| Show lursda lj)oy ymbeElflllLM U h O-- a s eg Pa r e6 I p&pri 3t$ H Ml iJ ill Eagles bring home turkey day trophy and improve their preseason record to 0 - V f i?4- if- i f f 7-- i? b ?vML - V sports editor !iL’$ fr-- U£&k & y V e&‘ r va(' :'-- jin ' '’' v 'iti'-vfo' ?r j m - Cjoi?SrsN) - - ' t 1 ' 'V " i V' t ' ' -- 1 ' Y vHi Mi i -- a' pAt&teXf§d —r"MI jv Jjwii'- r yiv ? -- r A K as hs Johnny Selvie shows why hs shoots 78 psrcsnt from ths floorPulil Paul throws down anothsr against HAFBJpheto by one-foot-er now Lady Eagles prepare for league play 3-- 4 by Richard Nielsen sports editor The Lady Eagles basketball team is seven games into the sea- son with a record of 3 - 4 and early indications show some areas of improvement from last season while other aspects need some work Defense is up while the of- is down Team quickness is up and experience is down Coach Dave Paur has been pleased with his team's intense de-- fense and is pleasantly "surprised" at the quickness of the women at all positions The shot selection through the first seven games has been good but the points are not coming as the team is shooting just 30 from the field "We are averaging only 13 turnovers a game this year com-fenpared to 24 a game last year" said Paur With six key players being freshmen this season the team is still "loo tentative On their deci se The Golden Eagles basketball team took their usual Thanksgiving vacation in Mesa Arizona and like usual took home the championship trophy from the Valley of the Sun ToumamcnL The tournament this year hosted by Mesa Community College has been a very good tradition for CEU over the past three years Each year the Golden Eagles have walked away with the championship and each year the Eagles have avoided the cold temperatures of Price With three victories in Mesa CEU improved their record to 0 heading into the flrst conference game of the season against Colorado Northwestern Community College on Friday In the opening game of the tournament CEU took on Glendale Community College Glendale was probably considered the weaker of the three opponents that CEU would face but unfortunately Glendale did not know it The game was played evenly for much of the fust half and into the second before the Golden Eagles broke it open for a 22 point victory 77-5- 5 Kris Hill as he has done all season led the Eagles with 22 rebounds and 23 points "Kris and an of the sophomores have provided great leadership this season” said assistant coach Guy 7-- 123®? I Beach "Jason Martin had an excellent tournament and has become one of the best point guards around" Beach added Martin hit for 16 points against Glendale and dished out 8 assists while playing a team high 30 minutes Johnny Selvie and Junsie Gotten each added 14 points for CEU South Mountain Community College was next up for the Golden Eagles atDespite making only 1 of 17 three-poi84-5- 5 with came the an Eagles tempts away win Hill cashed in for 22 points and 18 boards Selvie scored 14 points Gotten sion making)” Paur and assistant coach Ted Bianco are using primarily eight players to decide the starting rotation for each game but each player coming off the bench has been able to fill in key roles On November 27 the Lady Eagles traveled north to play the Hill Air Force Base Falcons In one of their strongest outings of the year the Eagles topped the Falcons 3 Angela Chadwick led CEU with 11 points on 5 of 6 shooting (88 percent) including one Jennifer Leach was next in scoring honors with 8 points 51-3- three-point- er and Jermaine Avie 10 Martin hit for 8 points while spreading the passes around for 9 assists and Kurt Schneider came olT the bench to get 3 blocks for CEU Asa whole the Eagles dominated the boards bringing down 14 offensive rebounds and 30 defensive boards In the final game of the tournament for CEU Phoenix College proved to be worthy opponents to challenge the Eagle's reign as tournament champions Phoenix knew who they had to stop on CEU but couldn't get it done as Hill Gotten and Martin all came in with 20 points Selvie added 14 points and Amos Richardson came off the bench for 7 Free throws have been a sore spot for the Eagles all season but against Phoenix die charity stripe became just that charity points CEUhitl6ofl9 free throws for 84 percent and 31 of 45 field goals for 69 percent Through the tournament CEU shot an amazing 62 percent 11 by Richard Nielsen nt Beach was pleased with the tournament win and feels good about the teams progress this season He noted that "our team rebounding needs improvement" Hill is the Region 18 leader in rebounds (16rpg) and fourth in scoring (21 ppg) Selvie leads the region in field goal percentage (78 percent) and is tenth in scoring (16 ppg) Martin is seventh in percentage (56 percent) and eighth in assists (5 apg) Rod Belnap checks in as shooter in the region the tenth best team the Eagles are avAs a (50 percent) eraging 88 points per game while holding their opposition to 65 points int Friday Colorado Northwestern Community College visits CEU to open the regular season schedule Game time is set for 7:30 in the BDAC Saturday night the Golden Eagles play host to the BYU JV team with tip-of- T again at 7:30 Steffani Carpenter added 6 points and a team high 9 rebounds including 5 offensive boards Stad Myers and Vanessa Jubitz each grabbed 8 rebounds while Kelle Hansen dished out 5 assists for the Lady Eagles The team shooting percentages were again down in this game as CEU only managed 33 percent from the field (21 of 64 shots) and 35 percent from the free throw line (8 of 23) Four players are listed in Region 18 statistical leaders for the week Leach Is seventh in percentage (33 percent) and eighth in free throw percentage (74 percent) Heather Webster is seventh assists (4 apg) Wendy Rhodes is ninth in perKim and (27 centage percent) Liddell is tenth in field goal percentage (57 percent) The Scenic West Athletic Conference promises to again be a competitive league this season Paur expects Utah Valley Community College and Ricks College to again be among the best In four games this season Utah Valley has out scored their opponents by an avenge margin of 48 points (105 - 57) The Lady Eagles begin conference play against Colorado Northwestern Friday Doc 6 in the BDAC with tip-of-f at 5:15 fat int |
