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The SLCC Men's and Women's Basketball teams each moved up in the latest Top 25 Polls released by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

SLCC Men's Basketball jumps four spots in latest poll
The SLCC Men (18-2, 6-0 SWAC) jumped four spots from No. 15 to No. 11 after picking up a close road win over in-state rival Snow College (15-5, 3-3 SWAC) on Saturday in Ephraim, UT. The Bruins trailed the Badgers 66-65 with under 10 seconds remaining, but a 16-foot jump shot made by sophomore forward JuWan Buchanan (Seattle, WA) with just 7.1 seconds left lifted the Bruins to their 14th straight victory.

The Bruins currently own the sixth longest win streak in NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball and will play the toughest two contests of this five-game road trip in Idaho this week. SLCC will square off with rival College of Southern Idaho (CSI) (15-6, 3-4 SWAC) on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Twin Falls, ID. The Bruins dismantled the Eagles the first time the teams met, winning easily 89-73 at Bruin Arena on Jan. 5.

Head Coach Todd Phillips and the Bruins will then make the trek to Coeur d'Alene, ID to square off with Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) foe No. 13-ranked North Idaho College (NIC) (19-3, 6-1 SWAC) on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 6:00 p.m. MST (Coeur d'Alene is on Pacific time). The Bruins rallied from a 15-point second half deficit to stun the Cardinals 75-74 at Bruin Arena on Jan. 3 and are the only team in the SWAC to have beaten NIC so far this season.

Live links to this week's SLCC Men's Basketball games can be found in a standalone web story to be released here on the SLCC Athletics home page on Thursday, Jan. 24 or in this week's edition of the Bruin Insider Newsletter.

SLCC Women's Basketball climbs two spots in latest Top 25 rankings
The SLCC Women (13-6, 4-2 SWAC) moved up from No. 18 to No. 16 in the latest NJCAA Top 25 rankings after taking down in-state rival Snow College (8-12, 2-4 SWAC) 55-43 on Saturday in Ephraim, UT. The Bruins made 17 of 26 free throws to earn their third straight road win and third straight overall.

SLCC has won six of its last eight contests and is currently in third place in the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) behind this week's opponents North Idaho College (NIC) and the College of Southern Idaho (CSI).

The Bruins will take on CSI (11-10, 5-2 SWAC) on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in Twin Falls, ID. SLCC fell to the Eagles 54-39 at Bruin Arena on Jan. 5. Head Coach Betsy Specketer and the SLCC Women's team will then travel to Coeur d'Alene, ID to face off with No. 2-ranked NIC (21-1, 5-1 SWAC) on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 4:00 p.m. MST (Coeur d'Alene is in the Pacific time zone).

The Bruins are the only team to have beaten NIC this season, with the Cardinals losing 55-49 to SLCC on Jan. 3 at Bruin Arena. The Cardinals were ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time.

Live links to this week's SLCC Women's games in Idaho can be found in a standalone web story to be posted on Jan. 24 or in this week's edition of the Bruin Insider Newsletter.
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