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OPENING TIP: Winners of 10-straight games, Dixie State (15-8/13-6 RMAC) begins the final stretch run of the 2018-19 regular season with a three-game homestand, which starts this weekend with a pair of crucial conference games inside the Burns Arena. The Trailblazers, who currently sit in a three-way tie for third place in the RMAC standings, will open the homestand with second-place Regis (17-8/14-5 RMAC) Friday night, followed by a date vs. Colorado Christian on Saturday night. Both games will tip at 7:30 p.m.

THE SERIES: Friday night's game vs. Regis will be just the second meeting between the Trailblazers and Rangers on the hardwood. Last month in Denver (1/11), Dixie State rallied from 42-36 halftime deficit to upend the defending RMAC champions on their home court, 76-73.
    Dixie State 2-0 all-time against Colorado Christian, which includes an 84-48 road romp of the Cougars last month (1/10) in Lakewood in what kick-started the Blazers' current 10-game winning streak. DSU started the game with a 21-3 run never looked back en route to its most lopsided win of the season. Prior to that game, the two sides had not squared off in more than 11 years ago when DSU captured an 85-72 win over the Cougars in a game played at MSU Denver early in the 2007-08 season (11/17/07).

DIXIE STATE ON THE AIR: All Dixie State home games are broadcast live on DSU's campus radio station, 91.3 KXDS-FM, with DSU Assistant Media Relations Coordinator Keric Seegmiller calling the play-by-play action and former DSU assistant coach Mike Olson providing color commentary.
    Along with the radio coverage, all DSU home games are simulcast on KCEC-TV (TDS Cable Channel 22), with tape-delay rebroadcasts throughout the following week. In addition live-streaming audio and video, and live statistics, for all home and away games are available on the internet HERE.

LAST TIME OUT: Dixie State clinched a 2019 RMAC tournament berth and closed out the road portion of its 2018-19 regular season slate with its third-straight RMAC road sweep (fifth-straight sweep overall) with victories at Adams State (96-63) and at Fort Lewis (63-50) last weekend. At ASU last Friday, the Blazers broke open a tightly-contested first half with a 14-0 run that turned an 18-15 lead into a 32-15 cushion and DSU cruised from there to post its third 30-plus point win of the season.
    The Trailblazers would again use a big first-half run (15-1, 14-straight points) the next night at FLC to create distance between themselves and the Skyhawks on their way to a 37-26 halftime lead. After Fort Lewis pulled to within 56-48 with six minutes to go, DSU held the Skyhawks to just two points the rest of the way to post the 13-point victory. 

THINGS TIGHTENING UP IN RMAC RACE: With three games to go in the 2018-19 regular season, Dixie State enters this week tied for third place in the RMAC standings with both Black Hills State and Colorado-Colorado Springs at 13-6, one game behind Regis (14-5), which visits DSU on Friday night. Current No. 11/13 Colorado School of Mines claimed the RMAC regular season crown and moved to a perfect 19-0 in league play following two more victories last weekend.
    In all, five of the top-six teams in the conference standings are seperated by just two games. Colorado Mesa enters the penultimate weekend alone in sixth place at 12-7, followed by New Mexico Highlands in seventh at 11-8, Adams State (10-9) in eighth, and Chadron State (8-9) in ninth.
    The top-eight teams advance on to the 2019 RMAC Tournament, which begins with quarterfinal action at the home sites of the top-four seeds on Tuesday, March 5. The semifinals and championship games will be played at the top-remaining seed on March 8-9, with the winner earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA South Central Regionals.

REGIONAL/NATIONAL RANKINGS: Though Dixie State did not receive votes in either the NABC or D2SIDA national polls, the Trailblazers are ranked in two regional polls this week.
    The first official NCAA South Central Regional poll was released on Wednesday and DSU debuted at No. 8, while Colorado School of Mines checked in at No. 3 and CMU is one spot below the Trailblazers at No. 9. Dixie State is also ranked No. 10 in the latest D2SIDA regional top-10 poll, which also includes Mines at No. 3.

