| Show Bruins Suffer Travel Difficulties While Going i Undefeated on Road Road- Swing vs CEU t Lady Bruins fe- fe T Return From 19 r Down to Steal Victory i Larry D. D Curtis Curtiss' Curtiss r s' s 7 Managing Editor J i Despite travel complications I that included the failure of two vehicles during a two-day two road trip both Bruin basketball teams picked up a pair of confer conference nce victories Friday Jan 14 At the College of Eastern Utah located in Price the women stole a game that coach Soni Adams said T would be difficult to win which r turned out to be true It took clutch free throw shooting shooting shoot shoot- 5 ing by Kamie Bland Laura Goulding Goulding Goulding Gould Gould- ing and Tonya Stokes down the stretch to put the finishing touches on an unlikely comeback Bland tallied 29 points for the Bruins S 'S S The Bruins jumped out to an r early lead which has become a pattern pattern pattern pat pat- tern for the t team am and held an advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage until Natalie Hawkes hit an inside jumper to put the Golden Eagles up 32 CEU took advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of their superior size to toi i hurt the Bruins inside Starting center Mika Brown saw limited playing ti tune time ne be because aus of her shoulder separation and r Heslop didn't make the trip leaving leaving leav leav- ing ng the inside game to Stephanie Killpack and Laura Goulding who i had j just st finished a bout with the fl flu r At halftime time the Eagles had a a 36 33 advantage on the Bruins ins The second half started poorly for the Bruins who quickly fell behind behind behind be be- hind by as many as 19 points Hawkes and Tasha Bradley Shawn Bradleys Bradley's younger sister did much of the damage for CEU but the game was far from froni over f. f With more than nine minutes remaining the Eagles lead was 1 iF I L down to single 0 digits 0 jr With under four minutes remaining CEU held a 66 62 66 ad ad- vantage Kane Karle Johnson took a pass v Horizon photo Lany t any 0 D. Curtis Curbs Chauny Morgan appears to pray from the sideline in the final moments moments moments mo mo- ments of a 78 76 victory against the CEU Eagles from Bland and hit a three pointer to bring the Bruins to within one but CEU managed to keep the lead A steal by Goulding led to a Krista Wardle lay up that made it 71 69 for the Eagles With a minute and 32 seconds left two Goulding free throws tied the game at 73 3 Kane Karie Johnson took another three that fell well short but was kept alive by Killpack After a ashot ashot ashot shot by Killpack Goulding was fouled on her put-back put attempt She nailed both free throws giving the Bruins their first lead since the first half 75 After a Eagle miss Stokes made one of two from the theline theline theline line to give the Bruins a seemingly safe lead of three with 30 seconds seconds' remaining on 00 the clock Alisa Chamberlain a a foot 6 forward nailed a three pointer to tie the game with only 15 seconds left The Bruins called for a time out Coach Adams w wanted the ball to goto goto go goto to Bland who had scored 27 Bland was fouled and sank both shots to finish the he scoring and give the Bruins a 78 76 victory From the last game when I missed them at the end I made a goal that I wasn't going to miss anymore any anymore m more re free throws Bland said what you live for as an athlete athlete athlete ath ath- ath- ath lete to be the hero or the goat Bland w was s definitely one of the heros scoring 29 pulling down nine rebounds from nom her guard position position position tion dishing out six assists and creating havoc hayo wit with her defense Bland s said i the emotional victory was a turning point for the Bruins S 5 Horizon tarry photo D. D Curtis Krista Wardle and Tonya Stokes celebrate as time runs out on CEU u. u according to Bland You could just feel that the season was going to turn for the bad or turn for the good and tonight we turned it for the better Saturday Jan 15 In Rangely Colo the Bruins crushed Colorado Northwestern Community College 86 With about 10 minutes left inthe inthe in the half the score was knotted at 17 The Bruins used a 14 0 run witha up line-up of Brown and bench players Johnson Chauny Morgan Regan Taylor and Jenie Mills to put the game away By half ti time e the Bruins held a 48 29 advantage With solid contributions contributions con con- contributions from the entire bench and Browns and Browns Brown's strongest outing since her injury the Bruins Brums' cruised to 86 63 victory After the game Spartan coach Tom Heywood was impressed by bythe bythe the he Bruins and predicted they would win the