Saturday, February 16
Cedar City, UT
UC Riverside
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at
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Utah State
Aggies Beat Highlanders, 59-42
2/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Desmond Penigar scored 10 of his game-high 18 points in the second half to help the Utah State Aggies pull out to an 59-42 win at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, UT Saturday.
The Aggies road a series of second half scoring streaks by a trio of players to build a double-digit lead. USU got a six-point run by Toraino Johnson, nine straight by Tony Brown and six in a row by Desmond Pinegar to build a 49-36 lead with 5:42 remaining in the game.
The Highlanders were led in scoring by sophomore forward Vili Morton, who had 13 points despite being in foul trouble most of the first half due to a pair of questionable calls on the offensive end. Junior guard Jake Wessel and freshman guard Rickey Porter each had seven points. The Highlanders struggled against the Utah State defense and hit just 25.9% from the field (14-of-54) and just 15.8% (3-of-19) from the three point line.
In contrast, the Aggies shot 44.4% from the field and won the battle of the boards, 41-35.
UCR was held to just 18 points in the first half and 42 total for the second time this season, both times coming against the Aggies. The 42 points are UCR's lowest game total this season.
The game got off to a slow start and was 9-4 in favor of the Aggies in the first nine minutes. In the span UCR was just 1-for-9 from the field and USU was 3-of-11.
The Highlanders struggled from the field in the first half, hitting 6-of-26 (23.1%) shots, with Vili Morton connecting on three-of-three in the paint but no other Highlander hitting more than one basket. However, the Highlanders found themselves trailing at halftime by just eight as USU did not shoot much better, hitting just 9-of-23, a 39.1% clip.
The Aggies road a series of second half scoring streaks by a trio of players to build a double-digit lead. USU got a six-point run by Toraino Johnson, nine straight by Tony Brown and six in a row by Desmond Pinegar to build a 49-36 lead with 5:42 remaining in the game.
The Highlanders were led in scoring by sophomore forward Vili Morton, who had 13 points despite being in foul trouble most of the first half due to a pair of questionable calls on the offensive end. Junior guard Jake Wessel and freshman guard Rickey Porter each had seven points. The Highlanders struggled against the Utah State defense and hit just 25.9% from the field (14-of-54) and just 15.8% (3-of-19) from the three point line.
In contrast, the Aggies shot 44.4% from the field and won the battle of the boards, 41-35.
UCR was held to just 18 points in the first half and 42 total for the second time this season, both times coming against the Aggies. The 42 points are UCR's lowest game total this season.
The game got off to a slow start and was 9-4 in favor of the Aggies in the first nine minutes. In the span UCR was just 1-for-9 from the field and USU was 3-of-11.
The Highlanders struggled from the field in the first half, hitting 6-of-26 (23.1%) shots, with Vili Morton connecting on three-of-three in the paint but no other Highlander hitting more than one basket. However, the Highlanders found themselves trailing at halftime by just eight as USU did not shoot much better, hitting just 9-of-23, a 39.1% clip.
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