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Women's Basketball Gavin McCallister

SLCC Women's Basketball Falls to In-State Rival Snow College

Bruins lose for first time in 17 games, shoot just 26.8 percent in road loss

Box Score SLCC Women's Basketball Falls to In-State Rival Snow College

16-game win streak for SLCC comes to an end in Ephraim

1 2 Final
SLCC 25 21 46
Snow 23 33 56
 
Ephraim, UT—The No. 6-ranked SLCC Women's Basketball team (21-5, 10-1 SWAC) fell to in-state rival Snow College (11-13, 4-7 SWAC) 56-46 on Saturday in Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) play.

The loss for SLCC ends a 16-game win streak one game shy of tying the school's all-time record of 17 consecutive victories (2009-2010).

The Bruins led 25-23 at the halftime break but were held to 29.6 percent from the field on 8-for-27 shooting in the first frame. Snow College outscored SLCC 33 to 21 in the second half and picked up its first win against the Bruins in three tries this season.

The Badgers out-rebounded the Bruins 37-33 and shot 41.2 percent from the field while holding SLCC to 26.8 percent shooting for the contest. SLCC turned the basketball over 19 times to 17 giveaways for Snow College.

Stats vs. Snow: Bruin sophomore guard Natalie Parsons (Bountiful, UT) led SLCC with 12 points and had three assists in the losing effort. Sophomore guard Summer Yack (South Jordan, UT) turned in nine points with two rebounds and freshman guard Cassidy Fraughton (American Fork, UT) finished with five points and a team-high nine rebounds.

Next up for Head Coach Betsy Specketer and the Bruins is a road game at North Idaho College (NIC) (20-7, 6-6 SWAC) on Thursday, Feb. 13 in Coeur d'Alene, ID with tipoff slated for 6:30 p.m. (MST), 5:30 p.m. (PST). SLCC leads the regular season series with NIC 2-0.

Game Coverage: The SLCC vs. NIC game will be available for viewing via the North Idaho College iHigh.com live Web stream at: www.ihigh.com/nic/. Long-time NIC play-by-play "Voice of the Cardinals" Dick Haugen will have the call and the broadcast will begin 10 minutes prior to tipoff.

For more on SLCC Women's Basketball, go to: www.slccbruins.com.

SLCC Women's Basketball contact: Betsy Specketer at (801) 957-4749 or Betsy.Specketer@slcc.edu.

 
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