Tuesday, February 2, 2010 The Standard Sports I 7 Standard I the-standard.org Lady Bears. hope to hold on Bears Continued from page 6 Weekly SUDOKU Scorebox to high standing in Valley ganlc, pOllring in 17 points, .' . including 13 in ·the second by Linda Thistle Hockey Bears lose momentum vs. UNI half, Friday, Jan. 29 By Tyler F. Thompson Southern Illinois on Saturday afternoon with Missouri 1 1 0- 2 The Standard 18 points and six rebounds. Freshman Jessica Jermaine Mallett con­ Missouri State 3 2 2- 6 Game-ending chances were Diamond was named MVC Newcomer-of­ tributed nine points and five 7 6 1 8 Saturday, Jan. 30 After the Lady Bears swept tbe week of the-Week for the week of Jan. 25. The team is rebounds to the Bears' effort, MIssouri 0 0 0- 0 and Nafis Ricks accounted Missouri State 0 3 3- 6 ga~es at EvansvjJJe and against Southern 111i. averaging 63.9 ppg. 3 4 9 not finished in Saturday's loss nms, !he ~ady Be.ars secured their third place for six of the tcmn's nine MeII'. ba._.11 assists, Creekmore had a Wednesday, Jan. 27 standmg In the MISSOUri Valley qonferencc. 4th Place: Drake Bulldogs, 11-S (4-5) 5 7 4 6 Evansville 29 37 - 66 By Jon Poonnan After the foul, UNJ; scored five unan­ The, Lady Bears will have 9 more games Leading Scorer; Jordann Plummer (15.5) game-high eight rebounds Missouri Stale 32 44 - 76 The standard swered points ilJ]d clinched the victory with that wlll count toward the standings which Leading Rebounder: Monique' Jones (6.3) for the Bears. 7 6 5 Saturday, Jan. 30 their last second defensive stand. will det,:rmine the bracket for the Valley tour­ Opponents' scoring: 65.5 ppg An attendance of 9,087 9 Northern Iowa 26 29 - 55 The Bears lost a close, physical game to Defense was a big {actor for the Pan­ nament m St. Charles beginning March II. on Saturday was the second Missouri Stale 24 30 - 54 The Bulldogs lost 74,61 . to Creighton Northern Iowa on Saturday,· 55-54. Adam thers. UNI came into the game ranked sec­ marking the team's third-straight loss. Plum­ highest mark this season at 2 4 3 8 Women's balkelball Leonard's last second shot attempt-carne up ond in the nation in scoring defense (55.2) 1st Place: Illinois State Redbirds, 15.5 mer scored 16 points to go along with four JQHArena. Thursday, Jan. 21) shon as Missouri State feU to 5-6 in confer­ '2 Missouri Stale 34 35 - 69 and held the Bears to their season-low of 54 (S-l) rebounds, three assists and three steals. The "We appreciate all the 8 9 5 Southern illinois 31 37 - 68 ence play. points, Leading Scorer: Maggie Krick (15.9) team is averaging 68.4 ppg SUppOl1 from our fans, espe­ The biggest momentum swing of the Salurday, Jan. 30 Another big faclor in the game was the Leading Rebounder; Ash1een Bracey (8,0) cially from our student sec.' 2 1 8 4 MIssouri State 45 41 - 86 game was perhaps an intentional foul called bench for Missouri State. In the previous Opponents' scoring: 62.3 ppg , 4th Place: Northern Iowa Panthers, 8-12 tion," Kyle Weems said. Evansville 24 33 - 57 on Missouri State's Will Creekmore witb six games, the Bears averaged 31.7 points The win is the eighth consecutive and Ihe (4-5) 'They 'wcre great tonight." 5' 3 9 1 the Bears up by four points and only a cou­ from their bench players. They came Up tea~ finished the first half of the Valley sea­ Leading Scorer: Jacqui Kalin (14.1) Before the game, a new ple minutes left to play. with only 16 against UNI. son m first place, for the fourth consecutive Leading Rebounder: Erin Brocka (7.3) student section name and "('The official) said it was an intentional Althqugh the BearS couldn't quite get ye!ir. ~enior Ashleen Bracey led the way with Opponents' scoring: 68,4 mascot were both un veiled. 