Show Bruins Drop Two to North Idaho Justin McBride Contributing Writer The Salt Lake Community College women's basketball team went into the weekend needing only one win against the the North Idaho College Cardinals to claim the second place spot in the Scenic West Athletic Conference Friday night things seemed to get off to a great start for the Bruins A technical technical technical cal foul assessed to North Idaho before the game began sent Lael Mc Vae to the free throw line to put the Bruins up by two before the opening tip Mc Vae hit both free throws to give the Bruins a two point edge Any momentum momentum momentum momen momen- tum that those free throws may have given the Bruins was quickly eliminated ed as the Cardinals held the Bruins scoreless for the first 10 minutes of play The Bruins responded in the final 10 minutes of the first half rallying to pullback pull pullback pullback back within striking distance and then taking a three point lead into the half 26 North Idaho came out in the second half determined to dictate the style and tempo of the game and did exactly that The Cardinals Ahlee Thomas filling in for an injured Catlin Courchaine led North Idaho with 22 points and 8 rebounds as the Cardinals went on to upset the Bruins by a final score of 63 54 I thought that they controlled everything everything everything every every- thing as far as tempo said Bruins Head Coach Betsy It seems like the whole game we tried to play faster than we needed to play With handling the basketball with shooting the basket basket- ball Everything on the offensive end was about three times faster than it needed tobe to tobe tobe be to be successful Despite the loss the Bruins still hadan had hadan hadan an opportunity to lock up the No 2 seed in the conference tournament in two weeks with a win on Saturday night In the first half the Bruins came out with more intensity than they had displayed displayed displayed dis dis- played on Friday night jumping to an early lead on the Cardinals But the Cardinals would not go away and managed managed managed man man- aged to claw their way back into the ithe I game mostly game mostly from the throw the free line litie- where they went 13 10 in the first half to tie the game up at 26 at the half In the second half the Bruins came out hot shooting 41 percent from the floor but the Bruins could not overcome the free throw shooting of the Cardinals who shot 69 percent from the charity stripe going 28 19 in the second half The Cardinals went on to sweep the rAf 1 5 sf- sf r. r ago k 4 i y i tin i J I tM f-tM 1 LL f y h I Jennifer f er W Walker a Ike I Fleet shoots from outside Bruins by a final score of 67 The loss puts the Bruins in a tie for third place with the Dixie State Rebels The Bruins can move a a North Idaho for the second place spot with two wins over the College of Eastern Utah this weekend at Bruin Arena but the Cardinals now hold the tie-breaker tie with the Bruins Dixie State could make it a three way tie for second place with two wins over Colorado Northwestern this weekend That would make it a true tie for sec see ond and as the Bruins hold the tie breaker over the Dixie State Rebels and the Rebels hold the tie tie breaker breaker ovens oven the t Cardinals But its it's up the Bruins to 1 force that situation with two wins over CEU Those games will tip at on Friday and Saturday at Bruin Arena All games are free with your student ID All Bruin games can be heard on Globe Radio online at http |