UP NEXT: Dixie State College of Utah plays its Pacific West Conference road opener against the Argonauts of Notre Dame de Namur University on Thursday, January 14 at 8:30pm Mountain.
THE RECORDS: DSC enters the game with an 8-3 record after sweeping BYU-Hawaii and Chaminade last weekend at home. The Red Storm are 2-3 away from the Burns Arena this season. NDNU is 2-11 and winless in conference at 0-2. The Argos were swept by Hawaii-Hilo and Hawaii Pacific.
ALL-TIME SERIES: Dixie State holds a 6-3 advantage in nine games played against the Argonauts. The Red Storm have won five in a row, last losing on Feb. 2, 2008 in Belmont 52-47.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: RADIO - Dixie State College basketball games, both home and away, can be heard live on the Red Storm Basketball Radio Network - Classical 91.3 FM and Network1Sports.com online with the voice of the Red Storm, John Potter.
VIDEO – Home games can be seen live online at B2LiveTV.com and on tape delay on DTV. All access video passes for Dixie State can be purchased on the B2 Networks site.
RED STORM WATCH: Dixie State takes to the road riding a three-game winning streak. DSC lost their last test on the road at nationally-ranked Western Washington on Dec. 29. Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) leads the team in scoring average at a 16.1 point per game clip. Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) (13.5) and Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) (11.3) also average double figures through five games. Freshman Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) paces the club pulling down 7.5 rebounds a game with Palmer (5.6) and Whitehead (5.4) following. Dixie State averages 73.4 points a game shooting 46.2% FG while allowing 68.4 points to opponents.
STORM FAST BREAK TIDBITS:
--- Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) led the Red Storm in rebounding the last three games – 14 vs. Western State, 11 vs. BYU-Hawaii and 12 vs. Chaminade
--- Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) and Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) had the team's high point total in all but two games this season
--- Career Scoring Ranks: #6 Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) (392; 4 points behind #5 Dan Stock), #7 Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) (361; 31 points behind Whitehead), #10 Kevin Lindquist (Gilbert. AZ/Lone Peak) (259; 3 points behind #9 Johnny Little (Murray. UT/Murray HS))
--- Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) (13.5) has slipped ahead of assistant coach Ryan Sanchez (Ogden. UT/Fremont) (13.3) by two-tenths of a point for best career scoring average. Plunkett has played 11 games while Sanchez compiled his average over three seasons and 79 games. Kasey Winters, former DSC assistant coach and current head coach at Bear River HS, is the career D-II scoring average leader at 17.9 PPG during the 2007-08 season.
--- Schedule Time Change – The January 30th game on the road at Grand Canyon will tipoff at 7pm instead of 7:30pm.
SCOUTING NDNU: The Argonauts are in the middle of a four-game home stretch to open Pacific West Conference play. NDNU has not been able to win on their home floor since November 16 (76-69 over Pacific Union). Sophomore guard Bennie Murray averages a team-best 15 points per game and junior center Nick Storment adds 10.2 points. Murray also paces the Argos in rebounding with a 6.9 clip. Notre Dame de Namur returns nine players who saw playing time against the Red Storm last season. Coach George Puou is in his ninth season at NDNU with an overall record of 96-132.
