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Thompson lay up vs UHH
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69
Hilo UHH-MBB 10-12/6-10
85
Winner Dixie State DX-MBB 17-6/14-03
Hilo UHH-MBB
10-12/6-10
69
Final
85
Dixie State DX-MBB
17-6/14-03
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Hilo UHH-MBB 26 43 69
Dixie State DX-MBB 39 46 85

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | John Potter, Media Relations Assistant

Season-high shooting gives Dixie State sixth straight win

Four starters notch double figures in redemption game over UHH

ST. GEORGE, Utah – Exacting revenge for one of its three road losses in Pacific West Conference play, Dixie State worked through a slow start to cruise to an 85-69 victory over Hawai'i Hilo on Valentine's night in the Burns Arena.
 
The Storm have won six consecutive and 10 of its last 11 games to keep reins on the top spot in the PacWest with a 14-3 league record, 17-6 overall.
 
Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) scored 16 of his game-high 20 points in the second half leading four Red Storm players in double figures. He added nine rebounds.
 
Dixie State hit 32-of-51 shots from the floor (62.7 percent) in the best shooting night for the team this season. Additionally, the Storm held the Vulcans (10-12, 6-10 PacWest) to 41 percent from the field, including 37 percent beyond the arc.
 
"I thought we shared the ball extremely well tonight," DSU head coach Jon Judkins said. "They (Hilo) had to get out of their zone when we were moving the ball around quickly."
 
Dixie State had 22 team assists of 32 field goals, a far cry from the one assist posted on Big Island in an overtime loss on Jan. 3.  Guards Trevor Hill (Sandy, UT/Alta) and Collin Woods (Scottsdale, AZ/Horizon) joined Robbins with four assists each.
 
7403The distribution led to balanced scoring from the starters. Mason Sawyer (West Jordan, UT/West Jordan) went 6-of-10 from the field en route to 16 points. Junior forward Mark Ogden Jr. (Spring Valley, CA/Steele Canyon) had 15 points and eight rebounds while DeQuan Thompson (Las Vegas, NV/Lake Mead Christian Academy) had 13 points.
 
The Storm was unfazed by a 1-for-7 foundation by scoring nine consecutive points and reeling off a 17-7 run over six minutes. Dixie State saw its lead trimmed to single-figures just once at the 5:44-mark of the first half before taking a 39-26 lead into halftime.
 
Five makes from behind the arc from UHH's Joey Rodriguez kept the notion of a comeback alive as late as the eight-minute mark. Leading by 11 (65-45) after the scoring barrage, Dixie State went on a 16-7 spurt over five minutes that kept the Vulcans at bay.
 
Tre Johnson and Rodriguez led Hawai'i Hilo with 18 points each.
 
Dixie State searches for its seventh straight win on Monday in the only regular-season scheduled meeting with the Sharks of Hawai'i Pacific. Tip time from the Burns Arena is set for 7:30 p.m.
 
HPU took both meetings during the 2013-14 campaign – handing DSU its first loss of the season in Honolulu (96-77) and eliminating the Storm in the PacWest Tournament quarterfinal in San Diego (71-65).

 
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