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Show SPORTS 30, 2008 ESDAY, JANUARY DIXIE SUN - 5 Lady Rebels sweep Hawaii teams We really just wanted to BY BROCK BYBEE Dixie Sun Staff Writer ' t' I VTTI Y get over the hump more than ever and so we The Dixie State came out ready to win." The Rebels stayed on College women's basketball team extended their the hot streak Thursday, opening up a winning ways over the past week, winning three lead at the half and not games in four nights at looking back. Carver, a home and six out of junior forward, returned to the floor with a storm their last seven games overall. after her sitting out the The week began on previous night's game because of strep throat. Wednesday with a She led all scorers with set against The Rebels had 25 points. She also had no problem against the eight rebounds and three blocks, helping the Seasiders, winning both games by a combined 40 Rebels cruise to an easy victory. points. "She's stepped up as a They started things off well with an easy leader and a player, Boyd said. After the victory against the Hawaii trip, I think we've Seasiders, keeping a double-digi- t all turned the corner lead for the with her. We realized majority of the game. Junior guard Deney that if we want the conPhommabout was the ference, we need to make some changes, and leading scorer for the Rebels, scoring 21 points we've been doing that so far." on the night. Junior Following a ;1 guard Courtney Boyd aided the cause with 11. hiatus, the Rebels i I really think that we returned to action came out together the Saturday afternoon, 1 first game with (Jessica) squaring off against vis1 Carver out, and so we iting They had no problem stepped up together, with the Sea Warriors on Boyd said. In a way we kind of played for her. either, blowing them out two-gam- e BYU-Hawai- i. 86-6- 6 73-5- 3 y one-da- Hawaii-Pacifi- Aj guard Jessica Jones, center, a general education major from Sacramento, Calif., slashes home sweep with a win contested bucket. The Rebels completed a three-gam- e Freshman the lane for a though Saturday. take two of three at home Rebels BY JARED BURTON Sun Sports Editor Dixie The Rebels Wednesday's entered game against Seasiders of knowing that they lad to win all three games o have a shot at confer-snc- e supremacy. The Rebels played their lrst of two games in two BYU-lawa- he ii lights agamst the Seasiders from BYU-Hawa- ti Seasiders fire, came out on shootmg nearly 63 open the game. the Rebels fought back and tied the game on junior guard Dan Stocks running jumper in percent to However, the lane with six minutes the first half. The left in game continued to go back and forth with the lead changing hands six DSC had four of its starters score in double figures, with considerable help off the bench for 19 themselves up by 11 points points, as opposed to just with just over six minutes eight from the game before Sanchez, who left in the game. After a senior forward dumped in 18 points and seven rebounds, led DSC. Kasey Winters dunk with The Rebels pulled down 37 three and a half minutes pebounds as a team and left, the crowd came alive. controlled the majority of However, after a missed the major statistical cateshot by the Seasiders junior forward Ryan Sanchez gories. on The Rebels went drove the lane, missed his the season with the win first attempt, got his and moved closer to a shot rebound, and got hit with at the conference lead. a traveling violation. DSC trailed by six with a However, with four losses, DSC was looking at an minute and a half left, uphill climb to reach the when a bad pass that goals. sailed right by Winters The Rebels had a day off seemingly ended the on Friday before taking on Rebels chance of victory, the Sea Warriors of until Stock hit a step-bacHawaii-Pacifiwho came DSC to three pointer draw into Saturdays games back to within five. record in conferwith a After two free throws From the get-gence play. back the Rebels answered both with a Sanchez bucket and it appeared that on the came put teams to lead the cut to a foul floor with a lot of intensity four. However, a missed the first half. Sanchez three pointer and to start went HPU up early in throws by two free with two but contest, the Paul Peterson Sanchez buckets the ensured the Seasiders vicRebels quickly tied the tory over the Rebels game back up at 11 with The next night the just over 12 minutes to go Rebels bounced back from in the first half. the to beat loss their tough DSC jumped out to a Seasiders lead after junior The Rebels played a Hartman s Ben shootguard much better game, from the corthree pointer 50 percent ing more than Arena Burns the ner holdgave from the field while to make 41 crowd something to just Seasiders ing the noise about. k 7 times. o Through all this the Rebels fought hard to stay close with the Seasiders. In the first half, they still themselves down found after a hobbled rebound tip in by BYU-Hawai- 43-3- 9 BYU-Hawai- i. 87-7- Dixie State College came out of the gates in second half firing on all cylinders. Unfortunately so did the Seasiders. Trenson Akana was the BYU-Hawai- fouled and made the shot. The Rebels found themselves down seven with just three-poin- under 13 minutes left in the game. With another Akana three the Seasiders found 0 Wednesday. The t y 85-7- five-poi- percent. The game went back and forth with the lead changing hands twice on interchanging three pointers