tournament cham cham- He said the Bruin game was very impressive and complemented their already powerful power power- ful guard play Lora Stewart a guard f for r the Spartans and Jenni Thorpe a center felt that held a small advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage over Their guards are the theS thein best S in the conference but has a better inside game St Stewart wart said i is two g games games behind s- s behind undefeated undefeated un un- def defeated who is also ranked third in the nation defeated ted by three points on Friday Dec 10 in the Bruins Bruin's Den Road Read Wins Put Men in Second Place Trail by Single Game Larry D D. Curtis Managing Editor Despite missing their shoot around due to a bus malfunction and a hostile crowd the Bruin Men left Price Utah with a victory Playing shortly after the women's two point win the Bruins stole a similar victory by a similar margin Two free throws by Brandon Peterson iced the game allowing to pick up its first road victory victory victory vic vic- vic vic- tory of the season The Eagles started strong and it appeared in the early moments that th they y might pull away and crush the Bruins They jumped out to a 2114 2114 2114 21 14 lead and had starting center Chad Kartchner out with foul trouble After a turnover Silas Mills took the ball in the post drop- drop stepped and dunked with flair and rim shattering power The crowd most of it College of Eastern tern Utah fans and cheered appreciating the dunk even ven if it was by the opposition The dunk sparked a seven-point seven run that tied the score at 21 The game remained close with CEU holding a slight advantage The second half also was close with CEUs CEU's lead alternating between between between be be- tween one and five points With 1 18 on the clock the Bruins held their first second half lead at 65 A CEU free throw brought the score to 64 After Brandon Peterson missed a three point attempt Charles Overton came up with an offensive rebound and was fouled He buried both foul shots amidst wild crowd noise with 42 seconds left to give the Bruins a three point advantage With 20 seconds left Overton was wasat wasat at the foul line again converting one shot giving the Bruins a four p point int lead CEUs CEU's Williams launched a three point shot that was off but Mills was called for a afoul afoul afoul foul and Williams went to the foul line and converted all three foul shots bring the Eagles to tp within one but with only J 16 seconds rem remaining remaining ining CEUs CEU's Williams fouled Marcel Johnson in his effort to run out the clock Johnson made his first free nee throw V but missed his second Mills went high and brought down the missed foul shot forcing the Eagles to foul again It took seven seven seconds before the Eagles could get to a player with the ball finally fouling Brandon Peterson He sank both and the game was over with sneaking sneaking sneaking sneak sneak- ing out with a 71 67 victory Overton who leads the SWAG SW AC conference in scoring followed by Johnson scored 22 He hit 10 of 16 free throws but hit four of five inthe in inthe inthe the final minute to ice the game Its a big win because this is s sour our first I road oad win A championship team wins on the road said Over- Over ton Saturday Jan 15 The Spartans started tough but didn't have the talent talent or depth to stay stay- with for a full game losing 96 Early in ip the game Colorado Northwestern Community College looked to be in trouble when dunked on three strait plays Overton Don Faux and Johnson threw down impressive slams Moments Moments Mo Mo- ments later Mills made a steal and andon andon andon on a breakaway did a double clutch backwards over the head Vit kf r 1 R Horizon photo Larry D. D Curtis Chuck Overton the SW C scoring scoring scoring ing leader helped slam sIam CEU u. u slam that for the second day in a a. a row brought the opposing crowd to its feet At the half the Bruins held a 45 38 advantage With left in the game trailed only 61 The Spartans would score only four more points in in the next five minutes while poured in 17 When the run ended only 1 38 was left and the Bru Bruins s lead 83 65 the game was over Don Faux controlled controlled controlled con con- trolled the boards for bringing bringing bringing bring bring- ing down a total of nine boards Kartchner contributed nine ninepoints ninepoints ninepoints points and five blocks The Bruins drove away with a a. a 96 79 victory and a second place standing in the SW AC They host Ric Ricks College and Northern Idaho College this weekend the only teams that hasn't t played NIC leads the conference with a six and one record |