1 4 7 2 hard foul," head coach Cuonzo Martin said. The area that Maroon Mad­ Calendar the win, UNI coach Ben Jacobson did 22 pomts, 9 rebounds and 3 steals. The team is Kalin led the team with 34 points and had Place a number In the empty boxes in such a way "N~rrnally with an intentional foul, ',Ne get acknowledge the Bears',team talent. averaging 70.3 ppg. nine rebounds in the team's 85-68 victory over ness occupi~s was named that each row across, each column down and to pick the (free throw) shooter, but he said February 2 to "I think MIssouri State is terrific," Indiana State on Saturday attemoon. The team "The Cave," and Boomer each small 9-box square contains all of the , it was intentional hard, so I guess that 'hard' was given a mascot sidekick Jacobson said. "They've got five guys on 2nd Place: Creighton BluejaYS,12-6 (7- is averaging 66,0 ppg, numbers from one to nine, February 8 means they get to pick. That was new to the floor that really understand their role 2) in the fornl of a bear named me." and their offense. They're a team that is so Leading Scorer: Meagan Neuvi,th (12.8) 5th Place: Southern illinOis Salukis 4-15 Growl. "I went for the balli' Creekmore said. "I hard to play against because of their versa· Leading Rebounder: Sam Schuett (8.1) (3-6) Along with thousands of DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: * Wednesday felt that I got the ball, but he jumped into tility and their toughness, I don't see them Opponents' scoring: 59.1 ppg Leading Scorer: Christine Presswood coaches around the nation, Football signing day and men's me and it was a hard foul. It was a bang­ losing many more games." Junior Adam Leonard was the leading scorer in Saturday'S Schuett led the team with 19 points. This (16.9) Maltin and his staff showed * Moderate * * Challenging basketball watch party at the Prime bang play, but there was no malicious Leonard was the Jeading scorer for the was the first of three scheduled MVC televi­ Leading Rebounder: Stephany Neptune their support for the Anleri­ intent." game against Northern Iowa, scoring 17 of 54 points for Overtime Club in JQH, 5 p.m. ~ See BEARS, page 7 the Bears, sion appearances for the team. She also (10.9) can Cancel' Society this *** HOO BOY! Men's basketilall away at South­ missed a free throw late in the first half to snap Opponents' scoring: 70,9 weekend by wearing sneak­ © 2010 KIng Features Synd., Inc. ern illinois, 7:0! p.m. her school-record streak at 40 consecutive Down three at halftime, the Salukis came ers with their suits, Martin is makes from the charity stripe. The team is out the second half and shot 55 percent from a cancer survivor and has Last Week's Sudoku Answers averaging 66.6 ppg the field. Presswood led the team with a game­ been in remission since April 20,1998. Friday high 23 points, which marked her fourth­ 4 9 7 5 6 1 8 2 3 Track and FIeld away at 3rd Place: Missouri State Bears, 14-6 straight double-double. The team is averaging Warrensburg, Mo. UCM Mule (6-3) 63:0 ppg. 3 6 1 8 4 2 7 9 5 Relays, 9 a,m. Two taken from Tigers Leading Scorer: Casey Garrison (19.7) 2 5 7 4 Women's basketball al home vs. Leading Rebounder: Casey Garrison (7.4) 6th Place: Indiana State Sycamores, 11- 8 9 3 1 6 Creighton, 7:35 p.m. Opponents' scoring: 71.4 ppg 9 (2-7) Track 7 1 6 3 5 8 2 4 9 Ice Bears at home vs. Texas Tech, Ganison scored 28 points including 12-13 Leading Scorer: Kelsey Luna (14.3) Continued from page 6 9 7 p.m. from the field in an 86-57 victory over Evans­ Leading Rebounder: Shannon Thomas 2 5 6 1 4 3 B 7 ville, Jasmine Malone produced 15 points, six (6.6) is 9 a.m, on Feb. 27-28 in 8 4 3 9 2 7 6 5 1 rebounds and three assists and the team is Opponents' scoring: 60.7 Cedar Falls, Iowa. Saturday averaging 77.2 ppg. Deja Maddox led the team on Saturday Boyce said that the 6 7 2 1 8 5 9 3 4 Hall 01 Fame Banquet, afternoon scoring 20 points and bringing PSU Ballroom, noon Iowa meet next weekend 5 3 4 2 7 9 1 6 8 3rd Place: Bradley Braves, 10-9 (6-3)' down four rebounds, Brittany Schoen and is another big meet for tlie Men's basketball at home vs, Leading Scorer; Raisia Taylor (9.3) Kelsey Luna both produced 12 points each. t 8 9 4 3 6 5 7 2 Creighton, 7:05 p.m. team as well. Leading Rebounder: Sonya Harris (9.4) The team is averaging 64.3 ppg, "The Iowa meet is real­ Ice Bears at home vs. Texas Tech, Opponents' scoring: 63.6 ppg . ly important to us," Boyce 7p.m. Harris led the charge on Sunday leading 7th Place: Evansville Purple Aces, 4-16 said, "The other meets her team-leading fifth double,double of the (1-S) we'll just fine tune our season as the team's six-game win streak Leading Scorer: Amy Gallagher (10.8) skills and get sharp," Sunday came to an end, The team is averaging 63.9 Leading Rebounder: Samantha Heck and So far, the freshmen Women's basketball at home vs.