Show I. I y r Any Tourney Any Place Inside the state or outside the Lady Bruins are getting getting theO the i- i O O J. J t. t jo job fob b d done one Elliot Roper i By iJ Staff ff W Writer fI t er a a b L f. f r. r I r I- I Three tournaments eight wins and no loses Not too shabby huh That's how the season has started for the lady bruins They have played teams in the state and they played teams outside the state Home or away they have got it done Last weekend the team made its way up to Utah Valley State College in Orem for the 2002 La Quinta Rotary Shootout It seemed the only shooting done was by the lady bruins On Thursday the team racked up 1 0 1 points against a team of stars all from Utah County The following ving day they scored 94 points against a Utah State University club team The best part is the points were evenly distributed throughout through through- out the team Four players finished fin fin- rt r- r p t y r fished in double figures on on both rid and d d. d Friday y a Saturday y Shooting nearly 50 percent from ITom the field and 85 percent from the free throw line as a team isn't bad either But offense is not all The defense steps up when they have to They forced an average of 25 turnovers a game this weekend Converting many any of them into points Were We're really satisfied with where were at We were a really good team last year and I think we are just as good this year but we need to work on a afew afew few things said forward Candace Mattson One of those things might be turnovers This weekend the team averaged over 27 turnovers a game and 36 on Saturday 36 that's horrible Against any conference team that wont won't cut it So that's something we have to work on up our game said forward Heather Hanson Despite turnovers the lady bruins make up for it with the depth that they have It seems that they can put almost any player in and the coaches as well as the other players on the floor assume full confidence We have such good depth no other team really has such depth We can put anyone in and it wont won't hurt us at all said Heather Hanson With three easy wins this weekend and a perfect record to protect of 8 0 you cant can't help but wonder what will happen when they play a team that matches them bucket for bucket If its it's a harder team your not going to score as much Were We're strong inside and outside and I dont don't think that the score is going to be as high as or 90 I think we can hold our own said Candace Mattson When T I I sat sat down with head coach Betsy at the beginning of the season I 1 asked her whom to watch for No names were given then and no names are given now There isn't one star player This is a team that plays together and wins together The lady bruins have the week off The following week they host the Thanksgiving Tournament Nov 30 29 here at atthe atthe atthe the Lifetime Activities Center LAC on campus C |