Show Women's Basketball Plays Well Loses in Final Justin McBride Special to the Globe It was a long road for the women's basketball team After starting the season 3 0 the Bruins turned things around winning winn win- win ning n that got in the ball game scored on the way to a 91 58 first round win The second round gave the Bruins a chance to play the College of Eastern Utah Utan Golden Eagles for the third time in in a week Chelsey Chambers led the Bruins scoring 21 points Community College Bruins gave everyone one of the best games of the season The action was back and forth throughout the game With less than five minutes left the Bruins found themselves down by six but never gave up UJ but feeding off of the the noise nOIse r HS 18 of ot G o 0 I f their the their i r last 21 home homen homec c con L n crowd fr- fer e A held ence t h e k Bruins games 4 off ining in T ing a 1 t t the h e final nine game o mm- mm ii w i n ute utes s streak r r b beatr beat beat- eat the ing to end out the w 4 o Bruins con o 56 62 t 0 fer- fer ence n L J advance s chedI ched- ched ule I The Bruins conference confert conference confer confer- A t ence record of 6 18 9 24 overall was good enough to take the second seed in m inthe inthe the tournament and earned the Bruins a first round mat match up h- h hp p against the Colorado Northwestern Community College Spartans The Bruins came out in the first round with a balanced scoring attack as asfour asfour asfour four Bruins were in double figures and every Bruin and pulling down 17 boards Jenn Cook poured in 16 points and Louder and Lael Mc Vae each added 13 points as the Bruins beat CEU 70 62 to advance to the tournament tournament tournament tour tour- final game The final game was what everyone hopes for when they go to the final game of a tournament The top seed against the second seed The College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles and the Salt Lake to the national tournament in Salina Kansas This is the second year in a row that the Bruins ruins have lost in the final game of the conference tournament Last year Dixie State won 50 49 this year the Bruins came up just seven points short of their first ever Scenic West Athletic Conference women's basketball cham cham- But that will have to wait one more year |