Show Lady Bruins win 4 games in a row Gerald Narciso The Globe After losing three straight home games in mid-January mid the women's basketball basketball basketball basket basket- ball team appeared as if their youth was beginning to overshadow overshadow overshadow over over- shadow their hot start But the young Lady Bruins pulled it together and showed their maturity by winning four straight I think weve we've played well these last four games said assistant coach Valerie Rodel I felt like they have found themselves as a team and they know their roles Were We're just allkind all allkind allkind kind of clicking right now When the team was 4 12 at the beginning of January head coach Betsy warned that the upcoming conference schedule was going to be tough Both conference conference conference con con- ference powerhouses College of Southern Idaho and North Idaho College NIC came out of the Lifetimes Activities Center with victories twice for NIC Anytime you lose three times in iii a row especially in inthis inthis inthis this program that's something something something some some- thing we never done before said Rodel But we did lose loseto to teams that came in here and played very well Though it appeared that the conference schedule was going reverse the Lady Bruins' Bruins good fortunes many players on the team took it upon themselves to step up their game The result swept the two-game two series at Snow January 2728 2728 2728 27 28 and they swept the two two- wo- wo game home series versus Dixie State last weekend Both Betsy and I are pleased on how we distributed distributed distributed the ball and how we shot the ball said Rodel whose Lady Bruins shot an unheard of 71 percent for forthe forthe forthe the game versus Dixie Saturday night One of the main players who stepped up her game was freshman guard Danielle McDonald During the losing skid McDonald made it a point to be more aggressive In a game versus Snow the high school State All player nearly had a triple double with 17 points 8 assists and 8 rebounds And in the last victory over Dixie McDonald had a double- double double with 12 points and 11 assists Danielle is playing with a alot alot alot lot of confidence right now and I think the team is feeding feeding feeding feed feed- ing off of her said Rodel Rode US She he is one of those quiet leaders not very vocal I think she has stepped up her game I set it out in my mind that I was going to step up said McDonald But I dont don't feel Im I'm the only one who wh stepped up I think Amy and a lot of the other girls stepped up as well Other key contributors during the teams team's winning streak have been Atta AHa Katie King and Breanne Law In the wins over Dixie scored over the point plateau in both games In each of those four victories victories victories vic vic- tories the Lady Bruins scored over 75 points The Lady Bruins are 10 1 when they score over 75 points That stat raises the question of whether the Bruins are a better team when they push the ball and focus on the offensive end That is a good question know for sure surd what the answer is' is to that I still think we prefer a half court game |