Show EDGES SNOW Dee Herfel Staff Writer From the opening tip to the final tick of the clock in the overtime period it was all out war The highly controversial Bruins with great external pressure and adversities fought off the Snow Badgers Court warrior Melvin Love was involved in three separate battles with three e different players No fisticuffs broke out but at one time a Snow fan ran out on the court to confront Love and teammate Issy Washington The players maintained their composure though and concentrated on the game As if the Bruins didn't have enough problems with players and coaches quitting Love hurt his knee during the game which prohibited him from playing percent for the rest of the game The Bruins' Bruins victory was even more impressive than it looked They were playing with only eight of the original 14 players John Staggers is gone and Tank Collins quit the team to go back to Califor Califor- nia Both were key players for forthe forthe forthe the team With all this in mind the players hung tough to win in overtime Anthony January AJ pulled down 14 rebounds with Love getting 12 boards Even with AJ and Love getting a combination of 26 rebounds the larger front line of the Badgers had the ad ad- vantage The Badgers were deeper off the bench than the Bruins This let their big men rest to return to the game fresh Issy Washington and Cole Cloninger both recorded seven assists to run the smaller team Matt Barnes had three pointers 3 and steals all at key times The Bruins pulled the one point victory off by running most of their offense off the fast break Washington with one of the quickest first steps around caused problems for forthe forthe forthe the Badgers all night He ended the night with 21 points AJ played well at both ends to pick up any slack left by the quitting players and coaches Max Lloyd new head coach recorded his first win with the team since Dave Osborne old coach resigned the day of the game Five players for the Bruins scored double figures Love with 28 points AJ and Washington with 21 Matt Barnes with 18 and Mark Gisseman Gisseman Gisseman Gis- Gis seman with 14 After the game when asked about the resignation of Coach Osborne new coach Max Lloyd said Turmoil around the team added up and pressure from the family along with financial reasons caused his resignation Now he can watch his own boy play Lloyd feels the team will jell well together without all the problems that have occurred in the past Im the now and the future and we need to go goon goon goon on and play ball the best we can said Lloyd The team will have their hands full when they play the third nationally ranked College College College Col Col- lege of Southern Idaho next weekend j 0 y dj tn r id i J if w. t Z jI h r 4 c d' d NR t i 1 I r. r T t I Jr f. as f 1 u. u y H t J PI fY i F Ji l If 1 u Jean Head Coach Im happy |