| Show I Beats for Straight Victory Victory Larry D. D Curtis Managing Editor UTAH Valley State College completed their undefeated regular season running their record to 28 0 by beating the Lady Bruins 80 The Wolverines were led by 21 points from Hillarie Dunn and 17 from Kim Morris The Wolverines used a 6 21 scoring run during the last six minutes of the game to take back their early lead and put the game away The win had little effect on the WAC standings because already al already already al- al ready had secured a first place finish and was locked into second Dont Don't tell Bruin players the game was meaningless They hey played with a lot of emotion and were angry about the lossI lossI lossI loss I played like crap said point guard Krista Wardle I made key mistakes at the end of the game Wardle had decent numbers in her 33 minutes She hit four of nine shots made her only free throw in the game gathered four rebounds and dished for six assists Coach Soni Adams was not displeased displeased displeased dis dis- dis- dis pleased with her teams team's effort I was proud of these kids because because because be- be be be- cause we fought back and had it in our reach Adams said We mentally mentally mentally men men- tally let down just enough to let letI I them steal it away I think its it's a team we can beat It isn't a huge loss The Bruins most experienced Mika Brown and players center t guard Kamie Bland had big games for the Bruins Bland scored 20 hitting 10 of 16 shots dishing for five assists and stealing the ball eight times Brown scored 18 making seven of her 12 shots from the field and four of seven free throws Brown also collected 10 rebounds a high for the game With seven minutes left in the game the Bruins held a 64 59 edge but they would score only six more points the rest of the way They went cold from the field and stagnated on offense The Bruins held their final lead at 65 66 but didn't score again until two minutes were left in the game and had opened a 8 point advantage Laura Goulding who had been beena a key part of the offense when the Bruins had taken their early second half lead fouled out of the game Several players for both teams were in foul trouble but only Goulding V ig picked up her fifth and disqualifying foul The Lady Bruins move on to the tournament where some players hope ope to have another crack at the Wolverines I |
