BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - Stephon Carter had 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting and Cal State Bakersfield cruised past Utah Valley 75-62.
Corey Hall had 10 points and six rebounds for Cal State Bakersfield (8-14), which shot 52.2 percent from the field, making 24 of 46 attempts including eight 3-pointers. Brandon Barnes added 10 points and eight rebounds while teammate Javante Maynor chipped in with 10.
Nick Thompson's lay-up with 5:57 remaining in the game would cut Cal State Bakersfield's lead to five, 57-52, but the Wolverines wouldn't get any closer after the Roadrunners went on an 18-10 run the rest of the way.
Thompson ended his night with 14 points and seven rebounds.
Ben Aird scored 15 points to lead Utah Valley (10-13), which shot only 43.4 percent from the field but hit 12 of 15 from the free-throw line. Holton Hunsaker added 12 points and six assists.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Utah Valley (10-13) | 25 | 37 | 62 |
| Cal State Bakersfield (8-14) « | 36 | 39 | 75 |
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| Utah Valley Wolverines | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Thompson, F | 38 | 6-13 | 1-1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| B. Aird, C | 36 | 5-9 | 5-7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| H. Hunsaker, G | 36 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Johnson, G | 25 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| K. Enos, G | 22 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Brown | 21 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| A. Hosley | 17 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Z. Jones | 4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| W. Sinclair | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-53 | 12-15 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 62 | |
| 43.4% | 80% | ||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Young, F | 27 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| S. Carter, G | 36 | 9-13 | 5-10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| B. Barnes, G | 32 | 3-10 | 3-4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Maynor, G | 28 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| B. Williams, G | 21 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. White | 28 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| C. Hall | 17 | 2-3 | 6-8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| K. Jones | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Kinney | 3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-46 | 19-30 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 75 | |
| 52.2% | 63.3% | ||||||
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