Show Eagles earn top seed and SWAC regular season title combined to control the front court while guards Udoka Jackson Johnson and Gill sported a whopping 17 15 8 and 10 points Jackson and Johnson shared the wealth with seven assists apiece and Udoka had five assists Williams fired in 12 points as well for CEU Defense continued to be an instrumental roll for Eastern Utah forcing 20 turnovers which may just have been the key to the by Shanz M Leonelli sports editor ll TT JL JT arch madness is upon us and the kcyistobcplayingyourbistball Y JLgoing into the post season tour- nament Fortunately forCEU theGolden Eaglesare reaching peak performnneeand picking upsteam Going into the final week of conference and pli y Astern Utah mauled Sni nv crushed Dixie92-7- 2 to win theconferencv regular season t itle and earn a nu mber one seed in this weekend's Region 1 STouma-me1 94-6- 8 triumph Eastern the previous weekend Feb 21 and CFU scorched Utah Valley for 109 points out slugging the Wolverines 109-9- 3 and upended Salt Lake in a 2 In spear-headin- 74-7- thriller Suit hern Idaho has the unfortunatetask n leeting Eastern Utah in the first round ol tournament action asCSI will attempt toslow the Eagles' momentum 1 Eastern Utah-9- 4 Snow-6- 8 A bus load of CEU students and other 32-3- fans who made the short haul to Ephraim anotherdouble-doubl- c Simply stated Eastern Utah was infuego he Eagles flat out Uxik it to Snow showing Thecharity stripe wascrucial CEU hit larold Arceneaux remained solid with 16 pointsand seven rebounds w'hlle I me Udoka and Ben Curtis netted double figures 12 and 10 points respectively Udoka also handed out five assists and Curtis connected on two three pointers For the Badgers Paul Jonas and Lee 1 4 Robinson tied fora team-hig- h points but it clearly wasn't enough as thisone belonged to CEU the whole way EddieGill poured inseven points including an electrifying dunk late in the contest Mitchell Johason had six points b th behind the three point line and four assists and Kclby Miller scored five points Wendell Raiford pitched in a point at the foul line Crowd favorite Jeremy Curtis wouldn't disappoint his fans as he pulled down two boards and hit a frecthmw I Eastern Utah-9- 2 Dixie-7- 2 It was much of thesamc the following night forCEU as the Eagles made a late night trip to St George to face the Rebels at home Eastern Utah never had a chance to cool off throws while Salt Lake connected on nine with four points difference between the two After beatingSalt Lake and Utah Valley Eastern Utah left themselves in position to take top honors in the conference by winning over Dixieand Snow where they left no doubt who the conference champs would be Region 18 championship game will be Saturday at 7 PM and if the Eagles recent dominancecontinuesCEU will be making way 13 free aiming out with the hot hand once again Wesson reairded hisseamd double-doubl- e on the road with 21 points and 17 rebounds bcingamanamongboysinthepaint Jackson T no mercy Lake-7- 2 72-7- 22 would not be disappointed as the h( xpsters treated their fans to a romping over the Badgers Every player earned some time in the blowout victory which at times seemed as if CEU was toying with its opponent If things could get any worse for Snow they did as Eastern Utah had the hot touch shifting a phenomenal 66 from the field and a feisty defense frustrated Badger attempts holding the home team toa lowly 42 as a team from the floor 19 Noel Jackson had the game-hig- h five assists and brought down points five rebounds on an 89shooting night K'ZcIl Wesson popped in 17 points while whiping the boards for 12 rebounds for yet Salt With two seconds showing on the clock and a 2 tie Wesson would tip in a missed shot to end the tense contest g Someone different seems to be team-hig- h theoffensivechargewitha each game This time it was Udoka leading the way with 20 points five rebounds and three assists Wesson in addition to the last seconds tip in had 18 points and 11 rebounds He also swatted two Bruins attempts Arceneaux registered 17 points six boards turn assists and blocked shots Eastern Utah trailed by a point 1 at half-tim- e and it remained a tight game throughout but persistence paid off Jackson had 11 points and seven rebounds Johnson Williams and B Curtis scored one four and three points nt ( Utah-7- 4 exploded in the last five minutes to put the aintest out of reach rhillXGraf&Tuvid and his incs came out with nine rebounds combined Arceneaux shot a perfect and had 10 points on the gunningforCEU early The Utah evening Valley guard nailed four three pointers and The Eagles shot off the charts at 65 as a tcammaintaininganupwardcurveshooting into the Scenic West Athletic Confer- - ena'Toumament Johnson again spotted up behind the three point arc connecting on threetrifectas total- ing nine points Alu Williams and Gill hit for acombinedl4pointsBrianBartondraincda three pointer and Miller also added three points Raiford hit two foul shots and B Curtisone Dixie was ice cold as the stubborn Eagles' defense stymied its opponent and fc reed a horrible 40 shooting for the Rebels This game was the final preparation for the trip to Idaho to play at North Idaho in the tournament Utah Valley-9- 3 Eastern Utah-10- 9 Lack of offense was not a worry in this high affair in which six of the seven Eagles to sec the floor were in double digits Close throughout most of the contest CEU lied 18 points with six rebounds Teammate Darius Beard had 17 points while Silester Rivers and Leif Nelson scored 13 each Losing at Utah Valley in overtime in the first matchup CEU was eager for revengeathome the 20 point bar-scori- ng rier with 26 and 21 respectively with 11 rebounds |