CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) - Damon Heuir scored 28 points, Jackson Stevenett added 20 and Southern Utah scored 53 points after halftime Thursday night to rally past Sacramento State 79-67.
Heuir added seven rebounds and seven assists and was 13 of 14 from the free-throw line. Heuir and Stevenett combined for all five 3-pointers for the Thunderbirds (8-12, 6-5 Big Sky), who won their third straight.
Dylan Garrity scored 18 off the bench for the Hornets (10-9, 5-6), and Mikh McKinney added 17. Sacramento State shot 32 percent from the field and had only five assists.
The Hornets led 39-26 at halftime, but a 12-2 run to open the second half got the Thunderbirds back in the game. Stevenett's 3-pointer with 9:24 to play put Southern Utah ahead 52-50, and the Thunderbirds went on to lead by as many as 12.
Southern Utah shot 50 percent from the field, including 60 percent after halftime.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Sacramento State (10-9) | 39 | 28 | 67 |
| Southern Utah (8-12) « | 26 | 53 | 79 |
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| Sacramento State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Eberhard, F | 36 | 2-10 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| J. Dickson, F | 27 | 3-10 | 7-8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| K. Veteto, C | 6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| M. McKinney, G | 37 | 3-8 | 10-11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| J. Demalleville, G | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Garrity | 33 | 3-10 | 10-11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| C. Demps | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Carbajal | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Quigley | 12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| J. Salley | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| D. Barlett | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Groom | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-50 | 31-35 | 26 | 5 | 23 | 67 | |
| 32% | 88.6% | ||||||
| Southern Utah Thunderbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Stevenett, F | 34 | 8-13 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| J. Jeffery, F | 15 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Cheesman, C | 22 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Heuir, G | 34 | 6-17 | 13-14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 28 |
| J. Johnson, G | 26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Collie | 32 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| C. Hanks | 19 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| A. Hess | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Koehler | 3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Ghormley | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Renfro | 1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Gardner | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Nsenki | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Thomas | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-54 | 20-27 | 41 | 16 | 26 | 79 | |
| 50% | 74.1% | ||||||
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