| Show Southern Idaho silences to capture College of Southern Idaho Tournament t Bruins route Treasure Valley then get thumped by USA's number one jr college team Mat Baer Sports Editor WIN The FALLS-The Mens Men's Basketball TWIN T team split two games over the weekend and captured second place in the College of Southern Idaho Tournament held Jan 5 and 6 in Twin Falls The Bruins earned a birth inthe in inthe inthe the championship game of the four team tournament with an easy 61 39 win over Treasure Valley They then dropped a lopsided lopsided lopsided lop lop- sided 77 shot-fest shot to the one number-one- ranked Golden Eagles Salt Lake Community College 61 Treasure Valley 39 Treasure Valley had been nuked by the Bruins in Salt Lake on Dec 9 64 64 and the apparently had intentions of making this contest a much slower and low scoring affair began the game attempting attempt attempt- ing to use all 45 seconds on the shot clock on each possession with a stalling offense that frustrated The Bruins had ran into the ground in their first meeting and the weren't about to let this one get out of reach early With the tempo slowed down the Bruins were held to only 25 shots in the first half They were 9 of 14 from two-point two range and 2 0 on three point Poor free throw shooting was additional evidence of the frustration on part as the Bruins shot 5 of 11 1145 45 for the half didn't make much of the opportunity opportunity opportunity granted by the Bruins' Bruins lack of offense as the shot a dismal 5 17 from the field while converting on 9 of 13 from the line The Bruin defense was far more potent than was the stall game and the Bruins also controlled the boards with 17 rebounds to 10 led at the half 27 The Bruins succeeded in forcing the ball to the middle during the second half Johnson added eight points to his game high 15 and Zach Allison Jarvis David Critchley and Rob Stark each ended up with four as the Bruin front line took control in the second half Ryan Hunt scored 13 including the games only three-pointer three to lead all guards The Bruins finished the game shooting 53 from the field and held to only 32 also added 17 second half rebounds to finish with 34 and the grabbed 12 for a total of 22 Southern Idaho Salt Lake Community Community Community Com Com- College 77 The last time had lost a game was wason wason wason on Dec 8 at the hands of in Salt Lake Saturday night the Bruins had their second crack at the best junior college team in the nation only this time it was on home court in Twin Falls began in fine fashion as point guard Chris Fox had two quick steals enabling the Bruins to take a very slim early lead But then calmed down and started playing their game which was simply shoot to win The Golden Eagles launched 31 shots in the first half and made 20 including 5 of 8 from three point range Golden Eagle Guard David Anderson drilled three three-pointers three in route to a 22 point first half and Jose Jube added two more as built a 54 40 halftime lead The second half showed no sign of hope for the Bruins as Anderson and the rest of the Golden Eagles continued their bombard bombard- ment proved to all who attended exactly why they are the number one junior college team in the country as they up racked-up another 56 points including six three- three pointers in the second half Anderson added 13 more to finish with a game high 35 points and Jube ended the evening with a quiet 21 Anderson was 4 on three-point-shooting three and Jube was 6 4 with the team nailing an incredible 11 of 18 for forthe forthe forthe the night The Bruins were led by Chris Fox with 17 and Ryan Hunt with 16 was out rebounded 37 31 by and the Bruins committed committed committed com com- 26 turn-overs turn to the Eagles' Eagles 20 record minus Tuesdays Tuesday's game now stands at 5 11 3 1 in the Scenic West Conference The Bruins face ninth ranked Ricks Friday Dec 12 and Northern Idaho December 13 Both games begin at pm p.m. at South City Campus Campus Campus Cam Cam- pus and the Women play at 5 15 |
