Storm fall in NCAA First Round to Seattle Pacific

Season ends with third consecutive loss

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BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Down 18 points early in the first half, the Dixie State College of Utah men's basketball staged a furious rally to lead at halftime. Despite the No. 6-seed's best efforts, Seattle Pacific University advance to the second round of the NCAA West Regionals with a 70-68 win over the Red Storm paced by a career-high 24 points from senior forward Jake Anderson.

DSC saw its season end with three consecutive losses. The Red Storm finish the 2011-12 campaign with a 20-7 overall record. Seattle Pacific (22-7) will face the winner of the Montana State-Billings/Alaska-Anchorage matchup on Saturday.

Seniors Maurice Cole (Norwalk, CA/Santa Fe) and Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney) led Dixie State with 19 points each and junior guard McKay Massey (Payson, UT/Payson) poured in 14.

The Falcons sprinted out to leads of 12-0 and 20-2 behind the early torrent shooting of Anderson and David Downs (18 points). SPU maintained a 25-8 advantage at the under-12 media timeout, a point where the Storm made its first-half comeback due to solid defense out of a zone. Cole hit a pair of 3-pointers, Massey nailed a triple and Jones connected on the three field goals adding three free-throw shots to stage the rally.

Off a Jones steal in the final minute of the half, Kimball Payne (Alpine, UT/Lone Peak) drove coast-to-coast for a lay-in and Dixie State's first lead at 38-37. Following a Downs jumper, Massey closed the half with a jumper just inside the arc for a 40-39 lead at intermission.

The lead bounced back and forth in the early stages of the second half. SPU used a 7-0 run to take control midway through the half, 56-52.

Massey led the Red Storm rebuttal with a lay-up and a 3-pointer.

Anderson took over, scoring 15 of his points over the final 12 minutes, pushed the Falcons ahead by eight, 67-59 with 1:22 left with a huge triple. The SPU defensive zone employed in the second half stymied the Storm offense.

The Storm pressured late with five straight points. Landon Clegg (Cedar Hills, UT/Lone Peak) connected on a jumper in the paint, Massey connected from long-distance and forced a turnover on the subsequent inbound. Cole drew a foul and made one of two from the stripe.

Down three with 23 seconds left, Massey and Cole each had looks from distance that feel short. A Cole 3-pointer at the buzzer decided the final margin in favor of the Falcons.

Dixie State shot 40.7 percent from the floor (24-59) and 77.8 percent from the line (14-18). For the second consecutive game, an opposing team collected 10 3-point field goals (out of 25 attempts for SPU).

Official Basketball Box Score
Dixie State vs Seattle Pacific
03/09/12 12:30 PM at Carver Gym - Bellingham, WA

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VISITORS: Dixie State 20-7
                          TOT-FG 3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
30 Clegg, Landon....... f 2-4    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   0   4 0 0 0 1 27
44 Jones, Griffon...... f 8-13   0-0    3-5    3 3 6   3 19 0 1 2 2 36
50 Jensen, Solomon..... c 1-7    0-1    2-2    3 3 6   3   4 1 3 0 0 23
10 Cole, Maurice....... g 6-13   3-7    4-5    2 2 4   4 19 5 1 1 1 29
20 Massey, McKay....... g 5-12   3-9    1-2    0 1 1   1 14 2 2 0 2 34
12 Payne, Kimball......    1-2    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   0   2 1 1 0 0 10
24 Thompson, De'Quan...    0-2    0-0    0-0    0 1 1   0   0 1 0 0 0   5
32 Groskreutz, Dalton..    0-2    0-0    0-0    0 1 1   3   0 0 1 0 0   7
40 Frei, Mitch.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   1   0 1 1 0 1 10
42 Atkin, Conner.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   0   0 0 0 0 0   1
52 Owen, Derek.........    0-1    0-0    0-0    1 2 3   5   0 0 0 0 1   7
54 Larson, Steven......    1-3    0-0    4-4    0 2 2   1   6 0 0 1 0 11
   TEAM................                         1     1
   Totals..............   24-59   6-17 14-18 10 15 25 21 68 11 10 4 8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-24 54.2%   2nd Half: 11-35 31.4%   Game: 40.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-6 50.0%   2nd Half: 3-11 27.3%   Game: 35.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 11-13 84.6%   2nd Half: 3-5 60.0%   Game: 77.8%    1

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HOME TEAM: Seattle Pacific 22-7
                          TOT-FG 3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
23 Wall, Jobi.......... f 2-5    2-5    0-0    2 4 6   3   6 3 3 1 1 33
34 Hutsen, Cory........ f 0-2    0-0    0-0    0 1 1   2   0 2 1 0 0   9
14 Poling, Andy........ c 7-9    0-0    4-5    2 6 8   3 18 0 3 2 1 27
02 Downs, David........ g 5-14   3-10   5-7    0 0 0   1 18 2 4 0 0 35
10 Stockton, Riley..... g 1-4    1-3    1-2    1 2 3   1   4 4 3 0 2 35
12 Carel, Riley........    0-1    0-1    0-0    0 1 1   0   0 3 0 0 1 10
22 Moll, Kellan........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   0   0 0 0 0 0   1
32 Anderson, Jake......    7-9    4-6    6-8    2 6 8   1 24 0 1 0 0 29
33 Morse, Scott........    0-2    0-0    0-0    0 0 0   1   0 1 1 0 0   9
55 Niang, Modou........    0-2    0-0    0-0    1 5 6   5   0 0 4 1 0 12
   TEAM................                         4 1 5
   Totals..............   22-48 10-25 16-22 12 26 38 17 70 15 20 4 5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-24 54.2%   2nd Half: 9-24 37.5%   Game: 45.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-13 46.2%   2nd Half: 4-12 33.3%   Game: 40.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8%   2nd Half: 9-13 69.2%   Game: 72.7% 5,2

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Officials: Horace Shields, Courtney Holmes, Chris Ruiz
Technical fouls: Dixie State-None. Seattle Pacific-None.
Attendance: 293
Score by Periods                1st 2nd   Total
Dixie State...................   40   28 -   68
Seattle Pacific...............   39   31 -   70
Dixie State #6 Seed
Seattle Pacific #3 Seed

Points in the paint-DIXIE 32,SPU 20. Points off turnovers-DIXIE 21,SPU 14.
2nd chance points-DIXIE 6,SPU 16. Fast break points-DIXIE 6,SPU 0.
Bench points-DIXIE 8,SPU 24. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-8 times.
Last FG-DIXIE 2nd-00:01, SPU 2nd-01:22.
Largest lead-DIXIE by 4 2nd-15:00, SPU by 18 1st-14:14.

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