| Show The Bruins in a tough one win first conference game January 10 2009 Salt Lake City UT The 15 Bruins started conference play with a big win tonight over Snow College 13 The Thc Bruins won 80 57 and andare andare andare are now 14 1 on the season Despite the point 20 win the game began as a defensive struggle on both sides of the court The first half ended with the Bruins barely ahead by four 36 32 Salt Lake opened up the game in the second half shooting a red-hot red 61 from the floor During the second half we wore down Snow and we wc cleaned up p our offense said Coach Parrish We didn't settle for bad shots and jt pt t was a great team effort Contributing for t the tIle Bruins on the offensive side was sophomore point guard Dathan Lyles freshman forward DJ Wright and sophomore guard Drew Robinson Lyles had a season-high season 19 points 5 steals and 3 rebounds He was 6 14 from the floor and 6 2 from the three-point three line Dathan played great continued Parrish He maintained great ball pressure made good decisions and despite constant cramps stayed in inthe inthe inthe the game and it out said Coach Parrish Wright played his way towards his first double- double double of conference play with 17 points and high 16 rebounds He was 5 11 from the floor and 7 13 from the free throw line To round out the Bruins stellar offensive play Robinson came off the bench scoring 14 points and grabbing 3 rebounds On the defensive side of the ball it was the intense pressure from sophomore guard Rick Shoff that was wasa a key individual highlight Shoff held Snows Snow's best player Ryan Brimley to 13 points Brimley was just 4 16 from the floor According to Parrish Rick Shoff didn't score a lot of points but he did a heck of a ajob ajob ajob job guarding Brimley their leading scorer As a team the Bruins held Snow to 32 shooting for the game and only 18 from the three-point three line Offensively the Bruins shot 50 had 37 rebounds 10 steals and 7 assists Salt Lake returns returns home against 14 Eastern Utah 14 0 0 1 0 on Friday Jan at followed by bya a second home game against Colorado Northwestern on Saturday Jan at pm p.m. |
