Red Storm swats away Yellowjackets behind four players in double figures

Cole dishes seven assists, Jones nabs double-double

Griffon Jones had dbl-dbl in win over MSU Billings

Box Score ST. GEORGE – Maurice Cole (Norwalk, CA/Santa Fe) began the night with a lay-in, and never looked back.

The senior point guard had 18 points, seven assists and five rebounds to lead Dixie State College to victory 81-70 over Montana State-Billings on Tuesday inside the Burns Arena.

Dixie State improved to 2-1 on season by taking a page out of the MSUB (2-1) playbook. A quick strike offense led to easy buckets, a 7-0 opening run, and ultimately a 40-25 halftime lead. Cole led all scorers at the break with 10 points.

MSUB guard Antoine Proctor netted the first six Jacket points in the second half before DSC responded with a 10-0 run primarily made with lay-ups. Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney) had six points and six rebounds during the major push, ending the night with a double-double (14 points, 11 rebounds). He also swatted four shots, tying for the third highest single-game total in the DSC record book.

Dixie State led by 20 points with 6:53 remaining in the game before Jaxon Myaer singlehandedly brought the Yellowjackets back. The former Judge Memorial star and Utah State transfer hit five three-pointers pulling MSUB to within six points, 71-65, at the 2:08 mark. Myaer led all scorers with 22 points.

Cole and Solomon Jensen (Centerville, UT/Viewmont) each chipped in two points for a quick 4-0 spurt to get the advantage back to double digits in the final minute.

Four DSC players were in double figures including 12 points each from Dalton Groskreutz (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) and Derek Owen (St George, UT/Dixie). Jensen, limited to just 16 minutes, had nine points.

The Red Storm shot 54.2 percent (26-of-48) for the game and 27-of-35 from the charity stripe (77.1 percent).

Dixie State hits the road for the first time on Nov. 25-26 for a post-Thanksgiving tournament in Grand Junction, Colo. The Storm face CSU-Pueblo on Friday at 3 p.m. and Colorado Mesa on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Official Basketball Box Score
Montana St.-Billings vs Dixie State
11/15/11 7:30 pm at Saint George, UT

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VISITORS: Montana St.-Billings 2-1
                          TOT-FG 3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 Mayes,Robert........ f 0-5    0-0    4-7    4 2 6   5   4 1 0 0 1 21
33 Henning,Emery....... c 1-3    0-0    1-2    1 1 2   1   3 0 1 0 0 22
02 Proctor,Antoine..... g 5-15   1-6    6-9    0 4 4   2 17 3 3 0 3 26
04 Trabing,Robby....... g 0-1    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   3   0 1 1 0 2 19
25 Myaer,Jaxon......... g 8-14   6-11   0-0    0 2 2   3 22 2 4 0 3 31
01 Richards,Chase......    0-4    0-3    0-0    0 0 0   1   0 0 2 0 0   9
13 Arnold,David........    0-3    0-3    0-0    1 1 2   0   0 2 0 0 1 15
22 Cusworth,Cameron....    3-5    2-4    0-0    0 2 2   4   8 0 2 1 1 17
23 Richards,Preston....    0-4    0-2    3-4    1 0 1   3   3 2 1 0 1 20
32 Stevens,Taylor......    4-9    3-6    2-2    1 4 5   2 13 1 0 1 0 20
   Team................                         3     3             1
   Totals..............   21-63 12-35 16-24 11 16 27 24 70 12 15 2 12 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-28 25.0%   2nd Half: 14-35 40.0%   Game: 33.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-15 33.3%   2nd Half: 7-20 35.0%   Game: 34.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7%   2nd Half: 10-15 66.7%   Game: 66.7%    3

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HOME TEAM: Dixie State 2-1
                          TOT-FG 3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
32 Groskreutz, Dalton.. f 4-7    2-4    2-3    1 4 5   0 12 1 1 0 1 21
44 Jones, Griffon...... f 3-6    0-0    8-9    2 9 11   3 14 1 3 4 2 27
50 Jensen, Solomon..... c 3-3    0-0    3-3    0 4 4   2   9 0 2 0 0 16
10 Cole, Maurice....... g 7-9    0-0    4-4    0 5 5   2 18 7 6 0 1 26
20 Massey, McKay....... g 1-4    0-3    2-2    0 3 3   2   4 1 2 0 3 26
12 Payne, Kimball......    0-1    0-0    1-2    0 0 0   3   1 5 2 0 2 14
24 Thompson, De'Quan...    0-2    0-0    4-4    2 0 2   0   4 1 0 0 0   5
30 Clegg, Landon.......    1-2    0-1    0-0    0 4 4   2   2 0 0 0 0 19
40 Frei, Mitch.........    1-2    0-0    1-4    0 2 2   3   3 0 2 0 0 14
42 Atkin, Connor.......    0-1    0-1    0-1    0 1 1   0   0 0 0 0 0   6
52 Owen, Derek.........    5-6    0-0    2-3    2 2 4   5 12 0 2 2 0 17
54 Larson, Steven......    1-5    0-0    0-0    2 1 3   2   2 0 4 0 0   9
   TEAM................                         1 2 3             1
   Totals..............   26-48   2-9   27-35 10 37 47 24 81 16 25 6 9 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-25 52.0%   2nd Half: 13-23 56.5%   Game: 54.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-7 14.3%   2nd Half: 1-2 50.0%   Game: 22.2%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 13-19 68.4%   2nd Half: 14-16 87.5%   Game: 77.1%    4

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Officials: Kent Johnson, Matt Basham, Jeff Wells
Technical fouls: Montana St.-Billings-None. Dixie State-None.
Attendance: 1809
Score by Periods                1st 2nd   Total
Montana St.-Billings..........   25   45 -   70
Dixie State...................   40   41 -   81

Points in the paint-MSUB 18,DX-MBB 46. Points off turnovers-MSUB 22,DX-MBB 20.
2nd chance points-MSUB 5,DX-MBB 9. Fast break points-MSUB 10,DX-MBB 16.
Bench points-MSUB 24,DX-MBB 24. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-MSUB 2nd-00:42, DX-MBB 2nd-01:48.
Largest lead-MSUB None, DX-MBB by 22 2nd-15:05.

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