SENIOR DAY NOTES: Six Red Storm Hoopsters To Be Honored

Dixie State plays Notre Dame de Namur on Wednesday

GAME #22
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Game Info	Wednesday, Feb. 23 \| 7:30 p.m. \| Game Notes
Location	Burns Arena \| Tickets
Game Day	Live Stats \| Live Audio \| Live Video
TV/Radio	KXDS 91.3 FM

UP NEXT - Dixie State College closes out their 2010-2011 home schedule with a Senior Night matchup against Notre Dame de Namur University. Tip time is 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Earlier in the season, Dixie State finished off a sweep of the Bay Area schools with a 71-60 win in Belmont over the Argonauts. Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney) and Solomon Jensen (Centerville, UT/Viewmont) combined for 31 points and the team shot over 41-percent from distance for the win. NDNU has lost seven of their last eight games. Most recently, the Argos dropped a close 63-58 decision at Grand Canyon. Dixie State College has won the last eight meetings against NDNU after the Argos won three of the first four contests.

RED STORM WATCH - The Red Storm, the defending PacWest Conference Co-Champions, are the nation's best in field-goal percentage defense keeping opponents to 35.9% from the field per game. Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) averages a team-high 13.5 points a game. Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney) (10.3 PPG), the only other Red Storm player in double-figure scoring average this season, pulls down on average 5.6 boards. Dixie State is scoring 73.6 points per game and holding opponents to 60.7 points per contest - a differential of 12.9 points (15th best in NCAA). DSC is pulling down an average of 37.3 rebounds in a game (+3.2 over opponents). The Storm also ranks in the Top 10 in three-point field-goal defense (6th at 28.8%).

THE OPPONENT - The Argonauts have limped to a 4-19 record this season including a 2-10 mark in Pac West play. NDNU has only two Division-II victories - on the road at Hawaii Pacific and at home against Academy of Art.

A trio of guards pace the day-to-day scoring. Arron Mollet, a junior from Campbell, Calif., averages 13.1 points just ahead of Jeff Ford's 12.9 PPG (junior from Hayward). Junior guard/forward Tyler Fricke, from San Diego, is at 12.5 PPG and leads the Argos with 6.4 rebounds.

As a team, NDNU ranks 8th in the PWC with 64.0 points scored while allowing 71.8 points (6th in PWC scoring defense). They rank near the middle in every other statistical category - topping out at 4th in the league in free-throw percentage at 71.2%.

George Puou is the head coach for the men's basketball team and also serves as an assistant athletic director. Notre Dame de Namur University was founded in 1851 - 40 years before Dr. Jame Naismith invented the game of basketball.

RED STORM VS NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR IN THE PACIFIC WEST
2006-07
Notre Dame de Namur 64, Dixie State 63 (2/3 in St. George)
Notre Dame de Namur 65, Dixie State 51 (2/23 in Belmont)

2007-08
Dixie State 74, Notre Dame de Namur 72 (2/1 in Belmont)
Notre Dame de Namur 52, Dixie State 47 (2/2 in Belmont)
Dixie State 75, Notre Dame de Namur 68 (2/27 in St. George)

2008-09
Dixie State 59, Notre Dame de Namur 51 (1/26 in St. George)
Dixie State 85, Notre Dame de Namur 71 (1/27 in St. George)
Dixie State 74, Notre Dame de Namur 58 (2/27 in Belmont)
Dixie State 70, Notre Dame de Namur 59 (2/28 in Belmont)

2009-10
Dixie State 83, Notre Dame de Namur 66 (1/14 in Belmont)
Dixie State 64, Notre Dame de Namur 41 (1/25 in St. George)

2010-11
Dixie State 71, Notre Dame de Namur 60 (1/22 in Belmont)
Overall Record: 9-3

REGIONALLY SPEAKING - Dixie State moved up two spots to No. 4 in the latest West Region ranking released Wednesday, Feb. 16. The Red Storm are the highest Pac West ranked team just ahead of Chaminade at No. 5 and BYU-Hawaii at No. 8. Central Washington remained in the top spot while Pac West foe Grand Canyon dropped out of the top 10.

JUDKINS APPROACHING CAREER MILESTONE - Head Coach Jon Judkins is three wins away from number 100 in his Dixie State College tenure and 19 wins away from 400 for his career.

WHERE THE HEART GROWS FONDER - Tonight's game is the final regular-season game in the Burns Arena for the 2010-2011 baskeball season. The Red Storm are 6-2 this year at home - beating Pacifica College, Chaminade, Dominican, Academy of Art, Hawaii Hilo & Hawaii Pacific while losing back-to-back to Grand Canyon and BYU-Hawaii in January.

HONOR ROLL FOR BARNES, WHITEHEAD - A pair of seniors - guard Jeremiah Barnes (Compton, CA/Los Altos) and forward Tom Whitehead (St. George, UT/Dixie) - were name to the PWC Top 10 for Week #14. Barnes set a career-high with 22 points against UH-Hilo and averaged 20.0 points per game during the week. Whitehead pulled down nine rebounds for the third time this year, averaged 13.5 points and hit all seven free-throws he attempted last week.

STORM ON THE RADIO - Dixie State games can be heard on KXDS (91.3 FM) with John Potter calling the play-by-play. At home games, Potter is joined by former DSC assistant coach Mike Olson.

LIVE STATS - Fans can follow Red Storm home games through the DSC web site at www.DixieAthletics.com via Sidearm Sports, a free service, which updates play-by-play and statistics throughout the game. Road game live stats will be available through DixieAthletics.com on the front page calendar.

ON THE INTERNET - All of Dixie State's home games are available to watch live through America One via the internet at www.DixieAthletics.com. DSC fans can also listen to every game both home and away thanks to Network1Sports.com, via DSC's web site. Select games on the road will also be available. Check the front page calendar on DixieAthletics.com for availability.

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