Box Score SLCC Women's Basketball Eases Past North Idaho, Wins 13^th Straight Game

Bruins remain unbeaten in conference play

	1	2	Final
SLCC	37	46	83
NIC	22	34	56

SALT LAKE CITY—The No. 7-ranked SLCC Women's Basketball team (18-4, 7-0 SWAC) defeated Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) rival No. 22-ranked North Idaho College (NIC) (17-6, 3-5 SWAC) by a final score of 83-56 on Thursday night at Bruin Arena. SLCC led by 15 points at the halftime break and out-scored NIC 46-34 in the second frame.

The win for SLCC marks its 13^th consecutive overall victory and the Bruins remain atop the SWAC standings as the conference's only unbeaten team in league play. SLCC moves to 9-0 on its home floor with the win.

Salt Lake out-rebounded NIC 43-23 and shot 63.0 percent from the field. SLCC finished at 10-for-17 from three point range and was 15-for-20 from the free throw line. The Bruins held the Lady Cardinals to 30.2 percent shooting for the contest and assists on 28 of 29 made baskets.

Stats vs. NIC: SLCC sophomore guard Summer Yack (South Jordan, UT) led all scorers with 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc. The Bingham High School graduate also grabbed five rebounds and four assists.

Bruin freshman guard Cassidy Fraughton (American Fork, UT) finished with 14 points and six rebounds and sophomore guard Natalie Parsons (Bountiful, UT) turned in 12 points with five assists and two rebounds in the winning effort.

Next up for Head Coach Betsy Specketer and the Bruins is a home matchup with SWAC rival No. 8-ranked College of Southern Idaho (CSI) (21-2, 7-1 SWAC) on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Bruin Arena with tipoff slated for 3 p.m. SLCC defeated CSI 70-58 on Jan. 2 in Twin Falls, ID.

Game Coverage: The SLCC vs. CSI game on Saturday will be available for viewing via the SLCC Athletics iHigh.com live Web stream at: www.ihigh.com/saltlakecc. The broadcast will start 10 minutes prior to tipoff.