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Jones, Thompson pace Dixie State to PWC-opening win

Red Storm open December with white-hot shooting over final 20 minutes

Box Score ST. GEORGE – Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney) remembers the feeling of losing the first two Pacific West Conference games at home one year ago. With a chance for redemption, Jones led all Dixie State College scorers with 18 points en route to a 72-63 victory over Notre Dame de Namur on Monday in front of a crowd of 2,480 fans inside the Burns Arena.

Dixie State improved to 4-2 on the season, and more importantly, 1-0 in the PacWest. NDNU fell to 2-5 overall and 0-2 in league.

It was the Argos who jumped out to an early advantage by answering an early Maurice Cole (Norwalk, CA/Santa Fe) jumper with nine straight points. DSC pulled back even at 13-13 at the 9:49 mark with a Solomon Jensen (Centerville, UT/Viewmont) jumper.
Griffon Jones vs NDNU
Neither team led by more than four points for the remainder of the half. A late Steven Larson (South Jordan, UT/Copper Hills) layup in the final seconds gave the Red Storm a 29-26 halftime advantage.

Wesley White led NDNU to an early second-half spurt to retake the lead at 32-31, but one of DSC's redshirt freshmen laid waiting in the wings to spark the definitive stretch.

With a 38-37 lead, De'Quan Thompson lit the Burns Arena on fire by scored the next 11 Red Storm points including three shots from behind the 3-point arc. Dalton Groskreutz (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) added a deep triple closing a 16-3 run for a 54-40 lead.

NDNU would close to within six points three minutes later, but DSC shot a blistering 72.2 percent from the floor in the second half to outrun the Argos.

Thompson posted a career-best 13 points. Jones ripped down seven boards, dished out four assists and swatted away three NDNU shots in 32 gritty minutes.

The Red Storm finished the game hitting 26-of-47 field goals (55.3 percent), seven-of-10 from 3-point land and 13-of-17 from the charity stripe. NDNU went 20-of-52 from the floor (38.5 percent)

Nobody scored in double figures for the Argonauts, yet five players each scored nine points.

Dixie State travels to La Jolla, Calif. for a Sunday afternoon, non-conference matchup with UC San Diego at 2 p.m. Mountain time.


 
Official Basketball Box Score
Notre Dame de Namur vs Dixie State
12/05/11 7:30pm at Saint George, UT

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VISITORS: Notre Dame de Namur 2-5, 0-2 PWC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
34 Henwood, Trent...... f  3-5    3-5    0-2    1  1  2   3   9  0  1  0  0  26
40 White, Wesley....... c  3-7    0-0    3-6    2  4  6   4   9  1  4  1  0  26
05 Pettit, Josh........ g  3-4    1-1    2-2    0  0  0   0   9  2  1  0  1  23
10 Fricke, Tyler....... g  2-11   0-2    5-7    4  3  7   2   9  5  2  0  4  37
11 Mollet, Arron....... g  2-7    2-6    2-2    0  5  5   1   8  0  4  0  0  29
01 Williams, DAngelo...    3-6    1-1    2-2    1  0  1   1   9  0  2  0  1  11
03 Bell, Eric..........    2-6    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   4  3  1  0  0  16
23 Dunhour, Micah......    0-2    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   2   0  0  1  0  0  18
33 Hartvigson, Erik....    2-2    0-0    2-2    2  2  4   2   6  0  0  0  1   9
55 Palmer, Steven......    0-2    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   0  0  1  0  0   5
   TEAM................                         2     2             1
   Totals..............   20-52   7-15  16-23  12 19 31  17  63 11 18  1  7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  8-26 30.8%   2nd Half: 12-26 46.2%   Game: 38.5%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-5  60.0%   2nd Half:  4-10 40.0%   Game: 46.7%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  7-8  87.5%   2nd Half:  9-15 60.0%   Game: 69.6%    4


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HOME TEAM: Dixie State 4-2, 1-0 PWC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
44 Jones, Griffon...... f  8-15   0-0    2-3    1  6  7   3  18  4  1  3  0  32
50 Jensen, Solomon..... f  2-3    1-1    0-0    0  2  2   2   5  1  1  1  0  17
10 Cole, Maurice....... g  3-7    0-0    3-4    0  3  3   1   9  2  5  2  0  28
20 Massey, McKay....... g  2-4    1-3    2-2    0  3  3   0   7  4  3  0  1  31
30 Clegg, Landon....... g  1-4    0-1    0-0    2  1  3   2   2  2  2  0  1  20
12 Payne, Kimball......    1-1    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   0   2  3  1  0  1  11
24 Thompson, De'Quan...    5-5    3-3    0-0    0  1  1   1  13  2  3  0  2  16
32 Groskreutz, Dalton..    2-4    2-2    2-3    1  1  2   4   8  0  0  1  0  22
52 Owen, Derek.........    1-1    0-0    4-4    0  1  1   5   6  1  2  0  0  17
54 Larson, Steven......    1-3    0-0    0-1    1  1  2   1   2  0  2  0  0   6
   TEAM................                            2  2
   Totals..............   26-47   7-10  13-17   5 23 28  19  72 19 20  7  5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-29 44.8%   2nd Half: 13-18 72.2%   Game: 55.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-3  33.3%   2nd Half:  6-7  85.7%   Game: 70.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-5  40.0%   2nd Half: 11-12 91.7%   Game: 76.5%    1


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Officials: Casey McClellan, Trent Leavitt, Monte Hawkins
Technical fouls: Notre Dame de Namur-TEAM. Dixie State-None.
Attendance: 2480
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Notre Dame de Namur...........   26   37  -   63
Dixie State...................   29   43  -   72

Points in the paint-NDNU-MBB 20,DX-MBB 28. Points off turnovers-NDNU-MBB 21,DX-MBB 15.
2nd chance points-NDNU-MBB 16,DX-MBB 4. Fast break points-NDNU-MBB 6,DX-MBB 6.
Bench points-NDNU-MBB 19,DX-MBB 31. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-6 times.
Last FG-NDNU-MBB 2nd-00:11, DX-MBB 2nd-02:19.
Largest lead-NDNU-MBB by 7 1st-16:47, DX-MBB by 17 2nd-01:43.
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