UP NEXT: Dixie State College of Utah hosts the Argonauts of Notre Dame de Namur University inside the Burns Arena on Monday, January 25 at 7:30pm Mountain.
THE RECORDS: DSC enters the game with an 11-3 record after sweeping all three Bay Area schools in the Pac West. The Red Storm are 6-0 this year in the Burns Arena and have won 13 of the last 14 at home. The Argonauts of NDNU are 2-15 and 0-5 in the conference. Saturday night, NDNU fell to Grand Canyon on the road for the second consecutive game, 60-41. The Argos sport a 1-6 mark away from home.
ALL-TIME SERIES: Dixie State holds a 7-3 advantage in 10 games played against the Argonauts. The Red Storm have won six in a row in the series, 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 has won six consecutive games for the first time in Division-II play. It is the longest streak since an 11-game junior college stretch from June-November 2004. Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) leads the team in scoring average at a 14.8 point per game clip. Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) (13.3) and Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) (12.1) also average double figures. Freshman center Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) paces the club pulling down 6.9 rebounds a game with Palmer (5.6) and Whitehead (5.1) following. Dixie State averages 73.8 points a game shooting 47.6% FG while allowing 66.8 points to opponents.
STORM FAST BREAK TIDBITS:
--- Career Scoring Ranks: #5 Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) (429; 55 points behind #4 Kasey Winters), #6 Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) (394; 19 points behind Whitehead), #9 Kevin Lindquist (Gilbert. AZ/Lone Peak) (273; 13 points behind #8 Bowie Jeffs (Castle Dale. UT/Emery))
--- Through 14 games, Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) ranks second in career rebounding average. His 6.9 rebounds a game ranks behind formed DSC assistant coach Kasey Winters (9.6) and ahead of Ryan Sanchez (Ogden. UT/Fremont) in third (6.0).
--- Adam Ross (Torrance. CA/North Torrance ) has 99 career assists – the next will put Ross in the 100 Assist Club with four former Dixie State players (Dan Stock, Ryan Sanchez (Ogden. UT/Fremont), Bowie Jeffs (Castle Dale. UT/Emery) & Ben Hartman (Santa Clara. UT/Snow Canyon))
--- Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) needs 21 more minutes played to reach 1,000 in his Dixie State career
--- Schedule Time Change – This Saturday's, January 30, game on the road at Grand Canyon will tipoff at 7pm instead of 7:30pm.
SCOUTING NDNU: The Argonauts are winless in conference and have not won a game since their non-conference finale on January 1 against Menlo College 70-69. In conference, the average margin of defeat for NDNU is 20.6 points per game. Talented sophomore guard Bennie Murray is the only Argo to average more than ten points a game pouring in 15 per contest. Murray also leads the team in rebounding at a 6.1 clip. Post player Nick Storment is second on the squad in scoring at just under ten points a game (9.6). In the first meeting with Dixie State, Murray had 18 points and Cheynne Lishman added 14 off the bench. Head coach George Puou is in his ninth season at NDNU with an overall record of 96-135.
