Matt Conway led five Trailblazers in double figures with a game-high 25 points as Dixie State picked up its 11^th-straight victory in an 89-73 triumph over Regis Friday night inside the Burns Arena. The victory vaulted the Trailblazers (16-8/14-6 RMAC) into a three-way tie with Regis (17-9/14-6 RMAC) and Colorado-Colorado Springs (17-9/14-6) for second place in the RMAC standings with two regular season games remaining.

The winning streak looked in jeopardy in the early going as the Rangers opened the game with an 18-6 run over the first six minutes of action. DSU slowly chipped away at the lead behind 17 first half points from Conway, who hit 6-of-8 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers after the Ranger run, including a big trey that gave the Blazers their first lead at 39-36 with 1:19 to go in the stanza.

Regis guard Ryan Beisty quickly tied the game with a long-range jumper on the Rangers' ensuing possession, but Jack Pagenkopf came right back with a three of his own on DSU's next trip down the court as the Blazers took a 42-41 lead into the locker room.

The second half was all Trailblazers as Dixie State ran off 13-straight points to open up a 55-41 lead after a Julien Ducree lay-in with 15:31 to play. Zach Frampton kick-started the rally with a 3-pointer to open the frame, while Pagenkopf drilled consecutive treys to help push the Blazer lead to double figures.

"I felt the key to the game the final four minutes of the first half, we were down and I told our players that we needed to be tied of leading at halftime, and they stepped up and we were up one at the half," DSU Head Coach Jon Judkins said. "The first five minutes of that second half were huge, we went on that 13-0 run, and how we got it was number one we were getting stops on defense. Number two we were sharing the ball and knocking down shots.

"Our guys were not hesitating, when they were open they were shooting and we were making that extra pass," Judkins added. "[Regis] did a real good job in the first half rotating on our ball screens and we felt if we could make one or two more passes out of that we would get open shots and that's what happened."

DSU never saw its lead dip below 10 points the rest of the way, though the Rangers managed to trim the deficit down to 61-51 on a Toni Rocak jumper with 12 minutes to go. However Dixie State used the long ball to put the game out of reach as Dub Price hit a 3-pointer, and Frampton nailed back-to-back from downtown to extend the Blazer lead to 17 at 70-53 with 10:06 remaining. DSU would coast home from there to finish off the season sweep of the Rangers.

"The effort was there tonight, we competed and teams go on runs, ours happened to be [to start the second half], and then Regis made their run and then we made our run again," said Judkins. "Tonight felt like a good tournament game, we'll probably see [Regis] again, they are a very good team, but I was very happy with our effort tonight."

Conway finished 7-of-11 from the floor and 9-of-11 from the line to go with a game-high 13 rebounds to post his team-high fifth double-double of the year. Frampton enjoyed a solid night shooting as well as he tallied a career-high 17 points on 5-of-10 from the floor with three 3-pointers. Frampton also pulled down a career-best seven rebounds with four assists and two steals.

Ducree added 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting with five boards and collected a career-high six blocks as DSU finished with an NCAA era single-game record 10 blocked shots for the game. Pagenkopf also filled the stat sheet with 11 points, six caroms and four dimes, and Price chipped in 10 points off the bench.

Dixie State posted one of its overall best shooting nights of the year across the board as the Trailblazers hit on 30-of-58 (.508) of their shots, including an 11-of-21 (.524) clip from the perimeter, and went 18-of-24 at the line (.750). DSU also outrebounded the Rangers by a 49-37 count. 

DSU's defense held Regis to just 35.8 percent (24-of-67) shooting, 32.1 percent (9-of-28) from beyond the arc. Rocak led the Rangers with 20 points.

Dixie State continues its homestand Saturday night when the Trailblazers welcome Colorado Christian to the Burns Arena. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m.