Show Mens Men's Team Team Dominates N Northern Idaho The Bruins use size to their advantage against Northern Idaho By Adam Poulson Staff Writer r The mens men's basketball team played host to Northern Idaho in inthe inthe inthe the Lifetime Activities Center last Friday night The Bruins were looking to rebound from a 67 61 loss to Snow College last week Before the game guard Stephon Stephen Mills was walking around listening to music to get him pumped up for the game The Bruins lost a close game to Northern Idaho 82 78 last year so they were looking for some revenge The Bruins came into the game with a 3 record in the conference conference conference confer confer- ence and a 6 14 overall record started out the off the game playing well and jumped ahead of the Cardinals 6 14 after the first four minutes Size advantage played a huge role in inthis inthis inthis this game as the Bruins made the Cardinals look like dwarfs This was definitely the case for 6 foot 9 Cameron Goettsche as he grabbed several offensive rebounds over Northern Idaho players and made easy over the smaller person who he was guarded by Meanwhile Northern Idaho had a tough time of getting any offensive rebounds The Bruins dominated the paint with several easy and they played solid defense making Idaho take outside shots The only time the game was close was when the Cardinals were down by 3 When it was 18 15 for the Bruins responded with the play of the game a Goettshe no look pass to set up a massive dunk for Jeff Blackett Blackett was also fouled on the play and completed the free- free throw for a three point play It was smooth sailing for the Bruins the rest of the way Idaho never got to within 3 points for the rest of the game not even close The Bruins size advantage definitely definitely definitely def def- showed in Big Jack Marlow a 6 foot 11 sophomore who was definitely the tallest player for either team by several inches The advantage lead to many dunks for Marlow didn t need to make Inake outside shots with such a dominating inside game Northern Idaho needed to make outside shots but they couldn't as they shot very poorly from the three point line The score had up 46 31 at halftime At halftime more than half of the people watching the game left extended the lead 50 31 after the first minute of the second half Northern Idaho had no answer to Goettsche and Marlow who just kept using their size advantage to get easy shots and also played great defense Marlow Marlow's s offensive rebound tip- tip in made the score 69 53 with 10 minutes left The Bruins extended extend extend- ed the lead to 81 59 with left The Bruins got their revenge in convincing with a 88 64 win The win pushed up the Bruins record to 4 3 in conference and 6 15 overall Next on their schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule is College of Eastern Utah on January That game is at and is at the Lifetime Activities Center February the Bruins play host to Utah Valley State That game will be sponsored Salt Lake City Credit Union They will be handing out door prizes doing and promotions so come out and support your Bruins |