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Show 2008 re's SPORT Lady Rebels take three straight in Hawaii FEBRUARY ImFSDAY, id tins the Oj lnJpa 'ge ion State College basketball team pped up their second Dixie The men's ' to Hawaii e the three-gam- rd- - hey tu nd by sweep-t- r set v. extending their wm-streak to five games !'era11 fhe Rebels kicked Wednesday by last place in Laie, Hawaii yfter starting things just little slowly, they found hemselves down 32 26 at However, they he half rallied in the second half even things up and force the game into off xt BYU-Hawa- aiung on tion. said sry n ty fflutz Rebels improved to m overall and PacWest Conference play The wins also moved DSC into second place overall m PacWest standings "We could have played a little bit better, but it always feels good to wm anyway, especially on the 15-1- 0 ? 10 over-iim- e work ;we it" In they the extra session, took over, outscor-in- the intent, and nunv the and er- - tcred ment DU- "lnstt i id abon- sea CUR iledu- 14-- 9 1LOG r- - like en- - ONS ion ack g n in is intact ENTS mt and freshman guard Jessica Jones adding 18 as well For the Seasiders, forward Lei Lolohea led all scorers with 33 points m the losing effort The loss was the Seasiders fifth m a row and ninth out of the last 11 games, Following the win, the Rebels traveled to in 19, n olyoi and while to road trip, things ended up better than the last trip, they stall left the Aloha State with ;m two losses traveled to January for three The Rebels Hawaii m is ques- against Hawan-Hil- o andChammade Although the team lost those three games the Rebels still felt they came out of the trap with a better understanding of where they were as a games hedat s team. This time it the Rebels went down :il-- ; on understanding that this was strictly a business u tnp as they took on and Hawaii Pacific Sammi Griffiths, a freshman general education major from Orderville, sets up the Rebels offense to execute a play against ii Dixie swept their three games against and HPU last week. Honolulu to wrap up their road games, as well as their season series against the Sea Warriors of University r Chettmger's with just under three minutes gone m the second half gave the Hawaii-Pacifi- c three-pointe- looking to win the season senes However, when Dixie State College showed up to play they were outscored and outscored big m the first half The Rebels were outmatched in every statistical category except rebounds DSC pulled down 33 rebounds as opposed to BYLTs 26 Unfortunately for DSC they lost the turnover, blocks and steals categories of the game shot over 65 percent from the field in the first half and took a lead mto the locker room at half They never looked BYU-Hawa- n t back, taking the third and final game of the season between the two schools University During BYU-Hawavisit to the Burns ce last Arena the Rebels spit two games, so they went mto the rematch - ign- Rebels a lead The Seasiders fought back to tie things up at 34 Things stayed even with about seven minutes left m the game until the Rebels began to pull away and won the game 77-6- 4 Griffiths led all scorers In the next game the Rebels traveled to Honolulu e set to play a against Hawaii Pacific The Rebels jumped out to an lead and mainearly tained the lead for the majority of the first half, but HPU didnt go away and eventually took the lead The Rebels kept the score close and tied the score at 34 gomg mto the two-gam- 6-- half The second half of the game was a different story DSC shot 54 percent m the first half but could not keep that roll gomg m the second half, shooting just 36 percent from the field the HPU However, the Rebels Rebels preformed well m the other stat columns, recordwhile ing just 10 turnovers causmg 17 by HPU Still, DSC lost the game Even though DSC was missing two huge parts of 36-2- 5 85-6- 8 BYU-Hawa- mber had six players m double figures scoring while DSCs highest scorer was freshman forward Landon Clegg with 15 points off the bench. BYU-Hawa- ii 85-7- 6 ""! ouss lfical iw a oent m ects s b tshop. rson will v u er es with zmg ieir lian nde jr isked x r- - ayH mot1 s ine the s$3 $35 "ll A fr ant r Jit'S ncoi md he r : recovers a loose ba" ,n Dmes laSt 9ame Ashman Bowie Jeffs, a biology major from Cast e ud es on their Hawaii trip three Rebels dropped tw gainst in the Burns Arena. The . expe by- - 13 points, with