Show Lady Bruins show no mercy demoralize lower level teams Mat Baer Sports Editor HE Lady Bruins THE T waltzed through a weekend which kept them tied for second place in the Scenic West Conference by first annihilating a hapless Colorado Northwestern team then out-muscling out Eastern Utah The Lady Bruins share identical records with the College of Southern Idaho and are two games behind Utah Valley 76 31 The Lady Bruins had no trouble taking care of business business business busi busi- ness with as they racked up the first 16 points of the game and eventually led at the half by a pathetic 31 13 margin The game was over as soon as the second half began when took a 32 13 lead With more than 19 minutes to play the Lady Bruins had more points than they would eventually allow to score held the Lady Spartans Spartans Spartans Spar Spar- tans scoreless for the final nine-and-a-half nine minutes and blasted by 45 64 CEU 44 The Lady Bruins may have had their most solid allaround allaround all all- around output of the season Saturday night as they wore- wore out a very pesky Eastern Utah team Coach Jean short handed squad kept a steady offensive pace throughout the first half that prevented the Eagles from gaining any momentum rhythmic play execution execution execution ex ex- was too much for the Eagles to handle and their frustration turned to foul trouble made seven-of- seven ten throws free-throws in the half and built a 32 20 half time lead They The Lady Bruins continued continued continued con con- their pace in the second half never letting CEU close the gap by less than ten The Bruin bench played an excellent supporting supporting support support- ing role as Kim Kelsey put in six second half points and Becky Engman poured in 11 including two three- three pointers helping trounce trounce CEU by 20 64 Engman led all scorers with 21 points and four our rebounds Heather S Sonne had hada a team high eight rebounds and scored eight points while Promise McIntosh had 10 points and grabbed six rebounds The Lady Bruins go on a crucial two game road trip Feb 9 and 10 where they will face the Northern Idaho Cardinals Friday night and the Ricks College Vikings on Saturday Both Ricks and are directly behind in inthe inthe inthe the Scenic West Conference |