CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) - Wade Collie scored 18 points, grabbed nine rebounds and Southern Utah jumped out to an 11-2 lead to begin the game and never looked back, defeating Eastern Washington 69-55 on Saturday night.
Southern Utah (7-12, 5-5 Big Sky) had two others in double figures against the Thunderbirds with Damon Heuir scoring 17 points and Jackson Stevenett chipping in with 16 points and six rebounds.
Down 11-2, the Eagles fought back with a 16-6 run to take an 18-17 lead with 10:23 to go in the first half and eventually led 33-31 at halftime.
Southern Utah took over after halftime however, opening the second half with a 24-12 run capped off by Stevenett's jumper to make it 55-45 with 8:15 remaining and kept its double-digit lead for the rest of the game.
Collin Chiverton had 14 points to lead Eastern Washington (4-15, 2-7) and Venky Jois had 11 points and seven rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Washington (4-15) | 33 | 22 | 55 |
| Southern Utah (7-12) « | 31 | 38 | 69 |
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| Eastern Washington Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| V. Jois, F | 30 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| T. Reuter, F | 26 | 1-4 | 0-6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Seiferth, C | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| P. Kelly, G | 37 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| K. Winford, G | 27 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Chiverton | 19 | 4-13 | 3-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Hickert | 18 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| D. Hill | 13 | 1-1 | 3-5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| I. Dorsey | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| F. Jorg | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Harvey | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Forbes | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-54 | 13-24 | 38 | 8 | 19 | 55 | |
| 33.3% | 54.2% | ||||||
| Southern Utah Thunderbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Stevenett, F | 29 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| J. Jeffery, F | 12 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| J. Cheesman, C | 18 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Johnson, G | 34 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Heuir, G | 30 | 6-14 | 5-5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Collie | 34 | 7-15 | 4-5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| C. Hanks | 18 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| A. Hess | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Thomas | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Koehler | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Nsenki | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Ghormley | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Renfro | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-61 | 15-19 | 44 | 13 | 23 | 69 | |
| 42.6% | 78.9% | ||||||
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