until another Hartman three with under three minutes left in the first pushed the Rebel lead to five. Both teams fought hard going into the half, but it was the Rebels who lead over visittook a 81-5- With the wins, the Rebels stayed in the thick of the PacWest Conference race, moving ahead to second place, just three games behind Grand Canyon in the win column. With six victories and two defeats in the conference the Rebels moved past NDNU and Hawaii-Hilo- . "I think that if we keep playing like we have been, then good things are going to happen over the next 10 games, and the conference will be ours in the end," Boyd said. The Rebels will hit the road this weekend for their next games on Friday and Saturday in California, where they face off against Notre Dame de Namur. Following that they will head to Phoenix in an attempt to extend their winning ways against Grand Canyon University. "We need to take it one game at a time now, Boyd said. If we come out like we did this weekend, honestly we should have no problem." en Hartman shows love of game on court BY WHITNEY ROBERTS Dixie Sun Staff Writer College, Jon Judkins, was tak- ing the head coaching position at DSC, and he in turn recruited Hartman to come with him "Ben is such a good guy, he brings a lot of energy to the court," Judkins said "I've seen him improve so much this year, and I really enjoy having him on my team" Coming back to St. George to play ball was no problem for Hartman. "I love being here," he said "It's nice for my parents to be able to come to my games and support me." Hartman averages about 10 points per game. Judkins said he's a hard physical player and has been able to stop some big guys this season Hartman's favorite part of the game is the competitiveness of it all and the team he Eating a candy bar before every basketball game is a routine for quirky game-daDixie State College's starting forward Ben Hartman said it is his routine and only game-danobody really understands ing Hawaii-PacifiComing out of the break why he does it, but as long as both squads were shooting he can get his hands on a Snickers bar before stepping relatively well, in part ' foot on the court he ll always because both teams and inside ball the a happy player. be passed Hartman, a junior business got to the foul line, which is an area that neither major born and raised in team seemed to be able to Santa Clara, grew up loving all types of sports. Football, do often in the first half. DSC then decided to baseball and golf are just a few that sparked his interest. turn it up a notch by At DSC, his heart has been pounding the ball inside dedicated to the game of basand taking advantage of fast break opportunities. ketball, with this season The Rebels started to being the third one he's make smart, well thought played gets to play with. 'Basketball just kind of hapout passes to the low post "I love my team" he said "I said Hartman and cut players to exploit pened, never sat down and thought I "You become like a family the weaknesses in HPUs with them You may have wanted to play basketball defense fights on the court or during more than football or baseAfter a huge block by practice, but you always care Winters the Rebels ran the ball. It just fell into place and about each other and want for lot of Sanchez me a opporthas given floor to find to help them do better." an open three in transition unities." If he doesn't have a basketHartman attended Snow to open the Rebels lead to m his hands, Hartman ball minwhere School nine 5 with under Canyon High can be found on the golf he lettered in football, basketutes to play. Huge defencourse, watching movies, and ball and baseball He was sive stops helped the to do as little home2002 comfortthe of a trying member also a Rebels sustain work as possible. He said it is 3A State Championship basable lead into the final always nice to be able to ketball team, which he said is minutes. relax when there isn't a one of his greatest accomDSC coach Jon Judkins game. said the team had a lot of plishments. Hartman, 22, and the rest After high school Hartman energy out on the floor, of the Rebel basketball team Snow at Hartman shirted like College and players gray be seen at their next can LDS the an served and then and Winters attacked home games Feb. 15 and 16 Church mission in Rome, basket. at 7:30 against Hawaii-HilEven' as the Rebel Italy, for two years. Upon his Arena Bums the in Snow at coach his p.m break they starters took a return, got significant help from the underclassmen on the bench, such as freshmen guards Bowie Jeffs and Landon Clegg. Sanchez said the young players did well. Coach wanted to get everybody in, he said. It '4 is our third game of the week, and he wanted to keep everybody fresh. Sanchez said the team had something in the sec ond game they lacked in the first There is no question about it, it was the energy, Sanchez said, espe cially on the defensive end. We never want to lose at home. The Rebels finished set by their three-gam- e The defeating HPU Rebels took two of three games in this home set and have an overall DSC will be record of on the road this week to take on NDNU, who has a record on the season Junior guard Ben Hartman, a business major from Santa Clara, . 28-2- 6 y y 54-4- o r f 4 4 J s BYU-Hawa- ii 77-6- 0 and a record 2-- 6 conference different options. He has been vital gives the Rebel offense many to the Rebels success this season. |