UP NEXT: Dixie State College of Utah hosts the Academy of Art University Urban Knights on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 3:00pm in the Burns Arena.
THE RECORDS: DSC enters the game with a 17-5 record after beating Dominican 73-64 on Thursday night. The Red Storm remains undefeated with a 9-0 record in the Burns Arena. Academy of Art is 0-23 on the season after losing 73-49 at Grand Canyon two nights ago.
ALL-TIME SERIES: Dixie State holds a 2-0 all-time advantage over the Urban Knights. Earlier this season, DSC bested Academy 69-51 at Bakar Fitness Center on January 16. The Storm also defeated AAU at home 78-62 on December 22, 2008.
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.
RED STORM WATCH: Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) leads the team in scoring average at a 16.5 point per game clip. Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) (14.2) and Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) (10.0) also average double figures. Freshman Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) paces the club pulling down 6.7 rebounds a game with Palmer (5.3) and Whitehead (5.2) following. DSC averages 75.5 points a game shooting 48% FG while allowing 69.1 points to opponents.
STORM FAST BREAK TIDBITS:
· REGION RANKS – Dixie State improved to #5 in the West Region in the poll announced by the NCAA on Wednesday. BYU-Hawaii improved two spots to #6. Seattle Pacific and Western Washington remain atop the region.
· CAREER SCORING RANKS - #3 Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) (577; 186 points behind #2 Ben Hartman (Santa Clara. UT/Snow Canyon)), #5 Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) (458; 26 points behind #5 Kasey Winters), , #8 Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) (313; 85 points behind # 7 Dan Stock), #9 Nick Howard (Sandy. UT/Jordan) (307, 6 points behind Plunkett), #10 Kevin Lindquist (Gilbert. AZ/Lone Peak) (289; 8 points behind Howard)
· MILESTONE – Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) and Nick Howard (Sandy. UT/Jordan) both eclipsed the 300 career point mark in the win against Dominican. Plunkett also moved past Howard to #8 on the scoring list.
· MILESTONE – Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) notched his 200th career rebound in the Dominican game. He ranks sixth on the DSC list behind Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View).
· WITHIN REACH – Andy Palmer (St. George. UT/Pine View) needs 20 rebounds to reach 250 career, 42 points for 500 career, 23 field goals for 200 career; Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) needs 23 points for 600 career, 34 assists for 100 career, 22 three-pointers for 100 career, 1 blocked shots for 50 career; Nick Howard (Sandy. UT/Jordan) needs 1 field goal for 100 career, 3 free throws made for 100 career; Jeremiah Barnes (Compton, CA/Los Altos) needs 24 assists for 100 career; Adam Ross (Torrance. CA/North Torrance ) needs 11 steals for 50 career, 14 assists for 150 career; Donovan Plunkett (Oroville, CA/Las Plumas) needs 9 three-pointers for 50 career
SCOUTING URBAN KNIGHTS: To say the 2009-2010 Urban Knight season has been a struggle would be an understatement. In their first season in Pac West play, AAU is still looking for not only their first conference win, but also their first win of any kind this season. First year head coach Mark Sembrowich leads one of the youngest overall teams in the Pacific West. Guard Phillip Samuel leads the Urban Knights in scoring averaging 9.1 points per game. Jonathan Burnett is second in scoring at 8.8 PPG and has been coming off the bench after starting 16 earlier games. AAU had the distinction of having one of the shortest hoopsters in the NCAA with 5-2 point guard Lance Olivier. The Urban Knights have lost 13 conference games by an average margin of defeat of 18 points.
