GAME NOTES:

• The Snow College women's basketball team will continue its opening stretch of conference play against No. 18 Salt Lake Community College Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. and Utah State University Eastern Thursday at 5:00 p.m.

 

• The Badgers opened conference play with a 68-46 victory over Colorado Northwestern Community College last Saturday in Ephraim.   

 

• Under Head Coach Zu Grinsell, the Badgers are 64-18 when they take more shots than their opponents and 9-0 this season. 

 

• The Badgers are 9-0 when they outrebound their opponents this year and 72-24 under Grinsell. They are outrebounding their opponents by an average of 6.3 per game. 

 

• Snow College is scoring an average of 73 points per game while holding its opponents to an average of 54.9 points. The Badgers are the second-best scoring offense in the Scenic West Athletic Conference and the best scoring defense. 

 

• SLCC holds an overall record of 11-5 and a conference record of 0-1 after falling to USUE last weekend, 70-66. 

 

• The Badgers trail in the series against the Bruins 33-17 with a home record of 8-16. Their last meeting was in last year's Region 18 Championship game, where the Badgers fell just short, 67-63. 

 

• The Eagles are 10-6 on the season and have started conference play with a 1-0 record. 

 

• The Badgers lead the all-time series against USUE 24-15, but are just 2-8 in their last ten meetings. The Badgers defeated the Eagles in their last match in Price, 45-32. 

LAST TIME OUT: The Snow College women's basketball team defeated Colorado Northwestern Community College in its Scenic West Athletic Conference opener, 68-46, Saturday in Ephraim. The Badgers were 12-3 entering SWAC play and sat just outside the top 25 poll. 

The Badgers were coming off a home victory over Navajo Technical University, 101-40, in their non-conference closer. 

The contest opened as a defensive battle with both teams tied at four with 5:26 on the game clock. CNCC sparked a 10-0 run to end the first quarter, up 14-4. The Badgers shot just 1-16 from the field–their lowest scoring quarter of the season. 

The second quarter saw the Badgers' offense ignite with a seven-point run in the first three minutes to close the gap to three points. They saw their first lead of the night with 7:06 left in the half, 17-16. Both sides would continue to trade points as the Badgers held a slight lead of 25-21 to enter the half. 

Snow College started the second half, scoring 10 of the first 14 points to expand its lead to 35-29 halfway through the third. The Badgers would tack on six more points to go up 43-34 heading to the fourth period. 

The final stanza had the Badgers go on an 11-2 burst by the midway marker of the quarter to make it 54-36. The Badgers would coast to the finish line to defeat the Spartans 68-46.

Sara Aoki led Snow College in scoring with 16 points, with three other Badgers putting up 11 points: Megan Johnson, Seini Tuipulotu, and Sydnee Smith. Johnson recorded the first double-double of her career with a career-high 15 rebounds. 

UP NEXT: The Badgers will head on the road for the first time in conference play Jan. 15 for Twin Falls, Idaho, to take on No. 10 College of Southern Idaho at 5:00 p.m. They will then travel north to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Jan. 17 to take on North Idaho College at 1:00 p.m. MST. For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.