OAKLAND, Calif. – Monday's meeting between Dixie State and Holy Names resulted in the smallest margin of victory for the victorious team in the fourth all-time scuffle between the teams. Luckily for the Red Storm, the 14-point margin of victory kept an undefeated mark against the Hawks alive and brought an end to a successful 3-0 trip to the Bay Area.

DeQuan Thompson (Las Vegas, NV/Lake Mead Christian Academy) paced Dixie State with 18 points and Trevor Hill (Sandy, UT/Alta), the reigning Pacific West Conference Freshman of the Week, had a perfect night from the field helping the Storm win 84-70 in a wire-to-wire road win at Tobin Gym.

Dixie State improved to 14-6 on the season and 11-3 in PacWest play. The Hawks dropped their fourth straight to fall to 3-18 overall and 1-12 in league action.

Thompson connected on 6 of 10 shots from the floor, including three 3-point buckets. Hill attempted seven field goals and made all seven while going 2 of 3 from the charity stripe en route to a career-high 16 points off the bench.

Leading 45-29 at halftime after shooting 73 percent (19-26) from the floor over the opening 20 minutes, Dixie State saw its sizeable advantage trimmed to five, 49-44, at the 15:04 mark. The Storm answered with a 6-0 run aided by a Zach Robbins (Upland, CA/Upland) tip in, a jumper from Hill and a driving lay-in from Thompson.

 "In the first half, we defended really well, but gave up eight offensive rebounds," DSU head coach Jon Judkins said. "In the second half we rebounded better, but our defense had some lapses. Give Holy Names credit, they play extremely hard."

The Hawks would climb within nine points just past the midway portion of the second half, but Dixie State thwarted any rallies with a 16-8 run over the following five minutes to eclipse the halftime margin.

The DSU posts shouldered most of the load in the second half. Mark Ogden had a 6 of 6 night from the line to post 14 points and Robbins finished a rebounds short of a double-double (12 points, nine rebounds). Mason Sawyer (West Jordan, UT/West Jordan) paced DSU with five assists.

Dixie State gave up the ball only six times, matching its lowest turnover number of the season.

Nick Simi led four Hawks in double figures with 21 points on 7 of 17 shooting from behind the arc.

The Red Storm returns home for four consecutive PacWest games beginning Saturday, Feb. 7 against Notre Dame de Namur. Tip time from the Burns Arena is set for 7:30 p.m.