Show Ladies Win Their Tenth Game in a Row By Eric Bresee Staff Writer The Lady Bruins ran their winning streak to eight as they beat the Treasure Valley and College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles Feb 14 and 15 Kristel Whitten had 10 points seven steals and Laurie Crocker scored 21 points as the Bruins beat Treasure Valley 71 51 but it wasn't as easy as it looked The took a 26 24 halftime halftime halftime half- half time lead after an uninspired performance performance performance mance by the Bruins The deficit had Bruins head coach Betsy fuming I expect every game for them the players to bring a consistent level of f intensity and to be able to execute consistently consistent consistent- ly on offense and bring defense to every single game said the team may of had a mental letdown how teams step up and trip you up and beat you Youre You're going to lose your chances at the conference championship championship championship champi champi- because you didn't come to the game ready to play Theres There's no excuse for it i iThe The dominating second half was one of the bright spots for the Bruins The Bruins outscored Treasure Valley 47 to 25 The other was Whittens Whitten's near- near record seven steals The school record for steals is eight by Kamie Bland against three years ago I thought she definitely intimidated intimidated intimidated their ball said ter The Bruins faced the next night They went on to win their eighth straight game 72 With the game tied at 12 the Bruins went on a 2 16 run and finished finished finished fin fin- the first half with a 32 20 lead Then in the second half Katie Welsh took over the game Welsh made five of her six shots went to the throw free-throw line 12 times making making making mak mak- ing eight grabbed four rebounds and scored 19 points Katie Welsh played inspired She plays with a huge heart and huge determination No one could stop her said Welsh finished with 29 points on for 8 from the field Her 29 points were two away from a school record and tied Crocker for the most points in a game this year Welshs Welsh's for 19 performance from the theline theline theline line tied a record for throws free-throws in ina a game She finished with eight rebounds added the team had a score to settle after a 13 point loss at earlier in the season but the win meant more to a certain group on the team These sophomores have never beaten Bruins then travelled to Colorado Northwestern on Feb 21 They looked like a team on an eight- eight to soon-to-be-nine game winning streak as rolled to a 72 59 victory over finished off their road season with a Feb 22 game against College of Eastern Utah Golden Eagles The Bruins extended their winning streak to 10 with a 66 52 win The Bruins jumped out to an early 3 11 lead with just over six minutes into the game After the early Bruins Bruins' lead the two teams traded baskets for several minutes to make it a 21 14 lead for From there the Bruins outscored the Golden Eagles 3 12 to take a 33 17 lead into the locker room The double digit lead was aided by bythe bythe bythe the Eagles shooting a paltry 25 on 5 20 shooting Amazingly the Eagles were 4 2 from beyond the arc The Eagles came out ready in inthe inthe inthe the second half as they cut the Bruin lead to single digits by getting plenty plenI plen plen- I ty of offensive rebounds But settled down and put the game away Crocker finished with 19 points on 8 16 shooting seven rebounds and a team-high team six steals Welsh continued her inspired play with nine points and a team-leading team eight rebounds and three steals Allen led the team in assists with 7 and had 10 points felt it was defensive lapses that cause the game to be close than it needed to be She also thought that CE CEUs CEU's s 's physical defense bothered the team I felt we started waiting for the bumps The game 10 streak leads the Bruins into the most important weekend of the year North Idaho and Ricks make their trip to on Feb 28 and Mar 1 as the Bruins have a chance to win the league for forthe forthe forthe the first time in school history But they need some help Bruin fans become big fans on Mar 1 as the Wolverine play North Idaho If wins and wins both games the Bruins and Wolverines tie for Scenic West Conference title But the Bruins would hold the tiebreaker It makes it worth while said Weve put ourselves in ina a position to win the league for the first time wI w- w 1 pi I q q M R ty 4 4 s J V- V Photo By Will Corn Forward Katie Welsh goes up for a rebound in a recent ga game e. e |