(St. George, Utah - Nov. 4, 2026) - The Trailblazers opened their home slate on Wednesday night with a 103-52 victory over Grace University at Burns Arena.
Utah Tech (1-1) saw scoring from 12 different Trailblazers led by 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field by freshman guard
Christian Gibson while he also led the team with eight rebounds.
Fifth year forward
Ethan Potter tallied 15 points hitting 6-of-9 from the field while
Aris Rodriguez chipped in 15 points off the bench sinking 7-of-9 from the free throw line.
Three other Trailblazers recorded double figures getting a career-high 11 points by senior forward
Dallin Grant and 10 points apiece by
Mark Brown Jr. and
Boston Harker.
Brown led the charge defensively with three steals while freshmen
Owen Mackay and
Jax Clark each led the way with a team-high two blocks apiece.
Grace U (0-1) was led by freshman guard Noah Charles with 15 points and senior guard Nehemiah Johnson added 11 points.
How It Happened
Getting off to a slow start, the Trailblazers only led 14-11 after the first eight-and-half minutes of action.
Gibson got the offense started with a coast-to-coast layup to ignite an 8-0 run to push the Blazers lead to 22-11.
A strong driving layup in the lane by Potter got another offensive barrage started for the Trailblazers, this time a 16-2 run for UT, to build a 38-13 lead with 5:41 to play in the opening half.
Back-to-back three-pointers by Gibson along with a free throw for a four-point play on the second made triple extended UT's lead to 53-19 before heading into halftime leading 57-25.
The second half got started with a three-point play by Potter and a layup by
Kyle Lemke put the Trailblazers up 73-36 midway through the half.
Four straight field goals with one apiece by Harker, Clark, Grant & Rodriguez pushed UT's lead to 90-42 with 5:24 remaining and a jumper by Harker with just under two minutes left got the Blazers to century mark.
A three-pointer by Grant pushed the Trailblazers past the 100-point mark and was the final points of the night for UT.
Numbers to Know
- The Trailblazers improve to 17-4 in home openers in the NCAA era and 6-1 in the Division I era.
- Utah Tech shot 51.6 percent (33-64) from the field, 37 percent (10-27) from three-point range and 65.9 percent (27-41) from the free throw line.
- The Trailblazers led the Talons in rebounds (45-36), assists (17-11), blocks (7-3) & steals (11-0).
- UT also led Grace in points off turnovers (26-2), second chance points (23-8), bench points (52-12), points in the paint (32-28) & fast break points (18-0).
- The 51-point margin of victory is the fourth-largest in the NCAA era and its the largest margin of victory since winning by 65 vs. SAGU AIC on Dec. 15, 2021.
Up Next
The Trailblazers head out out on the road for four straight games away from home starting on Tuesday night at Utah State (1-0) in Logan.
