DENVER (AP) - University of Denver junior forward Chris Udofia scored 18 points and had five blocked shots, leading the Pioneers to a share of the Western Athletic Conference regular-season championship and their 10th-straight win with a 78-54 rout of Louisiana Tech on Saturday night.
Denver (21-8, 16-2 WAC), which shares the WAC crown with the Bulldogs (26-5, 16-2), will head to the conference tournament in Las Vegas with a 17-1 record since New Year's Eve and will open WAC Tournament play on Thursday at the Orleans Arena.
Louisiana Tech had three men with 9 points -- Raheem Appleby, Cordarius Johnson and Alex Hamilton.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Louisiana Tech (26-5) | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| Denver (21-8) « | 46 | 32 | 78 |
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| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kyser, F | 17 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Smith, G | 29 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Johnson, G | 27 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| R. Appleby, G | 26 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| B. Gibson, G | 20 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Johnson | 23 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Hamilton | 17 | 3-11 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| K. McNeail | 17 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Lewis | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Gjuroski | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Anderson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Massey | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-51 | 14-22 | 33 | 7 | 18 | 54 | |
| 35.3% | 63.6% | ||||||
| Denver Pioneers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. O'Neale, F | 35 | 3-8 | 4-7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| C. Udofia, F | 31 | 6-11 | 6-6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| C. Hallam, G | 34 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Love, G | 26 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| B. Olson, G | 21 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Griffin | 30 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Byrd | 9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| N. Engesser | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Logan | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Rucker | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Samac | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Webb | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 28-54 | 14-20 | 32 | 20 | 19 | 78 | |
| 51.9% | 70% | ||||||
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