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CHAMPS!

DSC wins PacWest title with 77-73 win in OT

Box Score


ST. GEORGE – Dixie State College and BYU-Hawaii provided 45 minutes of thrilling and physical basketball Wednesday night that epitomized the best of Pacific West Conference action. The Red Storm defeated the visiting Seasiders 77-73 in overtime to secure the outright league title in front of a record 4,368 fans inside the Burns Arena.

Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney) scored a team-high 15 points, 13 coming after the intermission, to lead Dixie State (20-4, 15-1 PWC). Solomon Jensen (Centerville, UT/Viewmont) recorded his first career double-double, 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Dalton Groskreutz (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) chipped in 13 points off the bench. DSC will represent the Pacific West for the third consecutive year in the Division-II NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

The Seasiders (14-10, 11-4 PWC) took control of a low-scoring first half. Jet Chang scored the final 12 points of the half for BYUH, outscoring Dixie State 12-7 in the process for a 30-25 advantage at the half.

As many times throughout the season, DSC sprinted quickly out of the gate in the second half, erasing the BYUH advantage to tie the game at 33-33.

Every DSC run midway through the period was matched or exceeded by the Seasiders. With a 54-49 advantage, Dixie State saw Junior Ale connect on a trio of 3-pointers in an 8-0 starting run, culminating in BYUH enjoying a 62-56 lead with 2:27 remaining.

Dixie State bounced off the mat and strung together eight consecutive points. Jensen drained an open 3-ball causing an eruption from the Red Storm faithful. A Maurice Cole (Norwalk, CA/Santa Fe) free throw put the lead at 64-62 with 5.8 seconds. Chang sped down the sideline, cut toward the baseline and connected with an equalizing lay-in with 0.2 on the clock.

In overtime, Brady Hurst hit a pair of opening free throws. Jones connected on one-of-two charity shots before McKay Massey (Payson, UT/Payson) drained a triple. Chang cut the DSC advantage down to a singular point three times as the clubs traded buckets. Bracken Funk tied the extra session at 73-73 with 1:26 on a baseline jumper.

On the ensuing possession, Jensen missed a lay-up and Chang appeared to clear the rebound. The ball was tipped out of Chang's hand and caused a mad dash on the floor. Massey ended up with a steal and set up a critical DSC chance. After a called timeout, Massey found Jensen on the weak side for an open lay-in.

Chang split the defense on the subsequent trip, but missed a left-handed lay-in. Landon Clegg (Cedar Hills, UT/Lone Peak) corralled the rebound and was fouled. Clegg calmly hit two free throws to put the game out of reach with eight seconds left.

Chang netted a game-high 29 points on 10-of-23 shooting from the floor. Ale drained five from distance en route to 20 points. BYUH shot 41.4 percent from the floor.

The Red Storm dominated the battle of the boards 48-to-36, including 23 offensive rebounds. Wednesday's game was the first contest this season in which the Storm shot under 40 percent and claimed victory (22-66, 39.4 percent).

Dixie State closes out its home schedule on Saturday against Chaminade. Tip is set for 8 p.m. inside the Burns Arena. Prior to the game, DSC will honor the three members of the 2012 senior class – Maurice Cole (Norwalk, CA/Santa Fe), Solomon Jensen (Centerville, UT/Viewmont) and Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney).


 
Official Basketball Box Score
BYU-Hawaii vs Dixie State
2/22/12 7:30 pm at Saint George, UT

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VISITORS: BYU-Hawaii 14-10, 11-4 PWC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 Funk, Bracken....... f  2-4    0-1    4-4    2  7  9   4   8  3  3  0  3  36
44 Hurst, Brady........ f  0-4    0-0    2-2    2  5  7   5   2  0  3  1  0  34
10 Ale, Okesene........ g  7-11   5-8    1-2    1  1  2   5  20  0  3  1  0  36
23 Chang, Tsung-Hsien.. g 10-23   0-4    9-13   1  5  6   2  29  2  4  0  1  43
32 Dastrup, Jake....... g  1-6    1-3    0-0    0  2  2   3   3  1  1  0  1  28
01 Coro, Pablo.........    2-7    0-4    0-0    1  2  3   2   4  2  2  1  1  22
02 Satterwhite, Gary...    1-1    0-0    1-2    0  0  0   1   3  0  0  1  0   7
12 Covey, Christian....    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  1  0  0  0   4
50 Ngawaka, Zach.......    1-1    0-0    2-4    4  2  6   4   4  1  1  0  1  15
   TEAM................                         1     1             1
   Totals..............   24-58   6-20  19-27  12 24 36  27  73 10 18  4  7 225


TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-27 40.7%   2nd Half: 10-25 40.0%   OT:  3-6  50.0%   Game: 41.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-11 27.3%   2nd Half:  3-9  33.3%   OT:  0-0   0.0%   Game: 30.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-6  83.3%   2nd Half: 11-17 64.7%   OT:  3-4  75.0%   Game: 70.4%    4

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HOME TEAM: Dixie State 20-4, 15-1 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  4-8    0-0    7-13   2  3  5   5  15  0  0  1  0  23
50 Jensen, Solomon..... f  3-8    1-2    5-8    6  7 13   2  12  0  0  0  0  29
10 Cole, Maurice....... g  3-15   1-4    1-2    1  2  3   3   8  8  3  1  1  33
20 Massey, McKay....... g  3-6    1-3    1-2    0  2  2   4   8  2  3  0  1  32
30 Clegg, Landon....... g  2-5    0-2    3-4    2  4  6   2   7  1  2  0  1  28
12 Payne, Kimball......    2-4    0-1    0-2    0  1  1   1   4  4  3  0  2  12
24 Thompson, De'Quan...    3-3    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   6  2  1  0  1  13
32 Groskreutz, Dalton..    4-11   1-2    4-4    2  4  6   1  13  0  1  0  0  30
40 Frei, Mitch.........    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  0  0  1  0   6
52 Owen, Derek.........    1-4    0-0    0-0    3  2  5   2   2  0  1  0  1  13
54 Larson, Steven......    1-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   2  0  0  0  0   6
   TEAM................                         7     7
   Totals..............   26-66   4-14  21-35  23 25 48  23  77 17 14  3  7 225


TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-30 36.7%   2nd Half: 12-31 38.7%   OT:  3-5  60.0%   Game: 39.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-9  11.1%   2nd Half:  2-4  50.0%   OT:  1-1  100 %   Game: 28.6%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-5  40.0%   2nd Half: 13-22 59.1%   OT:  6-8  75.0%   Game: 60.0%   7,1

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Officials: Casey McClellan, Chad Shepherd, Jason Walker
Technical fouls: BYU-Hawaii-None. Dixie State-None.
Attendance: 4368
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   OT   Total
BYU-Hawaii....................   30   34    9  -   73
Dixie State...................   25   39   13  -   77

Points in the paint-BYUH-MBB 24,DX-MBB 28. Points off turnovers-BYUH-MBB 14,DX-MBB 21.
2nd chance points-BYUH-MBB 13,DX-MBB 18. Fast break points-BYUH-MBB 4,DX-MBB 8.
Bench points-BYUH-MBB 11,DX-MBB 27. Score tied-14 times. Lead changed-15 times.
Last FG-BYUH-MBB OT-01:26, DX-MBB OT-00:20.
Largest lead-BYUH-MBB by 6 2nd-02:27, DX-MBB by 5 2nd-13:33.
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