Dixie State succumbed to a late second-half California Baptist rally as the Trailblazers saw their three-game winning streak halted in a 93-82 barnburner Saturday night inside the CBU Events Center.

The Trailblazers (5-5/2-1 PacWest) led 37-36 at the half despite the Lancers connecting for six first-half 3-pointers, which DSU offset by going 10-of-13 at the foul line through the first 20 minutes of play.

Dixie State would start the second half on fire as the senior guard tandem of Trevor Hill (Sandy, Utah/Alta HS) and Brandon Simister (St. George, Utah/Desert Hills HS) combined to outscore CBU (8-2/2-1 PacWest) 10-3 over the first two-plus minutes to extend the DSU advantage to eight points at 47-39. Hill scored six of those points in the paint, including a pair of lay-ins to open the frame, while Simister converted a conventional three-point play and added another free throw as part of the rally.

DSU maintained at least a two-possession lead for much of the second half and held a 70-66 advantage with under six minutes to play until a Bul Kuol trey trimmed the lead to 70-69 with 5:02 remaining. Simister answered with a 3-pointer of his own on DSU's ensuing possession, but the Lancers countered with three more long-range makes as part of a 9-2 spurt to bolt to a 78-75 lead with 3:12 to go.

Dub Price (Draper, Utah/Alta HS) pulled Dixie State to within 78-77 with a bucket on DSU's next trip down the court, but that would be as close as the Trailblazers would get as the Lancers hit on 13 of 14 at the foul line in outscoring DSU 15-5 over final 2:34 of play to close out the win.

Hill scored 16 of his team-high 20 points in the second half to lead four Trailblazers in double figures. Hill also finished with a game-high 10 rebounds, his second double-double of the year, to go along with seven assists and three steals.

Simister added 13 points and three assists, while Price and Zac Hunter (American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS) poured in 10 points apiece, and Julien Ducree (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga HS) chipped in a career-high eight points off the bench.

DSU lost despite turning the ball over a school-record low three times, while the Trailblazers shot 41.3 percent (31-of-75) from the field. However Dixie State was done in from the perimeter and foul line as the Trailblazers were just 2-of-9 (.222) from beyond the arc, compared to a 12-of-28 (.429) night by CBU. Meanwhile, DSU went 18-of-30 (.600) at the charity stripe, while the Lancers connected on 27 of their 33 foul shots, though most of those makes came over the final two-plus minutes of play.

Six Lancers scored in double figures, led by Kalidou Diouf with a game-high 21 points. CBU shot 47.4 percent (27-of-57) from the field and outrebounded DSU by a 43-41 count.

The Trailblazers close out their two-game SoCal road trip Monday night at Concordia-Irvine.