Show Bruins Sweep N. N Idaho Cardinals Look for No 2 Seed in Athletic Conference Lj- Lj Justin McBride Contributing Writer A heart breaking loss to the College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles last weekend ended a six game win streak forthe for forthe forthe the Bruins and with it a chance at the top spot in the Scenic West Vest Athletic Conference Now the Bruins set their sights one spot down The Bruins can finish the season no worse than third in the conference conference conference confer confer- ence but can still claim the No 2 seed in the conference tournament tournament tournament ment in two weeks Bruins Head Coach Norm Parrish expressed some concern going into this weekends weekend's games about his team letting up now that they are guaranteed the No 3 seed My fear in all honesty going into the next four games is that all year long weve we've been playing for first place said Coach Parrish now were probably playing for second and I dont don't want our kids to think Well second or third no big deal Any fear Coach Parrish may have had about that type of thinking was removed Friday night as the Bruins exploded on North Idaho to start the week week- end Three Bruins Sims 17 points 15 rebounds Ahmet 16 points 11 rebounds and Bryan Ellis 10 points 10 assists finished with doubles double-doubles to help the Bruins to an 81 67 victory I think Coach Parrish is just kinda panicking said Bryan Ellis after Fridays Friday's game We were up for the game the whole time Everybody wants to get the second seed because everyone everyone everyone every every- one wants to go to the National Tournament and we know what we need to do I think our guys t ro d d th tho ju JUl dust i VUU u LU nit LUHA e way way HA we should have I dont don't think we think theres there's no difference between second second second sec sec- ond and third Saturday night was a different story however as the North Idaho Cardinals did not want to end their conference season season season sea sea- son with two straight losses The Bruins played well shooting over 51 percent from the floor and Sims 26 points 12 rebounds and 19 points 10 rebounds both finished with dou dou- ble However on Saturday the Cardinals had an answer for the two Bruin big men in the form of Harry Disy and Don Deshazer who had 26 points and 21 points respectively Saturdays Saturday's game went down downto to the wire and with the Bruins up by three North Idaho's Darin Nagle had a chance to tie it up with a three from the corner comer but it wouldn't fall and the Bruins went on to win 97 94 and complete complete complete com com- the sweep of the Cardinals Now the Bruins will face the College of Eastern Utah Eagles Eagleson on Friday and Saturday and they need to win both games and get some help from the College of Southern Idaho to take over the second place spot Snow College who now occupies occupies occupies pies the second place spot will travel to Twin vin Falls to take on the Golden Eagles for the top spot in the conference only needs to win one game to lock up the number one seed For the Bruins to take the number number number num num- ber two seed they need to win both of their games this weekend weekend weekend week week- end against CEU and they need to beat Snow College twice So the Bruins need to first help themselves then look to one of their biggest rivals in the conference conference conference confer confer- ence to help them the rest of the way The Bruins will face CEU in Bruin Arena this Friday and Saturday Those games will tip off at pm p.m. Admission is free with your Student ID 10 You can catch every game of Bruin Basketball on Globe Radio online at http Ahmet Awesome T r makes an easy lay up earned the Bruins 16 points during during during dur dur- ing Fridays Friday's game against North Idaho On Saturday scored 19 points and I finished with double i 1 r g W Y 1 TI y 1 i s a v c r 1 h c c L Ln g 1 C tI I. I n Tt t c co r rr I o |