Utah Valley 79, Grand Canyon 68
PHOENIX, Ariz. -(UVU Media Relations) Holton Hunsaker scored a season-high 29 points as Utah Valley University kept a hold on first place in the WAC, 79-68, at Grand Canyon University. The Wolverine win came in front of a sold out crowd of 4,514 at GCU Arena.
Grand Canyon entered the contest one game behind Utah Valley in the WAC and tied with New Mexico State. Coupled with an Idaho over NM State on Thursday, the win gives the Wolverines a two-game lead in the WAC standings.
Hunsaker scored 19 of his points in the second half including 11 straight for the Wolverines (14-8, 8-1) down the stretch. Utah Valley used a late 8-0 run after the Antelopes (11-11, 6-3) tied the game at 54-54.
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Idaho 73, New Mexico State 67
MOSCOW, Idaho -(AP) Stephen Madison scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lift Idaho to a 73-67 win over New Mexico State on Thursday night.
Trailing by five points in the second half, Idaho (9-14, 3-6 Western Athletic Conference) took control with a 14-3 run capped by a Connor Hill 3-pointer that made it 64-58 with 5:32 to go and then protected its lead down the stretch.
Sekou Wiggs contributed 16 points, Mike Scott added 11 and Hill had 10 for the Vandals, who shot 26 of 63 from the field to avenge last month's loss to New Mexico State.
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Seattle U 83, Texas-Pan American 62
SEATTLE, Wash. –(SU Media Relations) The Seattle University men’s basketball team once again led Texas-Pan American wire-to-wire, sweeping the season series from the Broncs with an 83-62 victory Thursday night in Western Athletic Conference action at KeyArena.
Seattle U jumped out to an 11-2 lead thanks to three-pointers by Emerson Murray (Vancouver, B.C.), Clarence Trent (Tacoma, Wash.), and Jarell Flora (Bremerton, Wash.), as well as a dunk by Shore Adenekan (London, England). The Broncs would score seven unanswered points, the last five from Javorn Farrell, to close their deficit to two, but another Adenekan dunk stopped the UTPA run.
The Redhawks would outscore the Broncs over a seven-minute span 21-5 to take their biggest lead of the first half at 36-17 with 6:42 left before halftime, led by Isiah Umipig (Federal Way, Wash.) with seven points and D’Vonne Pickett Jr. (Seattle, Wash.) with six points during the run. Two three-pointers from Justin Leathers helped the Broncs close the deficit to nine at 41-32 before a made free throw from Emmanuel Chibuogwu (Shoreline, Wash.) brought the halftime score to 42-32.
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