COACHING STAFF: Six-time PacWest Conference Coach of the Year Jon Judkins (Utah State, 1988; 543-253 career record) is in his 14th season on the Dixie State bench, where he has compiled a 259-125 overall record, including a 239-113 mark during DSU's NCAA Division II era.
    With DSU's current 15-8 overall record, Judkins has now led the Trailblazers to 11-straight winning seasons with seven 20-win campaigns, which includes a school-record 23 victories last season, and 22 wins during both the 2010-11 and 2012-13 seasons. He also guided DSU to six PacWest championships, including four-straight titles from 2009-13 and two more crowns last season and in 2014-15, along with PacWest Tournament titles in 2013 and 2018. In addition, Judkins has led Dixie State to eight trips to the NCAA Tournament in the last nine seasons overall from 2010-18, advancing all the way to the "Sweet 16" in the 2011 West Regional final.
    Prior to his arrival at Dixie State, Judkins served as head coach at Snow College for 12 full seasons and posted a 284-128 overall record. He led the Badgers to a pair of Scenic West Athletic Conference titles in 1999 and 2000, which earned him SWAC Coach of the Year honors. Judkins played for one season at Dixie State before transferring to Utah State, where he became the first (and only) Aggie to post a triple-double. During the 1987-88 season, he helped lead the Aggies to the PCAA title and an NCAA Tournament bid.
    Judkins is joined on the bench again this season by former DSU player and sixth-year assistant coach Kasey Winters (Dixie State, 2008), along with former DSU standout guard Jeremiah Barnes (Dixie State, 2011), who is in his second season on the DSU sideline, and second-year volunteer assistant coach David Foster (Utah, 2013).

543 AND COUNTING: Head Coach Jon Judkins became the first men's coach in Utah collegiate basketball history to reach the 500-win plateau when Dixie State defeated Hawai'i Hilo (81-72) back on January 28, 2017.
    Coach Judkins is currently second all-time in coaching victories in Utah college basketball history behind legendary University of Utah head women's coach Elaine Elliott, who amassed 582 career wins (582-234) in 27 seasons on the Utes' sideline. Meanwhile, current Salt Lake CC head women's basketball coach Betsy Specketer is third all-time with 542 career victories (542-195) in 22-plus seasons on the Bruins' bench.

NO HOLIDAY HANGOVER: Once again Dixie State has begun a new year on fire as the Trailblazers have opened 2019 winners of 11 of 14 games, which includes their current season-high 10-game winning streak. Seven of those 11 victories have been by double-digits, while the Trailblazers' average margin of victory in those 11 wins is 16.9 ppg, bolstered by a season-high 36-point win at Colorado Christian (84-48, 1/18), along with their 33-point victory at Adams State last Friday, and a 31-point home triumph vs. MSU Denver (69-38, 1/11).  
    Under Coach Judkins, DSU has played to a whopping 155-46 (.771) overall record during the final two months of the regular season in the program's NCAA era (12-plus seasons), highlighted by a regular-season school-record 15-game winning streak (17-straight including postseason) to close the 2017-18 campaign en route to the program's sixth PacWest title.

"WE'RE GOING STREAKING!": Dixie State's current 10-game winning streak is now the fourth-longest streak in the program's NCAA era. DSU also won 11-straight in 2013-14, and 13-straight in 2011-12, to complement its school record 17-game win streak from last season.

RAREFIED AIR: Dixie State's game at Adams State's Plachy Hall Gym (7,543) last Friday night marked the third time this season that the Trailblazers played a game above 7,200 feet above sea level.
    DSU also played in highest NCAA Division I athletic facility this season, that being Wyoming's Arena-Auditorium (7,220) on Dec. 29, and played inside Western Colorado's Paul Wright Gym, which is listed as the highest NCAA athletic venue in the nation at 7,723 feet, this past Jan. 26. In all, nine of DSU's 13 road games this season were played above 5,280 feet, with five of those locations listed above 6,000 feet in elevation.

HOME SWEET HOME: With its sweep of Western and Colorado Mesa nearly two weeks ago, Dixie State clinched its 12th-straight home winning season record in 13 seasons of NCAA competition. Since becoming an NCAA Division II program in 2006-07, Dixie State has played to a 120-26 (.822) overall record inside the Burns Arena under Head Coach Jon Judkins, which includes a 8-3 (6-2 RMAC) mark this year.
    DSU has posted seven 10-plus win seasons over that span, highlighted by a perfect 12-0 record in 2009-10, and 11-1 records in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 campaigns. Dixie State played to a 9-1 home record last season - all of which came in PacWest play,
    The Trailblazers closed out their PacWest membership with a dominant 87-12 (.878) record at home in 99 home conference games played over 11 seasons.

