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Red Storm Come From Behind to Defeat BYU Hawaii 70-69, Remain atop PacWest Standings

Box Score

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LAIE, Hawaii – Down by nine at intermission, Dixie State College opened the second half outscoring BYU-Hawaii 27-10 and survived a late Seasider charge en route to a 70-69 Pacific West Conference victory at the Cannon Activities Center on Saturday night.

Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney) led Dixie State (15-4, 11-1 PWC) with 16 points and seven rebounds. Solomon Jensen (Centerville, UT/Viewmont) posted a career-best 15 points and added seven rebounds. Dalton Groskreutz (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) came off the bench with 13 points including a pair of rim-rattling dunks.

BYU-Hawaii (11-8, 8-2 PWC) controlled the tempo early and led by as many 11 late in the first half. Five 3-pointers and eight of nine free throws gave the Seasiders a 37-28 lead at the break. Jet Chang, returning from a two-game suspension, and Bracken Funk each had 10 points in the first half.

The Red Storm flipped the script in the opening 12 minutes of the second half, turning a nine-point deficit into a 10-point lead. Groskreutz's dunk at 12:36 gave the Storm its first lead at 44-43. De'Quan Thompson extended the lead to four with a 3-pointer. Four minutes later, a Maurice Cole (Norwalk, CA/Santa Fe) jumper pushed the lead to 57-47 and forced BYUH to call time.

Jake Dastrup twice brought the Seasiders within one point. Once with a three-ball and the final time, making one of two free throws with 41 second left.

Dixie State turned the ball over, allowing BYUH a final chance with 19 seconds in regulation. Dastrup (22 points) pulled up on the baseline with a jumper that missed long off the iron.

Chang finished with 16 points while Funk posted a double-double, 14 points and 11 rebounds.

DSC shot above 50 percent for the fifth straight game (28-of-55, 50.9 percent) and outrebounded BYUH 38-26 on the evening.

The Red Storm concludes its Hawaiian road trip on Monday evening against Hawaii Pacific from the Blaisdell Arena. Tip is at 7:30 p.m. Hawaiian, 10:30 p.m. Mountain.

 
Official Basketball Box Score
Dixie State vs BYU-Hawaii
02/04/12 7:30pm at Laie, HI

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VISITORS: Dixie State 15-4, 10-1
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
10 Cole, Maurice....... *  4-9    0-2    0-0    2  4  6   2   8  7  3  0  1  30
20 Massey, McKay....... *  2-5    0-3    2-3    0  2  2   1   6  4  0  0  1  30
30 Clegg, Landon....... *  0-3    0-1    0-2    2  2  4   2   0  1  2  0  0  15
44 Jones, Griffon...... *  8-9    0-0    0-2    1  6  7   4  16  1  2  0  0  24
50 Jensen, Solomon..... *  4-9    2-2    5-7    2  5  7   2  15  0  2  0  0  27
12 Payne, Kimball......    0-2    0-0    1-2    0  0  0   1   1  3  0  0  1   9
24 Thompson, De'Quan...    2-3    1-2    0-0    0  1  1   1   5  0  0  0  0  10
40 Frei, Mitch.........    0-1    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   1   0  0  2  0  1  14
32 Groskreutz, Dalton..    6-12   1-3    0-0    1  2  3   1  13  0  1  0  0  27
44 Jones, Griffon......    8-9    0-0    0-2    1  6  7   4  16  1  2  0  0  24
52 Owen, Derek.........    0-0    0-0    2-2    0  1  1   5   2  0  3  0  0   9
54 Larson, Steven......    2-2    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   1   4  0  2  0  0   5
   TEAM................                         3  1  4
   Totals..............   28-55   4-13  10-18  13 25 38  21  70 16 17  0  4 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-27 40.7%   2nd Half: 17-28 60.7%   Game: 50.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-7  14.3%   2nd Half:  3-6  50.0%   Game: 30.8%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-11 45.5%   2nd Half:  5-7  71.4%   Game: 55.6%    5

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HOME TEAM: BYU-Hawaii 11-8,8-2
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
01 Coro, Pablo......... *  0-3    0-1    2-2    0  2  2   2   2  5  1  0  1  22
10 Ale, Okesene........ *  1-6    1-4    2-2    1  1  2   4   5  2  1  0  0  21
23 Chang, Tsung-Hsien.. *  5-13   3-6    3-5    0  3  3   0  16  0  6  0  1  29
44 Hurst, Brady........ *  2-3    0-0    2-8    2  1  3   3   6  1  2  0  1  26
45 Funk, Bracken....... *  6-11   0-2    2-4    4  7 11   4  14  3  1  0  0  35
02 Satterwhite, Gary...    2-5    0-2    0-0    0  1  1   0   4  2  1  0  1  24
12 Covey, Christian....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  1   4
32 Dastrup, Jake.......    7-9    6-8    2-4    0  1  1   2  22  3  1  0  1  31
50 Ngawaka, Zach.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  1  1  0  1   8
   TEAM................                         2  1  3
   Totals..............   23-50  10-23  13-25   9 17 26  15  69 17 14  0  7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-29 41.4%   2nd Half: 11-21 52.4%   Game: 46.0%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  5-14 35.7%   2nd Half:  5-9  55.6%   Game: 43.5%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  8-9  88.9%   2nd Half:  5-16 31.3%   Game: 52.0%    5

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Officials: Ryan Wells, Alan Pierce, Alan Birtcil
Technical fouls: Dixie State-None. BYU-Hawaii-None.
Attendance: 1712
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Dixie State...................   28   42  -   70
BYU-Hawaii....................   37   32  -   69

Points in the paint-DX-MBB 44,BYUH-MBB 24. Points off turnovers-DX-MBB 18,BYUH-MBB 17.
2nd chance points-DX-MBB 8,BYUH-MBB 6. Fast break points-DX-MBB 0,BYUH-MBB 0.
Bench points-DX-MBB 41,BYUH-MBB 26. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time.
Last FG-DX-MBB 2nd-01:58, BYUH-MBB 2nd-01:20.
Largest lead-DX-MBB by 10 2nd-08:31, BYUH-MBB by 11 1st-06:30.

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