| Show Women omen Lose ose to 0 Dixie L By Paul Childs Sports Writer On Friday night the Lady Rebels of Dixie State came up f from om St. St George to pay a visit to the Lady Bruins Last time these two teams met in St. St George the Lady Bruins had a rough go of things losing to their foe by a score of 87 67 this time around they were determined not to be dominated by Dixie Both teams had some ground to tomake tomake tomake make up as they started play on Friday Dixie State came into the match with a record of 11 II wins and 3 losses just half a game behind Utah Valley State College Salt Lake Community brought in a record of 8 and 5 to the match just three games off of the leader in the Scenic West championship chase The Lady Bruins soon realized if they were to take advantage of their home court they would have to work hard as they scored the first three points of the game only to be outscored 25 to 6 in inthe inthe inthe the following 10 minutes of the game The remainder of the first half was no more kind to the Bruins than the first ten minutes were The Lady Bruins did not look lookas as though they had what it would take to hang with the elite of the conference They shot only 23 percent from the field in the first half and just 11 II percent from three-point three range Defensively we were not very good said Coach Betsy about the first half They pretty much had their way with us The only bright spot for came from the free throw line where they hit nine of fifteen Half time came and went with the Lady Bruins trailing by fifteen fifteen fifteen teen points and what looked like no chance to challenge the rebels in the game but still had some fight left Behind the inside presence of center Ali AH Aird who had fifteen of her team high twenty-one twenty points in the second half the Lady Bruins began what seemed to be the impossible Their passes became crisper and their shot selection was better With just left in the game the Lady Bruins began to show their defensive determination and cut the once 15 point lead to just ten and began to threaten the visiting team holding the Rebels to just 34 percent shooting in the second half The Lady Bruins however only shot 46 percent themselves in the second half Their second half efforts came up short Coach noted after the game that a game is forty minutes long and they were just simply out played Once again the Lady Bruins started a home game sluggishly and did not look lookas as though they had any determination determination determination nation or energy Although they fought feverishly to the end the Lady Bruins had given to much away in the first half and just failed to accomplish the comeback comeback comeback come come- back losing by six points to a now second place Lady Rebel Team The next home game for the Lady Bruins is their final home game of the season and as always will be held in the Lifetime Activities Center on the Redwood Campus at pm p.m. on Friday February They will be hosting the Coyotes of Southern Nevada Admission is free with your student ID 0 C |
