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SLCC Women's Basketball Downs Rival Southern Idaho for 14th Straight Win

Bruins lead by two games in SWAC standings

Box Score SLCC Women's Basketball Edges Rival Southern Idaho

Fraughton's double-double helps Bruins to 14th consecutive win

1 2 Final
SLCC 35 32 67
CSI 40 20 60
 
SALT LAKE CITY—The No. 7-ranked SLCC Women's Basketball team (19-4, 8-0 SWAC) defeated Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) rival No. 8-ranked College of Southern Idaho (CSI) (21-3, 7-2 SWAC) by a final score of 67-60 on Saturday at Bruin Arena. The win for SLCC marks its 14th consecutive victory and ends a seven-game win streak for the Golden Eagles of CSI.

The Bruins trailed by five points at the halftime break but held the Golden Eagles to just 20 second half points en route to the home victory. SLCC remains atop the SWAC standings and now leads CSI by two games in league play. Salt Lake kept its unbeaten home record intact with the Bruins moving to 10-0 at Bruin Arena this season.

Stats vs. CSI: Bruin freshman guard Cassidy Fraughton (American Fork, UT) led all scorers with 23 points and completed a double-double with 13 rebounds. Sophomore forward Bella Swan (Farmington, UT) added 14 points off the bench and had four rebounds in the winning effort.

Sophomore guard Mercedes Riggs (Lindon, UT) turned in eight points with seven rebounds and seven assists and sophomore guard Natalie Parsons (Bountiful, UT) finished with six points, five rebounds and five assists.

Next up for Head Coach Betsy Specketer and the Bruins is a road trip to Price, UT for a matchup with in-state opponent USU-Eastern on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m. SLCC defeated USU-Eastern 82-63 on Jan. 11 at Bruin Arena.


 
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