Show Bounces Bruins from Tourney By Eric Bresee Managing Editor The Bruins lost to the Golden Eagles of Southern Idaho in inthe inthe inthe the first round of the Region 18 tournament tournament tournament tour tour- 74 Salt Lake finishes the year with a 9 10 record 17 13 overall after going 3 15 last year before losing to Ricks College in the second round of the tournament The Eagles used a white-hot white first half to jump to a nine point lead at the half shot 67 percent of 21 from the field while the Bruins made a respectable of 26 46 percent Another key for the Eagles in the half were free throws made of 7 10 for 70 percent while the Bruins struggled hitting of 2 2 of 7 29 percent gave the Bruins an ample chance to comeback in the second half as they were as cold in the second half as the were hot in the first They shot of 9 from the field for 38 only per per- cent nt But the Bruins could not capitalize capital capital- ize as they shot only of 27 44 percent percent percent per per- cent from the field The difference in the second half by far was free throws The Eagles shot more free throws in the second half 23 than the Bruins shot in the entire game 19 made 17 of the 23 they took in the half and finished of 33 for the game Laurie Crocker finished her Bruin career by scoring only four points Ashley Miller led with 16 The overall best game belonged to Kristel Whitten She scored 11 points grabbed five rebounds handed out five assists and finished with four steals A j I Pr I I n 1 a q if RIt I w h r 7 J I W. W k Photo by Jaren Wilkey Laurie Crocker standing and Kristel Whitten on floor their Bruin careers with the loss to Southern Idaho |