sophomore guard Shayla Martinez scoring 12 Freshman forward Brandi Barrett, juniorguard Courtney Boyd, and Jones all dropped m 10 points apiece "It was good to continue the winning streak m with ii last week. Griffiths said Our team played really well together" The next night, the Rebels wrapped up their road games by finishing the series against the Sea Warriors, defeating on the night them After taking a Hawaii, 65-5- 8 26-1- 8 k DSC bats quieted by SUIJ.. the offense m senior guard Dan Stock (out with a broken ankle) and senior center Troy Randall (who missed the game for personal reasons), junior guard Ben Hartman didnt make excuses for the team because of the missing pieces Everyone played well, even though we were missing a few guys, Hartman said These games came down to execution, and we did not execute Clegg, who came mto the starting line up and responded with a 21 point scormg outburst, led DSC, and junior forward Ryan Sanchez chipped in with 19 pomts I felt really comfortable m that role (as starter), Clegg said Coach Judkins treats us all as equal, and this team plays together welL No one cares who scores as long as the slack is picked up The Rebels picked up the pace m their second and final game against HPU on this Hawaii trip The Rebels shot nearly 50 percent from the field and held HPU to 38 percent, and just 8 percent from the three-poin- t line The Rebels received only four pom(s from the bench players All five starters scored m double figures with Clegg taking the top spot m the box scores with 19 pomts Senior center Kasey Winters scored 16 pomts and 15 rebounds DSC won their final game m Hawaii this year after losing their first five The on the Rebels fall to season and are guaranteed to have a record below 500 for the second straight season Even with the losses m Hawaii players felt the trip still helped the team I think that by the end of this road trip that we came 1 together as a team, 1 Hartman said The Rebels will travel 1 home for their final home a set to take on Notre Dame de Namur and Charmnade 1 tonight and Thursday at 7 30 p m to close out the 08 season 4 -- the s back-to-bac- Shorthanded mens basketball team gets roughed up on Hawaii road trip The Rebels traveled Hawaii for another k pm The Rebels are hoping to rebound against Notre Dame after losing games on the road earlier in the season "We're really excited to play Notre Dame again," Griffiths said But it's just crazy that this season is over It was disappointing m some aspects not to wm the conference this yedr, but overall I have learned so much, and my team has come together and played much better over the last few weeks It will be good to close out the year with wins " Junior guard Lindsey Chettmger led the Rebels with 23 points on the night, with team JARED BURTON Dixie Sun Sports Editor a. Tip-off- this win BY tag back-to-bac- Griffiths, an undecided major from Orderville We worked really hard to ram- S g leader junior forward Jessica Carver dropping m- i Seasiders game m winning the end as well 84-7- 9 for few road, Griffiths said The Rebels hope to finish the season strong by closing out the year with home games against Notre Dame de Namur tonight, and then their last game against Charmnade on Thursday are both at 5 30 g We came out and stayed tough throughout the whole game, not giv-,nup at all, said freshman guard Sammi 5 11-- 5 a they -- lead m the second half, the Rebels kept a consistent pressure on the Sea Warriors and continued their offensive success overall Carver and Chettmger each led the Rebels with 17 points, while Griffiths was the only other player m double figures with 15 points With the wins, the Dixie ' mins om DIXIE SUN BROCK BYBEE Sun Staff Writer gY 'arnel d it it 27, 2008 Southern Utah University handed Dixie State College their second loss in a row on Monday night. The Rebels scored only one run on DSC will take the field again tonight six hits for a final score of in their first of three games against Grand Canyon University. The overall and sit at second place in the PacWest Rebels are now Conference. 3 Quote of the Week ever Andy is one of the greatest human beings Ive met I have two daughters well, I have one and one on the way If I had a daughter, I would want 'em to marry awkAndy Pettitte The age difference might be a little is and possible m anything age ward, but todays day Alex Rodriguez - |
