Bench leads Dixie State into win column over Minot State

Larson leads Storm with 12 points

Box Score

ST. GEORGE – A night removed from posting 42 points against Seattle Pacific, the lowest single-game point total in any regular season game since 2006, Dixie State College shot a blistering 64.3-percent in the opening half and posted the same number in the first half en route to a 79-60 non-conference win over Minot State.

Dixie State improved to 1-1 on the year thanks to 50 points scored by players off the bench, while the Beavers fell to 0-2.

A pair of Maurice Cole (Norwalk, CA/Santa Fe) three-pointers and a fast break dunk from Dalton Groskreutz (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) highlighted a 12-0 run that set the blueprint for Dixie State in the opening half. DSC led by as many as 28 points late in the first half before taking a 44-21 advantage into the lockers.

The Red Storm scorched the nets connecting on 18-of-28 shots from the field, including six from beyond the arc.

Minot State played the aggressors by outscoring the Red Storm 19-6 over the first seven minutes cutting a 23-point deficit to 10 at the 13:48 mark.

Sophomore forward Steven Larson (South Jordan, UT/Copper Hills) then took the team on his back, scoring eight of his team-high 12 points in the second half. Dixie State built the lead back up 24 points with four minutes left.

Jonas Pollard score five points late to trim the DSC cushion. Pollard led all players with 17 points.

Landon Clegg (Cedar Hills, UT/Lone Peak) had six rebounds and 10 points off the bench. Derek Owen (St George, UT/Dixie) had 11 points and Groskreutz nabbed 10 points.

Dixie State hosts Montana State Billings on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Burns Arena for a West Region non-conference matchup.

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