HOME SWEET HOME, PART 2: For the ninth-straight year, Dixie State's men's basketball program finished ranked in the top-10 nationally at the NCAA Division II level in attendance for the 2017-18 season.
    The Trailblazers posted the ninth-highest total attendance number in the country at 26,309 fans in just 10 home dates, which was also second in the Pacific West Conference and the NCAA West Region. In addition, DSU finished second-nationally in season attendance average at 2,630 fans per game, behind only Northern (SD) State, which led the nation in both total attendance (55,980/15 games) and attendance average (3,732).
    Since the 2008-09 season, Dixie State has been annually ranked in the top-15 in Division II in attendance, including second-overall in 2012-13 and 2013-14, and third in the country in 2010-11 and 2011-12 campaigns. DSU was also ranked fourth-overall last year, fifth in 2014-15, sixth in 2015-16, ninth in 2009-10, and 14th in 2008-09.
    Dixie State also finished sixth among Utah's eight NCAA member institutions in average attendance in 2017-18, behind Brigham Young (227,692/14,230 per game), Utah (199,077/11,710), Utah State (104,159/6,943), Weber State (101,683/6,778) and Utah Valley (58,027/3,413). However, DSU did finish well ahead of Southern Utah (33,518/2,394) and Westminster College (4,345/289).

HOME SWEET HOME, PART 3: Dixie State played in front of a season-high 4,257 fans in its 69-38 victory over MSU Denver inside the Burns Arena this past Jan. 11. The announced crowd was the fifth-highest Dixie State home game attendance number in the program's NCAA era and the sixth-highest attended regular season game overall. DSU also played in front of an announced crowd of 4,185 (#6 all-time in DSU's NCAA era) vs. CMU back on Feb. 9.
    The school record for home attendance is 4,602 set against BYU-Hawaii during the 2012-13 season (2/23/13), while the most fans to see a DSU regular season contest came in a road game at Utah (9,616) on Jan. 9, 2008. 

HOW ABOUT WHEN THE BAGS ARE PACKED?: Thanks to winning its final six regular season road games, Dixie State improved to 120-88 (.577) in 208 games away from home in its Division II era under Head Coach Jon Judkins. Overall, the Trailblazers have played to a 96-67 record (.589) in true road games, and a 24-21 mark (.533) in neutral site games during Judkins' tenure.
    The Trailblazers, who posted a 7-5 regular season road mark this year, were a combined 14-6 as road warriors last season, including a 10-4 road mark to go with a 4-2 record in neutral-site games. DSU has won eight or more games away from home in nine-straight seasons, and in 10 of its 12 D-II campaigns overall, including a program-best 15-5 record (10-2 in road contests) in 2010-11.
    Dixie State also finished with a 69-30 (.697) road record in its 11 seasons of PacWest league membership (9-1 last season/7-3 in 2016-17).

RELEASE...ROTATION...SPLASH: Dating back to late in the 2016-17 season, Dixie State has hit at least one 3-pointer in 55-straight games, including a school record-tying 13 treys at Colorado Mesa (1/25), followed by 10 more trifectas the next night at Western Colorado (1/26). That feat marked the first time in the program's NCAA era that Dixie State had made 10 or more 3-pointers in back-to-back games.  
    In all, Dixie State has hit at least one three pointer in 256 of its last 258 games overall, and in 350 of the program's 354 NCAA-era games since the beginning of the 2006-07 season.
    Dixie State has reached double-figures in made 3-pointers 15 times overall, highlighted by a single-game 3FGM school record of 13 first set at Carroll College on Nov. 11, 2008.

FROM WAY DOWNTOWN....BANG: Also of note, the Trailblazers surrendered an opponent school-record 21 3-pointers in the win at Western Colorado (1/26). WCU's 21 treys broke the previous record of 18 set by Chaminade (18-of-40) back on Jan. 5, 2008, in Honolulu.
    In addition, WCU's 49 3-point attempts easily eclipsed the previous DSU-opponent single-game record of 41 first set by Hawai'i Hilo (14-of-41; 1/21/16 in Hilo) and tied nearly a year later by Point Loma (14-of-41; 12/19/16 in San Diego).

