DENVER (AP) - Brett Olson scored 18 points and Denver extended its winning streak to seven games with a 68-57 victory over Utah State on Saturday.
Chase Hallam added 14 points, Chris Udofia had 13 and Jalen Love 10 for the Pioneers (11-7, 7-1 Western Athletic), who shot 57 percent from the floor and hit 10 of 19 3-pointers. Denver also had a season-low three turnovers, none in the first half when it jumped out to a 36-25 lead.
Marvin Jean led Utah State (14-3, 5-2) with 14 points. Jarred Shaw added 10 points and nine rebounds. The Aggies were without leading scorer and preseason WAC player of the year Preston Medlin and third-leading scorer Kyisean Reed, who both suffered injuries Thursday at New Mexico State.
The Pioneers opened the second half with a 17-5 run to build its biggest lead of the game at 53-31 with 12:06 remaining. The Aggies trailed by double digits the rest of the way.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Utah State (14-3) | 25 | 32 | 57 |
| Denver (11-7) « | 36 | 32 | 68 |
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| Utah State Aggies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Jean, F | 32 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| J. Shaw, F | 31 | 2-5 | 6-6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| B. Clifford, F | 27 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| S. Butterfield, G | 34 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| M. Davis, G | 30 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Roland | 28 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Lopez | 14 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Stone | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-34 | 18-21 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 57 | |
| 47.1% | 85.7% | ||||||
| Denver Pioneers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. O'Neale, F | 35 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| C. Udofia, F | 33 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| B. Olson, G | 37 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| C. Hallam, G | 34 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| J. Love, G | 26 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Griffin | 22 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| M. Byrd | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| N. Engesser | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Foeman | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-46 | 6-13 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 68 | |
| 56.5% | 46.2% | ||||||
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