagles display of basketball. The 8 Golden Eagles shot 25 percent while DSC hit 49 percent, beating CEU 78-4- 8. Saturday proved much of the same. The Rebels came out even stronger, getting an early lead. In the first half, 10 of the 12 Lady Rebels on the roster had a score. CEU couldn't come up with any kind of answer for Aguiar and Olander in the post. The Rebels outscored the Golden Eagles 26--4 in the paint. "We were all really pumped to play and prove ourselves," Olander said. "We got going and played together well." Olander led the Rebels with 20 points, nine rebounds and three assists. Aguiar followed her double 47-2- d credit, they never quit." That was the last home game for the Lady Rebels. They have a bye this week to rest up for Snow College next week. |