DEFENSE (CLAP CLAP) DEFENSE: Dixie State enjoyed arguably its finest overall defensive performance in program history in its 31-point win over MSU Denver back on Jan. 11. DSU held the Roadrunners to opponent single-game record lows of 11 made field goals and a 21.2 percent field goal percentage (11-of-52), which included a 6-of-28 (.214) clip in the first half and a 5-of-24 (.208) effort in the second half.
    Prior to that, the previous record low for opponent made field goals was 15 set four different times, with the last occasion coming during the 2016-17 season (at Academy of Art, 1/5/17), while the Roadrunners' shooting percentage eclipsed the previous DSU opponent record low of 23.8 percent posted by Pacifica College (15-of-63) in a 110-41 Dixie State home win during the 2010-11 season (12/4/10).
    In addition, the 38 points surrendered also broke Dixie State's NCAA-era opponent single game low of 40 points set in an 84-40 home win over Dominican University on Feb. 11, 2010.
    Heading into this weekend's games, Dixie State leads the RMAC in scoring defense (67.8 ppg - T-36th in NCAA DII) and FG% defense (.399 - 12th in NCAA DII).

CONWAY EARNS RMAC WEEKLY AWARD: Junior forward Matt Conway was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week Monday for his efforts in last weekend's road sweep.
    Conway averaged 28.0 points and 6.0 rebounds, while shooting a combined 62.1 percent (23-of-37) from the floor in the two wins. The junior poured in a career-high 34 points on 13-of-19 shooting with six rebounds and four assists in just 30 minutes in DSU's 96-63 rout at Adams State this past Friday night. Conway hit six of his first eight shots with three 3-pointers as the Trailblazers jumped out to a big first half lead. His 34 points were one point shy of DSU's single-game record (35).
    Conway, who also earned the conference's defensive weekly award back on Nov. 26, then followed that up with a game-high 22 points on 10-of-18 from the floor with six more boards in DSU's 63-50 triumph at Fort Lewis on Saturday night.

