Salt Lake City- The Salt Lake Community College Women's basketball team defeated Colorado Northwestern 72-53 in Bruin Arena tonight. Salt Lake led by as many as 22 points in the game and used 27 bench points to ease past Colorado. The win evens Salt Lake's conference record at 7-7 and take their overall record to 16-11 overall.
The Bruins scored 28 second chance points and scored 20 points off turnovers.
Nicole Newbold led Salt Lake with a double-double grabbing a team high ten rebounds and scoring 10 points. Sophomore Sophia Hepworth scored a game high 24 points on 10 of 20 shooting. The quick hands of SLCC defenders collected 11 steals led by
Hayli Shurtz with four steals and nine points.
The Bruins hit the road for their final conference match up against Snow College in Ephraim, Utah before returning home to host the Region 18 Tournament on March 8
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