Show Mens Men's and women's teams boot Western Wyoming Mat Baer Sports Editor mens men's and women's basketball teams each notched non-conference non victories victories victories vic vic- tories Monday night as both Bruin teams disposed of the Spartans from Western Wyoming With the wins the mens men's team now stands at 3 in their conference 9 7 overall and the women kicked kicked kicked kick kick- ed their record up to 8 3 3 1 in conference The Lady Bruins made things look easy as they waltzed to a 63 50 win while the men made it much tougher on themselves by al allowing allowing allowing al- al lowing a large lead to disappear disappear disappear pear late in the second half The Bruins still managed to come out on top 65 The Lady Bruins were led ledin ledin ledin in scoring by Sally Higginson a return sophomore who sat out last season with a knee injury Higginson scored 14 points 11 of which came in inthe inthe inthe the second half and helped the Lady Bruins stay out of Western Wyoming's reach The Lady Spartans had cut lead to 34 30 with 16 minutes to play but the Lady Bruins used a very balanced scoring attack four points each from four players in the second half combined with excellent defense to pace out-pace Forwards Marisa Egbert and Jennifer Brown each totaled totaled totaled to to- 11 points while Mardy Marty White center and Stephanie Denos guard shared the lead leadin leadin leadin in rebounds with six apiece All six for Denos came on the defensive end Western Wyoming actually actual actual- ly shot out-shot by connecting connecting connecting connect connect- ing on 25 of their 67 shots from the field 2 of 7 from pt 3 range compared to 25 of 69 for the Lady Bruins But could only make two of six throws free-throws while sending sending sending send send- ing shooters to the line 24 times 13 of which were converted by the Lady Bruins The men followed by building a seemingly comfortable comfortable comfortable com com- point plus lead late in the game only to watch it quickly fade away due to brutal shooting on their part and the sudden ability of the Spartans to put the ball in the basket Western Wyoming had terrible terrible terrible ter ter- ter- ter shooting throughout the game but Mike Van Staveren caught fire and paced the Spartans to an eventual two point lead with under four minutes remain remain- ing The Bruins then dug in inand inand inand and brought offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive surge to a halt as Lorenzo Jarvis took control of the defensive boards and allowed Zach Allison and Andre Miller to run the floor Miller led both teams with five steals and was able to turn up the Bruins Bruin's running game which the Spartans had no chance of keeping pace with throws Free-throws proved to be bethe bethe bethe the deciding factor in the closing minute as Allison and Lindsay Familar iced the victory victory victory vic vic- tory for the Bruins For the game the Bruins shot 68 percent percent percent per per- cent from the line 25 17 compared to 44 percent 9 4 for the Spartans The story was very different in shooting shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing from the field While Western Wyoming overcame a terrible early shooting performance performance performance per per- the Bruins continuously continuously continuously con con- had trouble hitting anything from any where The Spartans made 28 of their 66 attempts from the field 4 0 from pt 3 range and the Bruins managed to hit 25 of 81 2 16 from pt 3 range Both the mens men's and women's teams hit the road this weekend with games in Rexburg vs Ricks College on Thursday and Saturday vs North Idaho in Couer dAl dAlene dAlene d'- d' Al Alene en e. e Bruin injury update The Lady Bruins played without Jodi Ferre who sprained the thumb on her shooting hand last week in practice Ferre says shell she'll be ready to play at Ricks The Bruins have been pointless throughout the season following knee injuries injuries injuries in in- juries to return starting point guard Chris Fox and first year point guard Marty Holker The team suffered a painful blow Jan 4 as sophomore forward Dan Farr went wen t down with a major ligament tear |