Show L' L x l lj j Mi l d di dpp i pp w- w r y f x t S 4 fi ll Photo b by David id Hubert The volleyball team waves as the crowd cheers for the Bruins' Bruins victory More photos on AS Bruins volleyball versus Arizona Western I s s c cs c's tv t r. r d at l Li 1 h I T- T L t 1 fx S All photos b by David id Hubert t tf f R wi ir 0 f J J T I o l o ft 1 Z X f jJ 2 t ia f f I- I 4 rn w Bruins season opener Marco Villano Sports Editor The Bruins mens men's basketball team started off the 2007 08 season with a dominant win over the Western Wyoming CC Mustangs on Tuesday night The Bruins didn't dominate the entire game as they only led by 7 at the end of the first half After they came out of the locker room for the second half they controlled the rest of the game Throughout the first 10 minutes of the second half the Bruins were up by 30 points and only allowed 6 The Bruins ended up winning 91 The difference between the first half and the second half was we passed up good shots for better shots said assistant coach Russel Russe Beck We Ve shared the ball quite a bit and the Mustangs started taking some bad shots The Bruins had four players score in double figures DaVall Jackson 13 Vassey Banny 11 Andy Palmer 14 and Papa 11 As a team the Bruins shot 56 percent from the field and forced 22 turnovers on defense Last season the Bruins finished third in the and runner up in the Reg Region on 18 Championship They w hope to better last years year's performance this season with two returning Second Team Region All-Region players Like any season we want to contend for a championship said Beck Were in a very tough league Top to bottom the die league has improved overall We just want to tobe tobe tobe be right there in the end with a chance to win the region championship and go to Hutch national championship The players to watch this season for forthe the Bruins will be Brian Green a pre pre- season American all who averaged 13 points per game last season Bonner a transfer from Cochise College who averaged 8 points per game last season Aaron Smith a transfer from University of Idaho Vandal and former Idaho IA Player of the Year and Kael Pope a transfer from SUU and former Idaho Player of the Year The Bruins are playing at home next Monday against the Salt Lake Metro at pm p.m. |