Box Score
ST. GEORGE – Senior point guard Maurice Cole (Norwalk, CA/Santa Fe) posted 24 points, a career-high, in Dixie State's 84-68 victory Saturday over Hawaii Pacific in front of 3,273 fans at the Burns Arena.
Dixie State (11-4, 6-1 PWC) set a single-game team mark with eight blocks, four coming from sophomore Steven Larson (South Jordan, UT/Copper Hills). Hawaii Pacific connected on 10 3-pointers, but fell to 7-8 overall and 2-5 in the Pacific West Conference.
Cole was nearly perfect from the field, connecting of eight of nine shots including a pair of triples. He had five rebounds and dished out seven assists in 29 minutes.
“Coach pushes me hard in every practice and game,” Cole said in a postgame interview. “I have a long way to go, but I know he is just trying to get me better.”
McKay Massey (Payson, UT/Payson) and Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney) joined Cole in double figures. Massey had 14 points and five assists while Jones added 13 points and five rebounds.
After holding a four-point lead at intermission, the Red Storm rattled off a 13-3 run in the first three minutes of the second half. After pushing the lead to 15 points, 59-44 with 9:47 on the clock, HPU saw LaBrent Chappell hit three shots from distance and Kawika Lyons add another triple, shrinking the cushion to eight.
The Sea Warriors closed within seven, but an attempt to play “Hack-a-Storm” backfired when Dixie State hit 12 of its final 16 foul shots in closing out its fourth straight PWC win.
Chappell led HPU with 16 points.
Dixie State shot over 50 percent from the floor in both halves (57.4 percent overall) while holding Hawaii Pacific in the mid 30s (36.7 percent for the game).
The Red Storm close out its current homestand on Tuesday welcoming the Vulcans of Hawaii Hilo. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. inside the Burns.
Official Basketball Box Score
Hawaii Pacific vs Dixie State
1/21/12 7:30 pm at Saint George, UT
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VISITORS: Hawaii Pacific 7-8, 2-5 PWC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
22 Miller, Glenn....... f 2-9 0-1 1-2 1 5 6 4 5 0 4 0 1 22
24 Allen, Kyle......... f 3-9 0-2 0-0 2 2 4 3 6 2 1 0 0 27
30 Urli, Fran.......... f 2-5 0-0 5-6 3 3 6 4 9 0 0 1 1 23
05 White, Jelany....... g 2-2 2-2 2-2 0 1 1 1 8 1 1 0 1 19
11 Chappell, LaBrent... g 6-9 4-6 0-0 1 1 2 4 16 3 3 0 1 35
03 Frazier, Nick....... 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 11
10 Pierce, Michael..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
12 Lyons, Kawika....... 2-3 2-3 0-0 2 0 2 1 6 3 0 0 0 8
32 Hodge, Ronnie....... 1-7 1-6 3-5 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 17
33 Jones, Sean......... 3-10 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 7 2 0 0 0 17
35 Cukic, Marko........ 1-2 0-0 3-4 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 18
TEAM................ 3 3
Totals.............. 22-60 10-25 14-19 9 18 27 23 68 14 13 1 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 12-33 36.4% Game: 36.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 8-17 47.1% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 9-10 90.0% 2nd Half: 5-9 55.6% Game: 73.7% 4
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HOME TEAM: Dixie State 11-4, 6-1 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 4-11 0-1 5-6 0 5 5 2 13 1 1 1 0 34
50 Jensen, Solomon..... f 3-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 4 7 1 1 0 1 13
10 Cole, Maurice....... g 8-9 2-2 6-10 1 4 5 2 24 7 5 0 1 29
20 Massey, McKay....... g 5-6 0-1 4-5 1 2 3 0 14 5 1 1 1 33
30 Clegg, Landon....... g 3-5 0-1 2-2 2 5 7 2 8 3 2 0 0 24
12 Payne, Kimball...... 1-3 0-0 2-4 0 1 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 12
24 Thompson, De'Quan... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
32 Groskreutz, Dalton.. 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 17
40 Frei, Mitch......... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
52 Owen, Derek......... 4-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 8 0 0 2 0 18
54 Larson, Steven...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 4 0 9
TEAM................ 3 3 6
Totals.............. 31-54 3-9 19-27 9 30 39 15 84 21 13 8 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-24 58.3% 2nd Half: 17-30 56.7% Game: 57.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 33.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 13-18 72.2% Game: 70.4% 4
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Officials: Jeff Wells, Matt Basham, Anthony Lewis
Technical fouls: Hawaii Pacific-None. Dixie State-None.
Attendance: 3273
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Hawaii Pacific................ 31 37 - 68
Dixie State................... 35 49 - 84
Points in the paint-HPU-MBB 16,DX-MBB 36. Points off turnovers-HPU-MBB 16,DX-MBB 18.
2nd chance points-HPU-MBB 14,DX-MBB 10. Fast break points-HPU-MBB 0,DX-MBB 12.
Bench points-HPU-MBB 24,DX-MBB 18. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-9 times.
Last FG-HPU-MBB 2nd-01:15, DX-MBB 2nd-00:14.
Largest lead-HPU-MBB by 3 1st-14:56, DX-MBB by 16 2nd-00:14.