TEAM NOTES:
* - Conway has been on a roll during DSU's current winning streak, averaging 20.3 points on 58.1 percent (68-of-117) shooting, including 16-of-30 3FG (.533), and 52-of-72 (.722) at the line.
* - Conway's 34 points at ASU last Friday eclipsed his previous career-high of 33 points, which also came on the road in the win at Western Colorado (1/26), and was one point shy of tying DSU's NCAA era single game record of 35 points set by former DSU All-American guard Trevor Hill in a win last season vs. Eastern New Mexico (11/17/17).
* - Conway's current run began on the CCU/Regis road trip, during which he averaged 21.5 points and 7.0 rebounds, while shooting a combined 73.7 percent from the floor (4-4 3FG) and 68.7 percent (11-16) at the line ... Conway scored a game-high 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting with a pair of 3-pointers to go with six boards, one assist and one steal in just 17 minutes at CCU (1/18), then followed that up with a game-high 24 points (one off of his career high) in the come-from-behind win at Regis (1/19).
* - Conway has scored in double figures in 19 of 23 games with 10 20-plus point outings ... his 18.1 ppg average to this point of the year moved him past current DSU Associate Head Coach Kasey Winters (17.9 ppg/2007-08) for the top spot on both the DSU NCAA-era single season and career PPG scoring lists, and is good for t-fifth in the RMAC (T-112th nationally).
* - Conway also moved into eighth place on DSU's single season scoring list with 416 points and he enters this weekend just 69 points shy of passing Winters to become DSU's NCAA-era single season points leader.   
* - Conway has already gone to the foul line 158 times (120-of-158; 6.8 FTApg) and is shooting 75.9 percent at the stripe ... his 120 FTM and 158 FTA ranks him fifth on both DSU's single season lists, and he is currently ranked T-39th and 27th in the nation, respectively, in each FT category.  
* - Additionally, Conway enters this weekend as DSU's single-season leader in 3FG% (.528, 28-of-53).
* - Since his insertion into the starting line-up 12 games ago, Andre Wilson has averaged 7.1 points and has scored in double figures in five of those starts, highlighted by a career-high 16 points on 4-of-8 from the floor (3-of-4 3FG) and 5-of-7 at the line vs. Chadron State (1/12).
* - Wilson posted a road season-high 14 points at Western Colorado (1/26), which included the game-tying bucket with 4.0 seconds to play in regulation ... Wilson also poured with 13 points (9-of-11 FT) at Regis (1/19) and tallied 11 points with three assists at CMU (1/25) ... Wilson has scored in double figures in six of his last 13 outings overall.
*- Zach Frampton hit a career-high four 3-pointers as part of a 14-point, five-rebound night in the road win at Adams State last Friday ... Frampton connected on 5-of-8 (4-of-6 3FG) from the floor and picked off one steal in 22 minutes ... Frampton picked off a career-best four steals to go with six points, five boards and three dimes in the Western win (2/8), then went for 12 points the next night vs. CMU (2/9) ... Frampton enters the week as the team leader in steals (33, 1.4 - T-8th in RMAC/T-208th in NCAA DII) and is second in assists (54, 2.3 apg).
* - Since his return from injury 12 games ago, Jack Pagenkopf is averaging 7.3 points and 3.3 assists ... Pagenkopf has scored in double figures on five of those occasions, including a 13 point-night in the CMU home win (2/9), and he went for 10 points, a career-best seven assists, and a career-high tying four steals in the road win at Western Colorado (1/26).
* - Julien Ducree had himself quite the homestand earlier this month as the senior forward averaged 13.5 points and 6.0 rebounds over the four games, including a career-high 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting with six boards in the Adams State (2/2) win ... Ducree also tallied a game-high 14 points on 7-of-12 shooting against Western (2/8), then just missed his second double-double of the year with 13 points (on 6-of-9 shooting) and nine caroms vs. CMU (2/9).
* - Ducree is averaging 9.6 ppg and 4.2 rpg over his last 18 games, including 10.0 ppg and 4.5 rpg clip since moving into the starting line-up 10 games ago.  
* - Ducree has also recorded at least one blocked shot in 16 of his 22 outings this season, highlighted by a career-high three blocks at Adams State last Saturday ... Ducree now stands alone in seventh place on DSU's career blocks list (37).
* - The Trailblazer reserves combined to score a season-high 43 points at Colorado Mesa (1/25), which eclipsed the previous high of 42 points set a week earlier in the win at Colorado Christian (1/18) ... seniors Wade Miller (season-high) and Dub Price paced the reserves with 17 and 14 points respectively ... Miller hit on 6-of-8 from the floor, which included a 5-of-5 effort from the perimeter, while Price hit all five of his shot attempts with two 3-pointers.
* - Since becoming DSU's sixth-man after starting the first 13 games of the season, Price is averaging 9.0 ppg on 48.6 percent shooting (35-of-72) to go with 4.7 rpg over his last 10 games off the bench ... in addition, Miller tallied 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting with three 3-pointers in 14 minutes vs. Western (2/8).
* - Along with the 43 bench points at CMU (1/25), DSU topped the 40-point plateau for the fourth time this season and just the seventh time overall since January of 2015 with 41 bench points vs. Western (2/8).
* - Quincy Mathews poured in a season-high 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting vs. Western (2/8) ... Jacob Nicolds also got into the act as he tallied career-highs of four points and four assists in the Western win (2/8), while Josh Newbold chipped in five points with a rebound and a steal, and Eric Patten made his DSU debut and hit his only shot and pulled down a rebound in two minutes of action ... Cameron Chatwin was a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor combined in both road games last weekend, including eight points on 3-of-3 shooting with five rebounds in 13 reserve minutes at Adams State ... Dason Youngblood tied a career high with three steals to go with four assists and four points in 18 minutes at Adams State.
* - In all, the DSU bench is averaging 27.3 ppg through 23 games this season, and the Blazer reserves have outscored their opponent's reserves in 17 of those 23 dates, including a 34-5 clip at Adams State last Friday night.  
* - Dating back to the 2016-17 season, Dixie State has had 44 of its last 80 games decided by nine points or less, including 14 of 30 games last year and 10 of 23 games this season.
* - Also dating back to 2016-17, Dixie State has shot 50 percent or better in 26 of its last 74 games overall, including seven games this season, which includes a season-high .591 clip (26-of-44) at Colorado School of Mines (1/5), and 52.3 percent (30-of-51) at Adams State last Friday.
* - DSU shot 50 percent or better eight times last season, with seven of those occasions coming on the road.
* - DSU was held to a paltry 22.2 percent clip (6-of-27) in the first half against MSUD (1/11) ... however the Trailblazers bounced back in a big way in the second 20-minute period as DSU went 16-of-20 (.800) from the floor, including 6-of-7 from the perimeter, to outscore the Roadrunners 50-20 en route to its 31-point win.
* - Though DSU just missed cracking the top-10 vs. MSUD, the 36-point win at CCU (1/18) tied for the fifth-largest margin of victory, and is the largest road margin of victory, in the program's NCAA era ... DSU also posted a 36-point win at home vs. Chaminade during the 2016-17 season (102-66; 2/4/17).
* - Meanwhile, the 33-point triumph at Adams State last Friday night is tied for 10th on DSU's single season margin of victory list.
* - Dixie State broke an NCAA-era program record for lowest FT% in the win over Western (2/8) as the Trailblazers hit on just 3-of-14 (.214) at the "charity" stripe, which included an 0-of-9 effort in the second half ... DSU did come back the next night vs. CMU and connect on 31-of-43 (.721) at the line.   
* - DSU shot a season-best 87.5 percent night (14-of-16) at BHSU (12/8) ... the 87.5 percent clip at the line at BHSU was DSU's highest FT% in more than two seasons (74 games), and was the best since DSU connected on 87.1 percent (27-of-31) in a road win at Chaminade (1/23/16) during the 2015-16 campaign.
* - DSU attempted a season-high 45 free throws at Western Colorado (1/26) and shot 71.1 overall (32-of-40) ... the 32 made free throws, also a season-high, helped negate Western's 21 made 3-pointers (out of 28 total FG makes).
* - On the flipside, DSU was held to a season-low six total free throws (4-of-6) at Fort Lewis last Saturday ... the four FTA were the lowest since the Blazers attempted seven FTs in a home win vs. Holy Names (2/25/17) late in the 2016-17 season ... the DSU single-game record low for FTA is four set in a neutral-site loss to Texas A&M-Commerce (11/29/14) during the 2014-15 campaign.  
* - DSU has won the "Battle of the Boards" in 16 of 23 games this season and in 40 of its last 51 games dating back to last year ... Dixie State was +17 in rebounding at Fort Lewis last Saturday, which marked the sixth time this season that the Trailblazers posted a double-digit advantage on the boards.
* - The team's rebounding margin (+4.0, 3rd in RMAC) received a huge boost in the NMHU win (12/14) as the Trailblazers outrebounded the Cowboys by a 55-25 count ... the 55-rebound night tied for the sixth-best single game total in DSU's NCAA era.
* - Meanwhile, the +30 rebounding effort vs. NMHU also tied for the second-highest rebounding margin in program history, bested only by a +31 margin posted in an 82-76 overtime win over Concordia-Irvine (12/3/16) during the 2016-17 season ... DSU also recorded a +30 rebounding margin over Hawai'i Hilo during the 2013-14 campaign (W, 97-69; 2/13/14).
* - Price (365) vaulted into sixth place on DSU's career rebounding list after he corralled a combined 12 rebounds last week at ASU/FLC ... additionally, Mathews (357 career rebounds) follows closely behind in eighth place all-time.

