Career night for Massey moves Dixie to 2-0

New highs in points, assists for senior guard

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ST. GEORGE – Senior guard McKay Massey (Payson, UT/Payson) made nine of 12 shots for 22 points to spark the Dixie State College basketball team to a 77-65 win over Colorado Mesa in the championship game of the DSC Classic on Saturday inside the Burns Arena.

The career night for Massey continued with eight assists, six coming in the second half when Storm pulled away from the Mavericks after the game was knotted at the half. Dixie State improved to 2-0 on the year while the Mavs fell to 1-1.

“He (Massey) did a good job tonight of letting the game come to him and he took really good shots,” DSC head coach Jon Judkins said.

Colorado Mesa took an early 9-2 lead behind a hot start from Mike Melillo (18 points, nine rebounds). Over the next 4:49, Dixie State used an 11-4 run to even the game at 13-13. Neither team built a substantial lead and a stickback dunk by Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) kept the game tied at the break, 36-36.

Physical and close battles have been the trademark of previous battles between DSC and Colorado Mesa. Saturday's see-saw battle saw eight ties and 11 lead changes until Massey and DSC took over at the 11:43 mark in the second half. Jumpers from DeQuan Thompson (Las Vegas, NV/Lake Mead Christian Academy) and Robbins began a 14-0 defining run that saw Massey get a lay-in and nail a pail of three-pointer. Kimball Payne (Alpine, UT/Lone Peak) knocked in a shot to close the run with a DSC 65-53 lead.

Payne had 10 points and joined Massey by posting a career-high with nine dimes.

The Mavs never got the Dixie State lead under 10. Payne, Thompson and Brandon Simister (St. George, UT/Desert Hills) nailed free throws down the stretch.

Dixie State plays its frist road game of the year on Friday against the Yellowjackets of Montana State-Billings. Tip from Alterowitz Gymnasium is set for 7 p.m.

Official Basketball Box Score
Colorado Mesa vs Dixie State
11/10/12 8:00 pm at Saint George, UT (Burns Arena)

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VISITORS: Colorado Mesa 1-1
                          TOT-FG 3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 Paul Walter......... f 1-7    1-3    2-2    1 1 2   2   5 5 1 0 0 25
22 Colton Burgon....... f 4-7    0-0    1-6    1 2 3   3   9 0 2 0 0 25
00 Jeff Hart........... g 4-9    1-3    0-0    2 2 4   1   9 1 1 0 1 32
01 Daniel Estes........ g 4-7    1-3    1-3    1 3 4   3 10 5 2 0 0 27
32 Mike Melillo........ g 7-15   2-8    2-4    4 5 9   2 18 1 3 2 1 29
04 Landon Vermeer......    2-5    1-2    0-0    1 1 2   1   5 2 2 0 0 27
15 Clayton Kame........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   2   0 0 1 0 1   5
20 Kevin Screen........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0 2 2   0   0 2 0 0 0 14
23 Ryan Stephan........    3-5    2-4    1-2    1 0 1   2   9 0 0 2 1 15
24 Mac Alexander.......    0-1    0-1    0-0    0 0 0   0   0 0 0 0 0   1
   Team................                         3     3             1
   Totals..............   25-56   8-24   7-17 14 16 30 16 65 16 13 4 4 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0%   2nd Half: 12-30 40.0%   Game: 44.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-13 38.5%   2nd Half: 3-11 27.3%   Game: 33.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0%   2nd Half: 2-7 28.6%   Game: 41.2%    4

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HOME TEAM: Dixie State 2-0
                          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 4-9    0-2    1-1    1 5 6   2   9 3 1 1 1 31
44 Larson, Steven...... f 3-6    0-0    0-0    1 2 3   5   6 3 2 2 0 27
42 Robbins, Zach....... c 5-8    0-0    0-0    2 4 6   0 10 0 1 1 0 25
10 Payne, Kimball...... g 3-5    1-1    3-4    0 1 1   2 10 9 2 0 0 28
20 Massey, McKay....... g 9-12   3-5    1-2    0 2 2   1 22 8 1 0 0 35
14 Simister, Brandon...    0-0    0-0    2-2    0 1 1   0   2 1 0 0 0   7
22 Schallenberger,Jason    0-0    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   0   0 0 0 0 0   1
24 Thompson, De'Quan...    3-4    0-1    1-2    0 4 4   2   7 0 2 0 0 18
30 Papenfuss, Curtis...    3-3    0-0    1-1    0 0 0   1   7 0 0 0 1   8
34 Bishoff, Dillon.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   0   0 0 0 0 0   1
40 Nielson, Robbie.....    0-2    0-1    0-0    0 0 0 1   0 0 0 0 0   4
50 Owen, Derek.........    2-3    0-0    0-0    1 2 3   4   4 0 1 0 1 15
   TEAM................                         1 2 3
   Totals..............   32-52   4-10   9-12   6 23 29 18 77 24 10 4 3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-30 53.3%   2nd Half: 16-22 72.7%   Game: 61.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6%   2nd Half: 2-3 66.7%   Game: 40.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7%   2nd Half: 7-9 77.8%   Game: 75.0%    1
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Officials: Courtney Littledike, Chris Singer, Greg Spencer
Technical fouls: Colorado Mesa-None. Dixie State-None.
Attendance: 2204
Score by Periods                1st 2nd   Total
Colorado Mesa.................   36   29 -   65
Dixie State...................   36   41 -   77
Dixie State Classic Game 4

Points in the paint-CMU-M 16,DX-MBB 40. Points off turnovers-CMU-M 10,DX-MBB 14.
2nd chance points-CMU-M 11,DX-MBB 8. Fast break points-CMU-M 3,DX-MBB 14.
Bench points-CMU-M 14,DX-MBB 20. Score tied-8 times. Lead changed-11 times.
Last FG-CMU-M 2nd-00:11, DX-MBB 2nd-01:45.
Largest lead-CMU-M by 7 1st-15:55, DX-MBB by 15 2nd-01:04.

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