Show Match 10 1994 Page 7 season comes to an end Lady Eagles record-settin- g by Chris Myers staff writer In an anting season that saw reoordg fall like 10 many Angela Rot it was disappointing to we die College of Eastern Utah women's -- Most wins (17) Most wins in Region 18 (10) Most consecutive wins (7) Most prints scored in a single - three-pointe- rs basketball machine come to a screeching halt in the conference tournament March 2 On the weekend leading to the playoffs CEU crushed Treasure Valley 2 63 rebounds m the process The next night against settinf a school-recor- d the College of Southern Idaho the Lady Eagles lost their grip on s tight game whistled against CEU near the end Southern when a "phantom fouT Idaho made the ensuing free throws and the result was a 64-3-9 loss for CEU The crucial setback to Southern Idaho deprived the Lady Eagles a third place finish in the region standings Instead they wound up fifth out of 10 teams CEU concluded the regular season 3 overall 10-- 8 in the region season (2288) - Most rebounds - Most steals in a single game (30) - Most blocked shots in a single vu game (10) Individual records: - Most rebounds in a single game (Tasha Bradley with 20) 17-1- - Most three pointers in a single game (Ron with 7) in a single - Most season (Ron with 62) - But percentage in a Regloa Tournament: CEU 73 Ricks 83 -- conference tournament in Sl George CEU was At die seeded against Ricks College Would this be another easy win for the Lady 101 points in a Eagles who scotched Ricks for a season-hig30print obliteration on Feb 3? No Ricks recovered from that calamitous lots of a month ago and beat CEU in a game that saw 23 lead changes Ricks retaining a tentative 3 advantage wu spurred on when Lady Viking Teresa Gcmir canned a three-poishot with five minutes to go in the game Even though both teams that broke our back” assistant coach shot poorly “they hit some Ted Bianco said Hobbled starter Tasha Bradley (sprained ankle) only contributing a few and shaky outside shooting minutes of play missed free throws (14-2contributed to die Lady Eagles downfalLTrouble also came in the form of the n Ricks defense "When they were in defense) we killed them when inside" Bianco commented “But they went zone we had a hard time making our shots from outride" Ron led CEU with IS points including three treys Alisa Chamberlain had 13 points 10 rebounds md four assists Natalie Hawks punched in 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds while Jodi Hatch added 12 pointi and nine rebounds In light of die loss CEU wu regarded as a team to be feared heading into the toumamenL The Ricks head coach told me after the game that we were the scariest team in the region aD year” Bianco said Ricks went on to whip previously undefeated Utah Valley State College (29-80-7- 0 As die winners of the and Sak Lake Community College 7 tournament Ricks will represent the Scenic West Athletic Conference at die national playoffs in Tyler Texas on March 9 Revered as the best CEU women's basketball team ever by the coaches the Lady Eagles have their share of team records: single-eliminatio- in a single game (63) 66-3- n 83-7- three-pointe- rs three-poi- nt single season (Ross with 47 percent) six-poi- nt Despite the Lady Eaglu many successes this season they have had more than their share of lough breaks Bianco cited several clou games where CEU fell short whether it be from bad luck or bad referees "Hopefully we can combine next year's talent with that (late game) experience and pull out more wins" CEU win have eight returning players nt three-pointe- rs 6) man(-to-ma- next season First-Tea- 0) 13-1- ffrfrtflfn Vikings fry in n Wltjt pffvn jmpf pyinti tht Rtckt Brockbank photo byAaron Upset-minde- d Shamon Antrum points at started the run with two free throws Curtis Porter wu fouled on a three-poiattempt and made all three free throws Porter finished the run with 39-3- 1 nt ajumpshoL The Rebels lined up outside the arc and bombed away hitting only shots from the field Dixie shot 37 percent making 3 shots overall The only bright spot for the Rebels wu Spelling Davis who scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in 28 minutes CEU faced the Ricks College and Vikings in the abruptly did an about face after the opening tip on their way lo a 9 loss They've got a great team and they can shoot the ball real well” Stubbs commented The Eagles were held scoreless for the first five minutes of the game Malik Salim then hit the second of two free throws giving CEU their 3-- 27-7- semi-fina- ls 89-4- - IIIjla finiPoinL Ricks freshman Toby Bush shoots a tMecte ovsr EU shot only 23 percent in the game and watched the Vikings sail to halftime lead a 40-2"Defensively I think that we did a real great job playing them" Ricks head coach Clyde Nelson said In the second half Ricks went on a early 10-- 2 run and were never 1 challenged CEU tried to offset the Vikings 37 percent shooting with changes on the defensive end The Eagles tried a match-u- p zone 3 zone and a zone defense We came out flat and nothing that we tried worked Stubbs said "But I can say that Ricks wu just a better team than we were this year I really believe that" 2-- nt m - m Advertise in the Eagle Only $3 a column inch Call 0 Ext 250 for more information 637-212- j 1 ! t y -1 Salt Lake Community College faced Ricks in the final and won 3 Chuck Overton going away won the tournament MVP and wu selected to the team all Overton the on Joining tourney team were teammates Silu Mills and Marcel Johnson Jared Peterson and Ryan Williams of Ricks College and Andy Smith of Utah Valley State College also made the team 77-6- ey -- Jared Peterson ignited the Vikings in the first half j scoring 13 points nine of which shots came via several three-poiRfcks sMoumay pleyor Ryan WHImra Freshman Ben Caton chipped in with photo byAaron Brockbank eight first half points ri Eagles (taWn All-Regi- on m Fust-Tea- 72-6- t Lest we forget the individual accolades: - Ross wu named (SWAC) and ICAC Chamberlain wu named Second-TeaICAC Bradley wu named ICAC Honorable Mention Hatch wu named ICAC Honorable Mention Earn $1000 weekly with your personal computer! 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