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Dalton Groskreutz at BYUH
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Men's Basketball John Potter, Media Relations Assistant

How Sweep It Is: DSC defeats HPU to leave Hawaii unscathed

Box Score

HONOLULU – For the first time in program history, Dixie State College completed a four-game sweep of the Hawaiian Islands road trip. Monday night at the Blaisdell Center, Maurice Cole (Norwalk, CA/Santa Fe) led all scorers with 17 points and Dalton Groskreutz (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) added 16 points off the bench in the Red Storm's 80-68 win over Hawaii Pacific University.

Dixie State improved to 16-4 on the year and 11-1 within the Pacific West Conference with its ninth straight win. Hawaii Pacific is now 7-12 and 2-9 in the PacWest.

An 11-0 run ending with a Groskreutz 3-pointer put DSC in front 15-4 five minutes in. The Storm increased it early lead to 15 points at 19-5 before HPU posted a run. The Sea Warriors closed within three at the 6:21 mark.

Kimball Payne (Alpine, UT/Lone Peak), who led DSC with five rebounds, sparked a 12-0 closing run with a three-ball. Mitch Frei (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) and Steven Larson (South Jordan, UT/Copper Hills) added free throws before Frei tallied back-to-back lay-ins. Dixie State led 39-30 at the break.

The lead did not dip below 10 points over the opening 10 minutes of the second half. DSC extended its advantage to as much as 17 points.

HPU picked up the intensity, drove to the bucket and also hit key outside shots to cut the Storm's lead to seven, 71-64 with 3:24 left.

DSC closed the game hitting nine free throws and holding HPU to just four points over the same period.

LaBrent Chappell paced the Sea Warriors with 15 points, Fran Urli has 12 points and Marko Cukic finished with 10.

Dixie State connected on 25-of-48 from the field (52.1 percent) and outrebounded HPU 33 to 29.

The Red Storm returns to action Saturday night at the Burns Arena against the Urban Knights of Academy of Art. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., with coverage on the Red Storm Radio Network.


 
Official Basketball Box Score
DX-MBB vs Hawai'i Pacific MBB
2/6/12 7:20 PM at Honolulu, HI

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VISITORS: DX-MBB 16-4, 11-1
                          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....... *  2-7    0-2   13-15   1  2  3   2  17  3  3  0  4  31
20 Massey, McKay....... *  2-9    1-4    3-5    0  4  4   2   8  3  1  0  0  33
30 Clegg, Landon....... *  3-5    0-1    0-0    1  3  4   3   6  1  2  0  0  22
44 Jones, Griffon...... *  5-10   0-0    0-0    1  1  2   5  10  3  3  0  1  23
50 Jensen, Solomon..... *  1-1    0-0    4-8    2  2  4   0   6  0  1  0  0  20
12 Payne, Kimball......    1-2    1-2    0-0    2  3  5   2   3  3  2  0  1   9
24 Thompson, De'Quan...    2-3    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   0   4  0  0  0  1   9
32 Groskreutz, Dalton..    6-7    3-3    1-2    1  0  1   3  16  1  2  0  0  18
40 Frei, Mitch.........    3-3    0-0    2-2    2  0  2   1   8  0  1  1  0   9
52 Owen, Derek.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  3  3   3   0  3  2  0  1  16
54 Larson, Steven......    0-1    0-0    2-2    0  0  0   1   2  0  1  0  0  10
   TEAM................                         2  3  5             1
   Totals..............   25-48   5-13  25-34  12 21 33  22  80 17 19  1  8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-27 51.9%   2nd Half: 11-21 52.4%   Game: 52.1%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-8  37.5%   2nd Half:  2-5  40.0%   Game: 38.5%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  8-9  88.9%   2nd Half: 17-25 68.0%   Game: 73.5%    5

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HOME TEAM: Hawai'i Pacific MBB 7-12, 2-9
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
05 White, Jelany....... *  0-2    0-1    1-2    0  1  1   1   1  3  1  0  1  19
11 Chappell, LaBrent... *  6-9    1-2    2-2    0  3  3   4  15  4  3  0  2  33
22 Miller, Glenn....... *  3-5    0-0    3-4    1  1  2   1   9  0  3  1  1  20
24 Allen, Kyle......... *  0-2    0-2    3-4    2  0  2   1   3  1  2  0  0  18
30 Urli, Fran.......... *  3-11   0-0    6-7    2  5  7   5  12  1  3  0  1  27
03 Frazier, Nick.......    0-5    0-0    2-2    0  2  2   2   2  2  1  0  0  20
10 Pierce, Michael.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  1  0  1   5
12 Lyons, Kawika.......    1-5    1-3    1-2    1  0  1   1   4  1  0  0  0  17
33 Jones, Sean.........    1-6    1-1    3-4    2  1  3   3   6  3  2  0  2  14
35 Cukic, Marko........    4-4    0-0    2-3    1  1  2   4  10  0  1  0  0  11
55 Simcox, Dustin......    3-3    0-0    0-2    1  1  2   4   6  0  0  0  0  16
   TEAM................                         4     4             1
   Totals..............   21-52   3-9   23-32  14 15 29  26  68 15 18  1  8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-28 35.7%   2nd Half: 11-24 45.8%   Game: 40.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-4  25.0%   2nd Half:  2-5  40.0%   Game: 33.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  9-10 90.0%   2nd Half: 14-22 63.6%   Game: 71.9%    5

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Officials:
Technical fouls: DX-MBB-Owen, Derek. Hawai'i Pacific MBB-TEAM.
Attendance: 236
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
DX-MBB........................   39   41  -   80
Hawai'i Pacific MBB...........   30   38  -   68
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