Show Bruin basketball departs decade in style Women end 2 10 1 2 0 4 0 conference Men at 1 4 10 4 0 3 1 Mat Baer Sports Editor T was only last May when hen IT I the athletic department department department depart depart- ment underwent rebirth Norma Carr had just been hired as Athletic Director and Jeff was the new newMen's newMen's newMen's Mens Men's Basketball Coach The program as a whole showed great promise and Jean women's team tam seemed unaffected by the department re But task of building a winning team looked to be beat beat beat at least a year away After Mer all was hired during the worst possible time in terms of recruiting quality ball ballplayers ballplayers ballplayers players his hs biggest foreseen obstacle Not so o as the men are now 4 10 and the women are 10 basketball program has built a reputation around the West as a threat on anyone's court Heres Here's a wrap- wrap up of Bruin Basketball in inD D December cember On December 8 Southern Idaho was in town The men were the number one ranked team in the nation with the women being highly respected in the conference Beckey Engman drilled a three-point three shot with no time remaining giving the Lady Bruins an awesome 61 58 win Treasure Valley fell to December 9 60 The following week The women up racked-up two more bombing bombing bombing bomb bomb- ing Eastern Utah 61 46 in Price and smoking Colorado Northwestern 87 43 to round out the year The next Women's game is Friday January 12 vs Ricks The men played a fantastic fantas fantas- tic first half against only to have it spoiled by a fluke call that enabled to pull ahead at the half with a last second three-pointer three of their ther own undefeated status seemed very much in jeopardy dy until the Bruins came out of the locker room They were beyond flat The game ended with a lopsided second half that included being hit with three consecutive consecutive consecutive tive and being ejected from his first game of the year fought back but still lost 80 Saturday they shot the lights out of 64 then took to the road for three consecutive victories CEU 87 86 69 64 and Hill 77 69 The Themen Themen Themen men are playing in the tournament January 6 5 then returning home January 9 vs BYU J JV i I I 1 C 33 11 Kamile Kuhn gets stopped in her tracks as she attempts to drive in inside inside inside in- in side on defenders won the game 61 61 Iv r M r 1 Fy iJ y T T l a w. w b a 9 u y 7 vi eg q w yc y l r c cT T r Li f Sl v it I 1 G i K o I y x i k 1 I 1 I The Wonder-Man Wonder Zach Allison kicks it above the defense The Bruins played an excellent fir first t half but came out stone-cold stone in the second and dropped their first home loss to the 1 ranked Golden Eagles |