| Show a Bruins ruins Rebel e e Score core Two wo Big i Wins ins Eric Larson Sports Editor basketball teams faced what could be their toughest test of the season Perennial power Dixie State College brought their nationally ranked mens men's and women's basketball teams to Salt Lake last Saturday for a show down of conference powers In the first game of Saturday nights night's double header were two of the nations nation's top ranked women's teams Dixie's Lady Rebels came into the game with an 8 8 2 2 record and ranked 24 nationally They were set to square off against ranked team which entered the game with a 7 2 record Behind Lael McVea's double double managed to pull out a 66 60 win In addition to McVea's 13 points and 11 rebounds Jill Thomass Thomas's 12 points and Carolyn Mannings Manning's 11 points helped lead the way for the Bruins Dixie was led by Talita Aguiar's 14 points Saturdays Saturday's second game featured undefeated mens men's team against the number 2 ranked team in the country Dixie came in with a 9 91 1 1 record but was coming off a loss to the College of Eastern Utah two nights before The game between the two powerhouses went back and forth managed to build a ten point lead with only left in the first half but Dixie stormed back behind Henry Dixie scored seven straight points all by to cut lead to two and finish with a 35 31 half time score The second half played out much like the first build up a thirteen point lead with just over seven minutes left in the game Just like in the first half Dixie came roaring back During the next two and half minutes Dixie outs outscored cored twelve to toone toone toone one cutting lead to only two points with under five minutes to go The final minutes saw the game go back and forth and saw Dixie cut the lead to one with only one minute left in the game While they got close Dixie never managed to take the lead During the next minute the teams traded baskets giving 71 71 71 69 69 win The Bruins Bruin's were lead by Sims with 23 points and 9 rebounds including two key three pointers in final minutes Marc Platt and Jared Moultrie also contributed with 12 and 11 points The two shot a combined combined combined com com- nine for ten from the th e h field 11 for l Yf c w 4 tI C a w u Jennifer Fleet Walker goes for the rebound during last Saturdays Saturday's game against Dixie field for m two iwu lor two IWO iwu from behind the three point line While his contribution didn't show up in the box score Tika Wesley's ability to control control control con con- the paint was also a major factor came off the bench to lead Dixie with 36 points going 9 for 12 from the field and 15 for 19 from the free throw line No other Dixie players finished in double figures The win improves record to 11 11 0 0 helping them keep up with 10 10 0 0 Southern Idaho in their race for a second straight championship Both teams are 2 0 in conference play While the win helps toward their goal of a conference championship the loss could prove critical for Dixie Dixie Okie has fallen to 9 2 overall and more importantly 0 2 in conference play making it difficult for them to compete compete compete com com- pete for the title |
