| Show WOMEN REACH FINALS FALL TO REBELS By Elliot Roper Assistant Editor The women's basketball team made the most of their invite to the VAC S tournament last weekend in St. St George On their way to the championship game the Lady Bruins knocked off nationally ranked Utah Valley State College in the second round Coming up just a point short in the final game against host Dixie State College the women's basketball team has nothing to be ashamed of First Round 3 Salt Lake Community College 63 vs 6 College of Southern Idaho Last Thursday afternoon the Lady Bruins seeded third in the tournament were looking to erase their first round loss a year ago It happened Ali Aird had a season-high season 30 points on 14 10 shooting from the field With the halftime score 38 22 the Lady Bruins would show no signs of letting up No mercy They kept dumping the ball into Aird and kept letting her work The Lady Bruins outscored the College of Southern Idaho 30 16 in the paint Meliame Halaufia led with 14 points and 6 rebounds Two other players finished in double figures for Semifinals 3 Salt Lake Community College- College 62 vs 2 Utah Valley State College- College 53 Coming off an easy win against the Lady Bruins knew the See FINALS on page 8 J h 1 a ax Y r A 1 U r r T Ir I r r By Rv Rick FINALS d l con d fro p page ge t 1 L l' l tJ I 11 I I IJ J Jt game against nationally ranked would not be the same However having split during the regular season each team winning winning winning win win- ning on the road a game on neutral neutral neutral neu neu- ground would favor the Lady Bruins Despite being rebounded out-rebounded 42 24 the Lady Bruins would force 23 turnovers keeping themselves under ten turnovers for the game Jenn Cook led four players for in double figures figures figures fig fig- ures with 20 points Again won the battle in the paint 22 22 I 4 If there was one concern it was the depth of this team In the first two games of the tournament their opponents opponent's bench has outscored 41 All five came in the first game against Championship Game 3 Salt fLake Lake Community College 49 vs vs V- V 1 l' l if f bi ieSt t t i i fi cf n 1 Dixie State Co College g 50 o After beating for the second time this year the Lady Bruins had to play a team they lost to both times in the regular season Unlike the first meeting in St. St George were Dixie State blew out the Rebels would have to fight off the Lady Bruins until the very last second Freshman Jenn Cook led the way for the Salt Lake Community College with 11 II points and 7 rebounds Off the bench sophomore sophomore sophomore more Haley Berlin gave the team what coach calls instant offense with 9 points Assi led the way for the Rebels with 17 points and 3 rebounds Dixie State College moves on to the National tournament tournament tournament ment in Salinas Kansas O |
