Men's Basketball 11/16/2012 10:42:00 PM John Potter, Media Relations Assistant

Record shooting leads Storm to road win in Montana

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BILLINGS, Mont. – Steven Larson (South Jordan, UT/Copper Hills) made all 11 shots he took Friday night en route to a career-high 25 points. Dixie State shot a program-best 70.9 percent from the field in defeating the host Yellowjackets of MSU Billings 90-77 in Alterowitz Gymnasium.

Larson was one of four players to have a perfect shooting night for the Red Storm (3-0). Derek Owen (St George, UT/Dixie) was 6-of-6 for 12 points in 13 minutes. Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) had 10 points on five shots while DeQuan Thompson (Las Vegas, NV/Lake Mead Christian Academy) (4-4 FG) added nine points.

The Red Storm, six days removed from shooting over 60 percent in a home win over Colorado Mesa, dominated the paint all night to the sound of a 50 to eight advantage. Dixie State hit 39 of 55 shots to eclipse the previous high of 64 percent in a 2010 game at Notre Dame de Namur.

Hot shooting was needed since the Yellowjackets (1-1) scored their first 12 points from behind the arc. After MSUB closed the lead to four, 27-23, at the 9:51 mark, the Jackets failed to make a basket for over four and a half minutes. The Red Storm used the opposing drought to go on an 8-0 run sparked by four lay-ups.

A late three-ball from Cameron Cusworth put the DSC halftime advantage at 47-39.

Larson and Dalton Groskreutz (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) (19 points) went to work in the second half extending the lead to 14 points by scoring the team's first eight points of the half. MSUB would close with nine at the 13:38 mark before the Storm outscored the Jackets 20-10 behind three straight shots by Groskreutz, three-balls from McKay Massey (Payson, UT/Payson) and Thompson and a lay-in from Kimball Payne (Alpine, UT/Lone Peak).

The final field goal came with 2:28 left on a beautiful extra pass assist from Massey to Groskreutz in the corner for three.

Omar McDade and Sam Johnson led the Yellowjackets with 17 points each.

Dixie State continues on the road next week with two games in the Clarion Inn Thanksgiving Classic. Friday, the Storm meet Fort Lewis at 3 p.m., then face the host Mavericks of Colorado Mesa on Saturday night at 7 p.m.

Official Basketball Box Score
Dixie State vs MSU Billings
11/16/12 7 p.m. at Billings, Mont.

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VISITORS: Dixie State 3-0, 0-0 PacWest
                          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 8-11   1-3    2-4    1 5 6   3 19 1 1 0 1 33
42 Robbins, Zach....... f 5-5    0-0    0-1    2 6 8   3 10 0 2 1 2 31
44 Larson, Steven...... c 11-11   0-0    3-4    1 0 1   2 25 0 2 1 0 26
10 Payne, Kimball...... g 2-5    0-1    0-1    0 3 3   0   4 6 4 0 3 32
20 Massey, McKay....... g 3-9    3-5    0-0    0 4 4   2   9 7 1 1 0 35
14 Simister, Brandon...    0-2    0-0    2-2    0 1 1   0   2 0 3 0 1   9
22 Schallenberger,Jason    0-1    0-1    0-0    0 0 0   0   0 0 0 0 0   0
24 Thompson, De'Quan...    4-4    1-1    0-0    1 1 2   1   9 2 1 0 1 16
30 Papenfuss, Curtis...    0-1    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   2   0 1 1 0 0   5
50 Owen, Derek.........    6-6    0-0    0-0    1 2 3   5 12 0 1 1 1 13
   TEAM................
   Totals..............   39-55   5-11   7-12   6 22 28 18 90 17 16 4 9 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 21-29 72.4%   2nd Half: 18-26 69.2%   Game: 70.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0%   2nd Half: 3-7 42.9%   Game: 45.5%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9%   2nd Half: 4-5 80.0%   Game: 58.3%   4,3

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HOME TEAM: MSU Billings 1-1, 0-0 GNAC
                          TOT-FG 3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 Crayton,Jerrell..... f 4-7    0-1    1-3    0 1 1   0   9 1 0 0 0 29
22 Cusworth,Cameron.... f 1-2    1-2    0-2    1 1 2   3   3 0 2 0 0 12
02 Ridgeway,Brian...... g 1-4    1-3    3-3    0 0 0   2   6 0 1 0 0 17
13 Arnold,David........ g 1-5    0-4    0-0    0 1 1   4   2 0 2 1 0 16
32 McDade,Omar......... g 5-11   4-6    3-4    1 2 3   1 17 2 1 0 1 22
01 Hatcher,Kalob.......    2-6    2-5    0-0    0 1 1   1   6 8 2 2 2 33
03 Hook,Jimmy..........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   1   0 0 0 0 0   2
04 Trabing,Robby.......    1-2    0-0    0-0    0 2 2   3   2 1 2 0 1 19
12 Wallace,Devon.......    0-2    0-2    0-0    0 2 2   1   0 2 2 1 0   9
23 Johnson,Sam.........    6-10   3-5    2-3    1 1 2   3 17 2 1 0 1 20
25 Desin,Danny.........    5-6    5-6    0-0    0 0 0   0 15 2 0 0 0 21
   TEAM................
   Totals..............   26-55 16-34   9-15   3 11 14 19 77 18 13 4 5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-27 48.1%   2nd Half: 13-28 46.4%   Game: 47.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 9-17 52.9%   2nd Half: 7-17 41.2%   Game: 47.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1%   2nd Half: 5-8 62.5%   Game: 60.0%    7

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Officials: Greg Morstein, Rob Tesch, Kevin Flatowe
Technical fouls: Dixie State-None. MSU Billings-None.
Attendance: 475
Score by Periods                1st 2nd   Total
Dixie State...................   47   43 -   90
MSU Billings..................   39   38 -   77
DSC has best shooting percentage in it's NCAA Div. II era.

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