GAME NOTES:

• The Snow College women's basketball team will hit the road for the penultimate time as it takes on No. 24 Salt Lake Community College Thursday at 5:00 p.m. in Taylorsville, before heading to Rangely, Colorado, to face Colorado Northwestern Community College Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

 

• The Badgers are coming off a weekend where they split their games against the Idaho schools. They took down North Idaho College 82-59, before falling to No. 9 College of Southern Idaho 88-63. 

 

• The Badgers currently sit at a record of 14-9 overall and 2-6 in conference play. Similarly, last year they were 14-9 overall and had a 3-5 mark in conference. Last year, they would close out the regular season winning six of their last seven games before ending the Region 18 Tournament as the runner-ups. 

 

• Lala Baldwin scored a career high 29 points last Thursday against NIC, which is the most by a Badger since Kaitlyn Hurley recorded 29 against Mesa Community College Oct. 31, 2015.

 

• The Badgers are the best rebounding team in the Scenic West Athletic Conference, averaging 40.6 per game, but they also allow their opponents to collect 37.7 per game, which ranks them fifth in the SWAC. The Badgers are 72-25 under Head Coach Zu Grinsell when they outrebound their opponents. 

 

• Snow College has the best 3-point defense in the SWAC, holding opponents to an average of 25 percent from beyond the arc, which ranks them 33rd in the nation. The Badgers are 10-2 this season when they shoot at a higher 3-point percentage than their opponents and 65-18 under Grinsell. 

 

• SLCC holds an overall record of 16-7 and a conference record of 5-3 and sits at 24th in the NJCAA Division 1 Top 25. The Bruins conference losses came against CSI twice (64-46), (77-61), and Utah State University Eastern (70-66). 

 

• The Badgers dropped their last meeting with SLCC earlier this season in Ephraim by a score of 73-58. The Badgers had three double-digit scorers in the loss as Baldwin had 14, Avery Allred had 13, and Dalana Jakovljevic had 12. They are 8-14 when they play in Taylorsville and 4-6 in their last 10 meetings. 

 

• CNCC is 1-22 on the year and 0-8 in conference play. Its lone win came against Northeastern Junior College (61-59) Nov. 28. 

 

• The Badgers are 43-2 against the Spartans with a 19-2 record on the road and 9-1 in the last 10 meetings. The Badgers won the previous meeting, 68-46 Jan. 1 to open conference play. 

LAST TIME OUT: The Snow College women's basketball team split its games this past weekend as it defeated North Idaho College 82-59 to snap its five-game slide before falling to No. 9 College of Southern Idaho 88-63. 

The Badgers were coming off a standalone game against in-state rival Utah State University Eastern in Price, where they suffered a heartbreaking loss at the end of overtime, 60-59. 

The Badgers started the game against the Cardinals on a hot streak as Lala Baldwin scored the first points from beyond the arc to spark a 9-0 opening run, capped by a pair of free throws by Hillary Akomatsri. NIC responded with its own 10-0 run to strike back. It would carry that momentum for the rest of the first quarter, as the Cardinals outscored the Badgers 22-16 to head into the second period. 

The second quarter saw the Badgers chipping away at NIC's lead. They eventually took the lead back with 2:13 left in the half off a Dalana Jakovljevic layup. They would score seven of the final eight points to enter the break up 40-33. 

The second half kicked off with Snow College extending its lead as Jakovljevic and Avery Allred strung together a layup and a jumper. The Badgers would outscore the Cardinals 14-8 to enter the final stanza up 54-41. 

The final period of play had the Badgers open on a 9-4 run in the first three minutes with Baldwin's fingerprint all over it as she got a jumper and 3-pointer to fall while also creating a steal for a Hartlynn Richins jumper. Akomatsri would also string together her own six-point run in the middle of the quarter. The Badgers would cruise on to an 82-59 victory. 

Baldwin would finish with a career high of 29 points to lead all Badgers in scoring while tacking on three steals and three assists. Akomatsri would chip in 16 points, six assists, and four rebounds. 

After defeating the Cardinals, Snow College welcomed No. 9 CSI into the Horne Activity Center. 

The first quarter opened with the Golden Eagles taking a dominant lead as they went up 15-5 halfway through the period. CSI would continue to outscore the Badgers in the first quarter to head into the second period up 26-12. 

The second period had the Badgers keep pace with CSI over the first six minutes as the Golden Eagles held a slight scoring edge, 9-8, of which was finished by a pair of Jakovljevic layups. CSI would stretch its lead to 16 to head into the half with a score of 43-27.

The third quarter followed much of the same script as CSI kept a comfortable distance from the Badgers. In the third period, Richins would knock down a 3-pointer, and Sara Aoki also scored five of her nine points as they headed into the final quarter down, 72-48. 

The fourth period saw CSI maintain its lead for the remaining stretch as it outscored the Badgers 16-15 to close out the game in convincing fashion, 88-63. 

Allred led all Badgers with 12 points, as both Sydnee Smith and Baldwin each added 11 points. Richins recorded a career high nine points with three rebounds and four assists. 

UP NEXT: Snow College will kickstart its final home games of the 2025-2026 regular season against USUE Feb. 12 at 5:00 p.m. The Badgers have lost both of the previous matches this season by a combined seven points. For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.