Eastern Utah Rallies In Second Half To Edge Southern Idaho 79-76

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Eastern Utah clawed back from a 10-point, second-half deficit to edge College of Southern Idaho in a thriller at the Region 18 men’s basketball tournament Wednesday.

Sophomore forward Ime Udoka, limited to two first-half points, scored four key hoops to rally CEU. Southern Idaho made CEU squirm as Tony Heard and Jarvis Mullahon rimmed out 3-point attempts in the closing seconds.

“Those shots took 10 years off my life,” CEU coach Guy Beach said. “CSI played very, very good. I know because we didn’t play bad.”

CEU sophomore center K’Zell Wesson finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds. CSI, paced by Travon Broadway’s 20 points, shot 53 percent from the field.

Southern Idaho (18-13) - Mullahon 6-11 2-2 14, Broadway 10-18 0-3 20, Packer 3-7 2-3 11, Evans 0-0 1-2 1, Junger 1-2 0-0 2, Heard 4-9 0-0 12, Farrow 3-6 1-2 7, Nelson 1-1 1-2 3, McQuay 3-4 0-1 6. Totals 31-58 7-15 76.

Eastern Utah (27-4) - Wesson 8-18 5-8 21, Udoka 4-11 4-6 12, Arceneaux 8-11 5-12 21, Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Gill 2-3 0-0 5, Williams 4-4 2-2 10, Jackson 2-10 6-6 10. Totals 28-60 22-34 79.

Halftime - Southern Idaho 39, Eastern Utah 36. 3-point goals - Southern Idaho 7-14 (Heard 4-6, Packer 3-5, Mullahon 0-3), Eastern Utah 1-10 (Gill 1-2, Johnson 0-3, Wesson 0-2, Udoka 0-2, Jackson 0-1). Total fouls - Southern Idaho 23, Eastern Utah 14. Fouled out - McQuay. Technical fouls - none. Rebounds - Southern Idaho 23 (Heard 7), Eastern Utah 36 (Wesson 14). Assists - Southern Idaho 25 (Heard, Packer each 5), Eastern Utah 19 (Arceneaux, Johnson each 5). Attendance - 850 (est.).

Utah Valley 93, Dixie 87 (OT)

Last year’s regional champion Utah Valley held off a late charge by Dixie to send the game into overtime, where they won it at the free-throw line.

Utah Valley (24-7) made 12 of 14 free throws in overtime and got a 21-point effort from Travis Hansen to advance. Dixie (16-15) was paced by Justin Bradshaw’s 22 points, but came up short in its upset bid.

“We were in foul trouble all night, but Travis Hansen came through and played well when it counted,” Wolverines coach Jeff Reinert said.

Dixie (16-15) - Orton 2-4 4-6 8, Henderson 2-10 2-2 6, Bradshaw 6-10 8-11 22, Slocum 3-5 0-0 7, Harton 0-0 0-0 0, Clyde 0-10 1-2 1, Finlinson 5-11 5-5 15, Tripple 0-1 2-2 2, Webb 2-9 2-5 7, Bailey 4-8 2-4 10, Jewkes 3-7 0-0 9, Burgess 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-75 26-37 87.

Utah Valley (24-7) - DeGraffenried 3-6 3-4 12, Call 1-3 1-2 3, Hansen 6-18 8-12 21, Hallows 4-7 10-11 18, Afa 0-1 2-2 2, Rivers 5-7 1-2 11, Hawkins 3-8 0-2 6, Rogers 0-0 0-0 0, Nelson 3-11 3-7 9, Beard 5-8 1-3 11. Totals 30-69 29-45 93.

Halftime - Utah Valley 35, Dixie 33. 3-point goals - Dixie 7-19 (Bradshaw 2-4, Jewkes 3-6, Webb 1-2, Slocum 1-2, Bailey 0-1, Tripple 0-1, Finlinson 0-1, Clyde 0-1, Orton 0-1), Utah Valley 4-11 (DeGraffenried 3-6, Hansen 1-3, Call 0-1, Hallows 0-1). Total fouls - Dixie 36, Utah Valley 28. Fouled out - DeGraffenried, Call, Rivers, Orton, Finlinson, Webb. Technical fouls - Dixie (called timeout when it had none remaining). Rebounds - Dixie 36 (Bailey 11), Utah Valley 52 (Nelson 11). Assists - Dixie 13 (Bradshaw 8), Utah Valley 21 (Hansen 7). Att - 250 (est.)

Ricks 89, Snow 82

Ricks used a career high 30-point performance from Jared Peterson and held off a late run by Snow.

Snow (21-10) came back from a 15-point deficit to pull the game within five points, but Ricks (25-6) held on.

The Badgers were led by 15 points and six rebounds from Pat McGrath, but couldn’t stop Peterson and Danny Bower, who had 19 points.

“Having a close game early in the tournament kinda wakes us up, so we don’t play lackadaisical later,” Peterson said.

Snow (21-10) - Robinson 1-2 0-0 3, Jones 7-13 2-4 19, Fries 5-10 3-7 16, Kindred 3-4 0-0 8, Phillips 0-0 0-0 0, Fife 1-2 1-2 3, Tullis 2-3 4-6 8, Hansen 0-0 0-0 0, McGrath 5-9 4-4 15, Barnes 5-11 0-1 10, Allfrey 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 29-58 14-24 82.

Ricks (25-6) - Vaughn 0-1 2-2 2, King 0-0 2-2 2, Payne 1-1 0-0 3, Bower 6-14 5-7 19, Peterson 10-12 4-6 30, Jenkins 1-3 2-2 4, Howard 5-7 0-0 10, Dahle 4-4 0-0 8, Greene 3-6 5-7 11. Totals 30-48 20-26 89.

Halftime - Ricks 43, Snow 30. 3-point goals - Snow 10-18 (Jones 3-6, Fries 3-7, Kindred 2-2, Robinson 1-1, McGrath 1-2), Ricks 9-14 (Peterson 6-8, Bower 2-5, Payne 1-1). Total fouls - Snow 24, Ricks 19. Fouled out - Bower. Technical fouls - none. Rebounds - Snow 24 (Jones, Kindred and Barnes each 4), Ricks 30 (Dahle 9). Assists - Snow 19 (Jones, Fries each 4), Ricks 26 (Bower 8). Att. - 350 (est.)

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