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SLCC Women's Basketball Tops Rival North Idaho in Overtime

Bruins win ninth straight game, use two late three point shots to secure victory

	1	2	OT	Final
SLCC	25	33	10	68
NIC	27	31	5	63

COEUR D'ALENE, ID—The SLCC Women's Basketball team (14-4, 3-0 SWAC) defeated Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) rival No. 14 North Idaho College (NIC) (16-3, 2-2 SWAC) by a final score of 68-63 on Saturday at Christianson Gymnasium.

The Bruins trailed by two points at the halftime break and the contest was tied at the end of regulation. Salt Lake outscored NIC 10-5 in the extra period to secure its ninth straight victory. SLCC remains as the only team in the SWAC without a loss in conference play.

Neither side scored for the first three minutes and 31 seconds of the overtime period until Bruin sophomore guard Summer Yack (South Jordan, UT) banked in a three-point basket to give SLCC a 61-58 lead. The Bruins would get another three point basket and hold on with late free throws to secure the conference victory.

The win for SLCC is its second consecutive victory over a ranked SWAC opponent on the road. SLCC went 20-for-25 from the free throw line and made eight of its 15 three point attempts in the contest.

Stats vs. NIC: Sophomore guard Natalie Parsons (Bountiful, UT) finished with 15 points on 3-for-6 from beyond the arc. Fellow sophomore guard Mercedes Riggs (Lindon, UT) added 15 points with six assists and four steals and freshman guard Cassidy Fraughton (American Fork, UT) turned in 12 points and seven rebounds.

Head Coach Betsy Specketer and the Bruins will play their 2013-2014 SWAC home opener against Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) (5-10, 0-2 SWAC) on Thursday, Jan. 9 with tipoff slated for 5:30 p.m. at Bruin Arena.

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