ABOUT THE REGIS "RANGERS": Regis enters Friday's game at DSU as one of the hottest teams in the RMAC as the Rangers have won six of their last eight, though they are coming off a home split last weekend against Western Colorado (W, 87-60) and Colorado Mesa (L, 71-75). Preseason all-RMAC pick Jarrett Brodbeck (Sr, 6-4, 180) is tied for fifth (with Conway) in the RMAC in scoring at 18.1 ppg and is currently second in the RMAC in made 3FG at 82 (82-of-216, .380).

ABOUT THE COLORADO CHRISTIAN "COUGARS": Colorado Christian, which plays at Westminster College on Friday night, heads into this week's action looking to snap a five-game losing skid, which includes home losses to CMU (L, 58-69) and Western (L, 72-74) last weekend. Senior guard Jeremiah Hansen (6-4) leads four Cougars scoring in double figures at 13.1 ppg while shooting 47.7 percent from the floor (.352 3FG, 43-of-122).

UP NEXT: Dixie State will close the 2018-19 regular season on Friday night, March 1, with a showdown against in-state rival Westminster College at 7:30 p.m. The game will also serve as "Senior Night" for five Trailblazer seniors, including four-year seniors Quincy Mathews and Dub Price, three-year seniors Wade Miller and Austin Montgomery, and two-year senior Julien Ducree.