CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) - Damon Heuir scored 16 points and Jaren Jeffery added 10 to lead Southern Utah to a 68-58 victory against Carroll (Mont.) on Wednesday night.
Heuir went 7 for 7 from 2-point range and 0 for 5 from behind the 3-point line for the Thunderbirds (1-4). Jaren Jeffery added 11 rebounds, and Jayson Cheesman had three blocks.
Ben Cutler scored 18 points and Nick Jones 11 for the Fighting Saints (0-6), an NAIA squad.
Southern Utah led 39-25 at the break and built the cushion to 62-41 with seven minutes remaining.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Carroll (Mont.) (0-1) | 25 | 33 | 58 |
| Southern Utah (1-4) « | 39 | 29 | 68 |
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| Carroll (Mont.) Fighting Saints | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Ball, F | 35 | 2-8 | 6-6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| C. McGrath, G | 34 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| N. Jones, G | 33 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| B. Cutler, G | 32 | 5-11 | 5-8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| D. Mikelonis, G | 24 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Hollifield | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| R. King | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Percifield | 10 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| L. Franco da Silveira | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Williams | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-45 | 13-18 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 58 | |
| 40% | 72.2% | ||||||
| Southern Utah Thunderbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jeffery, F | 22 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| W. Collie, F | 19 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Cheesman, C | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Heuir, G | 25 | 7-12 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| J. Johnson, G | 21 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Nsenki | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Hess | 18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| C. Hanks | 14 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| T. Koehler | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Scott | 11 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| D. Thomas | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Z. Ghormley | 4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Gardner | 3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Renfro | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-61 | 8-12 | 40 | 13 | 20 | 68 | |
| 45.9% | 66.7% | ||||||
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