MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Troy Huff scored 15 points, Mitch Wilmer tallied a double-double and third-seeded North Dakota used a big second half to advance in the Big Sky Conference tournament with a 69-52 win over Southern Utah on Thursday night.
Wilmer had 11 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and Aaron Anderson scored 14 for North Dakota (16-15), which shot 65.2 percent from the floor in the second half including a 7 for 11 mark from beyond the arc to put the Thunderbirds away for good.
Lenny Antwi and Josh Schuler added 10 points apiece for North Dakota.
Sixth-seeded Southern Utah (11-20) shot a dismal 28.8 percent from the field and was 5 of 19 from 3-point range. Jackson Stevenett scored 15 points to lead the Thunderbirds.
North Dakota advances to the second round of the Big Sky tournament Friday and will play No. 2 Weber State. The Wildcats beat seventh-seeded Northern Arizona 84-58.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Utah (11-20) | 25 | 27 | 52 |
| North Dakota (16-15) « | 28 | 41 | 69 |
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| Southern Utah Thunderbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Stevenett, F | 37 | 5-18 | 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| A. Hess, F | 32 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| J. Jeffery, F | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Cheesman, C | 18 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| D. Heuir, G | 22 | 1-10 | 5-9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Nsenki | 31 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Johnson | 30 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Hanks | 16 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| T. Koehler | 8 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 17-59 | 13-21 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 52 | |
| 28.8% | 61.9% | ||||||
| North Dakota Fighting Sioux | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Webb, F | 34 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Wilmer, F | 25 | 4-6 | 3-3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| T. Huff, G | 35 | 5-10 | 4-9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| A. Anderson, G | 34 | 5-14 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| S. Benton, G | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Schuler | 24 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Archer | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| B. Brekke | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| L. Antwi | 9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Allard | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Stockdale | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-49 | 12-20 | 42 | 12 | 13 | 69 | |
| 49% | 60% | ||||||
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