Show Men Sweep Opening Op ning Home Stand By Craig Limb Sports Editor Competing in one of the toughest regions in the nation the Bruins started started the the foot season on right foot this last weekend by defeating Casper Community College and Western Nebraska Friday night in the home opener the Bruins took on Casper College The game started slow both teams i committing turnovers rs and trying to get established Five minutes into the game the score was only 4 d The games game's intensity had a jump jumpstart i start when Aaron Hill entered the 1 X game and started shooting the lights out hitting a perfect 4 for 4 from behind the three point arc in the first half It was just what the Bruins needed to spread the Thunderbirds defense and allow the inside game to come alive The Thunderbirds called time out with left in the first half after Travis Spivey hit Carmie for a slicing la lay up on the left side increasing the Bruin lead 32 The I frustration of the Birds T-Birds became obvious Dion Jackson was hit with a technical foul with five minutes left sending to the line where he sunk both free throws Then with I 15 left in the first half Spivey hit David Hance Hancey with an ally dunk putting an exclamation point on th the first half alf The Bruins went into the locker room with a 30 point lead 48 18 They held the T-Birds T to just 30 shooting and only allowed one field goal in the last ten minutes of the first half The second half was more of the same the Bruins came out of the locker room room on a 4 12 run including a dunk by Spivey to wake the crowd up The Bruins won the home opener with a score of 95 48 led by Hill with 21 points on 72 shooting had 19 points and Spivey added 14 points 4 assists and 7 rebounds Salt Lake ended the game shooting shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing just over 55 percent from the field and almost 67 percent from the free throw line They were vere 9 for 18 from behind the arc h helped by Hills Hill's 5 for 8 shooting Saturday night the Bruins hosted another tough team from Region 9 the Cougars from Western Nebraska Jeff Dorenbosch one of the Bruins big men got into early foul trouble picking up two fouls in less than two minutes and had to be replaced earlier earli earli- er than expected n H M s 00 p r x Spivey hits for a The Bruins opened the game with an 8 1 run and coasted through the first half taki taking g advantage of defensive defensive defensive sive mismatches Derek Cummings a 5 I 0 point guard for the Cougars was no match for 62 Travis Spivey and committed four fouls in the first ten minutes of the game and was forced to sit until the second half Early in the second half the momentum shifted in favor of the Cougars and they came storming back The Cougars were led back into the game when Tommie King hit two three point baskets to help revitalize revitalize revitalize his team King finished the game leading the Cougars with 29 points Western Nebraska cut the lead to four when Carmie was called for an intentional foul and both free throws were made things didn't look too good for the Bruins Then on the inbound pass Travis Spivey dashed out of no where and came up with a big steal He beat the defense down the floor and finished the fast break with a monster dunk cliched the game for forthe forthe forthe the Bruins when he hit a pointer 3 with one-minute one left putting them up for good The Bruins held on to beat the surging Cougars 82 Spivey led the Bruins with a great all around game scoring 29 points grabbing 6 rebounds and dishing out 6 assists in 38 minutes of play Jeff Dorenbosch and Andre Bovell together were a perfect 8 of 8 from the free throw line and combined for 13 rebounds and 14 points |