Show Men Fail in Upset Bid By Lance ONeil O'Neil Staff Writer The Bruin men tried to do what the Lady Bruins could not defeat a nationally ranked during homecoming for the Wolverines on the opening night of their brand new events center Unfortunately the outcome outcome outcome out out- come of the game was the same as the Lady Bruins The team turned in what may have been the best performance performance performance mance and certainly most entertaining entertaining entertaining entertain entertain- ing game of the year despite the loss A record crowd of were entertained by a high flying 87 81 Wolverine win They also witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- the Utah Jazz mascot Bear deliver the game ball In the opening minutes it seemed the lid on the Bruins basket was left leftover leftover leftover over from the women's game as the Bruins fell behind 8 23 early in the game following a 14 0 run by the fourth ranked Wolverines The Bruins clawed their way back into what seemed a potential blowout with 4 15 run of their own to tie the game at 34 While was carried by Danny Brotherson's 13 in the first half the Bruins used balanced scoring scoring scoring ing to stay within thin striking distance Matt Pinkney had 11 Lance Dunkley Dunkey dumped in eight Johnny Robinson also added eight and Jeremy Jeppesen had seven as the Bruins trailed by only one at half 45 5 The teams come out fighting literally literally literally lit lit- in the second half as Jeppesen and Brotherson got into a skirmish On the Bruins end of the floor Jeppesen and Brotherson exchanged pushes shoves elbows and punches while neither was called for a foul During the following transition as the Bruins ran the break and the ball went to Jeppesen Brotherson threw a forearm which earned him a flagrant foul and nearly an ejection probably wished he had been tossed Brotherson continued to scorch the nets as he finished with a game high 23 points including a momentum momentum momentum momen momen- tum swinging three point shot with just under five minutes left in the game Ryan Addison had a solid defensive defensive defensive sive game holding star Derrick Elliot to only two first half points and 11 points overall on 3 of 1 Johnny Robison had 21 points in an loss to 15 shooting Addison however hit for only two second half points and eight in the game on 4 of 15 shooting Overall the Bruins shot a solid 46 percent from the field fIed while limiting to only 41 percent Ultimately the Wolverines were able to win the game by taking care of the ball as they committed only seven turnovers compared to 16 for forthe forthe forthe the Bruins also hit their final seven free throws to ice the game Robinson finished the game leading leading leading lead lead- ing the Bruins with 21 points including including including ing 3 of 5 three pointers He also had six assists |