Box Score SLCC Men's Basketball Falls to Rival Southern Idaho

Bruins drop close decision on the road in SWAC play

	1	2	Final
SLCC	34	27	61
CSI	36	28	64

TWIN FALLS, ID—The No. 14-ranked SLCC Men's Basketball team (14-3, 1-1 SWAC) fell to Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) rival No. 15-ranked College of Southern Idaho (CSI) (15-2, 2-1 SWAC) by a final score of 64-61 on Thursday night.

The Bruins had four players finish in double figures in the losing effort and out-rebounded the Golden Eagles 39-35. The conference contest featured six lead changes and 10 ties.

SLCC shot 40.4 percent from the field on 23-for-57 shooting and CSI finished at 41.4 percent shooting with 24 made shots on 58 total attempts. The Bruins struggled from beyond the arc, making just four of 21 three point attempts. The Golden Eagles went 5-for-15 from three point range.

Stats vs. CSI: SLCC freshman guard Zerrion Payton (Oakland, CA) finished with 13 points, four rebounds and a pair of assists. Freshman guard De'Sean Parsons also turned in 13 points to go with five rebounds.

Sophomore guard Gary Payton II (Las Vegas, NV) scored 11 points to go with eight rebounds, four blocks, two assists and three steals and freshman forward Neal Monson (Sandy, UT) added 10 points with seven rebounds and three blocks.

Next up for Head Coach Todd Phillips and the Bruins is a road matchup with SWAC rival North Idaho College (14-3, 1-1 SWAC) on Saturday, Jan. 4 in Coeur d'Alene, ID. Tipoff is slated for 5 p.m. (PST), 6 p.m. MST).

Game Coverage: The SLCC vs. NIC game on Saturday is available for viewing via the NIC Athletics live Web stream at: http://www.njcaatv.com/NIC/. The broadcast is scheduled to start approximately 10 minutes prior to tipoff.