Utah Tech Trailblazers vs. Southern Utah Thunderbirds

Mar 9, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UTU	38	37	75
SUU	39	37	76

Game Recap

Southern Utah edges Utah Tech 76-75 in WAC quarterfinal. Jason Spurgin led third-seeded Southern Utah with 19 points and sealed the victory with a layup with 53 seconds remaining as the Thunderbirds turned back upset-minded Utah Tech, the tournament's No. 11 seed, 76-75 on Thursday in the Western Athletic...

Player Stats

UTAH TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Jacob Nicolds	30	2-6	2-4	2-2	6	3	1	0	4	5	8
30Tanner Christensen	16	2-5	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	2	2	5	4
22Frank Staine	37	2-4	1-2	0-0	7	5	1	0	1	3	5
21Isaiah Pope	22	2-6	1-2	3-4	3	2	1	0	5	3	8
3Cameron Gooden	35	14-20	4-10	3-4	4	2	0	0	3	3	35
14Dancell Leter	20	0-1	0-0	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1
2Trey Edmonds	12	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	2	6
11Noa Gonsalves	28	3-6	2-5	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	3	8
TOTAL	-	28-5253.8%	10-2441.7%	9-1275.0%	31	18	3	2	16	26	75

SOUTHERN UTAH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
12Maizen Fausett	33	6-11	0-5	1-2	4	1	0	0	2	4	13
14Jason Spurgin	38	7-11	0-0	4-4	8	1	2	0	0	2	18
15Harrison Butler	25	2-5	1-3	7-9	4	0	0	1	2	4	12
3Drake Allen	33	5-10	0-3	3-6	4	7	2	0	3	3	13
55Tevian Jones	33	3-11	1-5	3-4	3	3	0	0	0	0	10
22Parsa Fallah	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Dee Barnes	16	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
10Cameron Healy	21	4-6	2-4	0-0	0	4	0	0	0	1	10
TOTAL	-	27-5549.1%	4-2119.0%	18-2572.0%	24	17	4	1	8	16	76

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUTUSUU

+2 (19:45) Jason Spurgin made Layup.
02
+2 (19:12) Cameron Gooden made Jumper. Assisted by Tanner Christensen.
22
+2 (18:50) Maizen Fausett made Jumper. Assisted by Drake Allen.
24
+2 (18:37) Cameron Gooden made Layup.
44
(18:19) Jason Spurgin missed Layup.
(18:19) Tanner Christensen Block.
(18:16) Cameron Gooden Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:09) Cameron Gooden made Jumper.
64
+2 (17:45) Maizen Fausett made Layup. Assisted by Drake Allen.
66
(17:29) Cameron Gooden missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:25) Drake Allen Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:20) Jason Spurgin made Layup. Assisted by Drake Allen.
68
(16:59) Tanner Christensen missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:54) Drake Allen Defensive Rebound.
(16:51) Drake Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:47) Cameron Gooden Defensive Rebound.
(16:45) Foul on Isaiah Pope.
(16:45) Isaiah Pope Turnover.
+2 (16:35) Drake Allen made Layup. Assisted by Jason Spurgin.
610
(16:12) Cameron Gooden Turnover.
+3 (15:55) Harrison Butler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tevian Jones.
613
(15:32) Isaiah Pope missed Jumper.
(15:30) Southern Utah Defensive Rebound.
(15:21) Maizen Fausett missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:16) Frank Staine Defensive Rebound.
(14:59) Frank Staine missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:56) Maizen Fausett Defensive Rebound.
(14:52) Foul on Noa Gonsalves.
(14:38) Jason Spurgin missed Layup.
(14:38) Tanner Christensen Block.
(14:34) Cameron Gooden Defensive Rebound.
(14:32) Cameron Gooden missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:32) Harrison Butler Block.
(14:28) Tevian Jones Defensive Rebound.
(14:26) Tevian Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:20) Tanner Christensen Defensive Rebound.
(14:15) Cameron Gooden missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:11) Frank Staine Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:09) Frank Staine made Layup.
813
(13:47) Maizen Fausett missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:42) Jacob Nicolds Defensive Rebound.
(13:25) Jacob Nicolds missed Jumper.
(13:22) Jason Spurgin Defensive Rebound.
(13:19) Harrison Butler missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:14) Jacob Nicolds Defensive Rebound.
(13:04) Foul on Jason Spurgin.
(12:49) Isaiah Pope Turnover.
+2 (12:29) Jason Spurgin made Layup. Assisted by Drake Allen.
815
(12:13) Isaiah Pope Turnover.
+2 (12:11) Jason Spurgin made Dunk. Assisted by Cameron Healy.
817
(12:11) Foul on Trey Edmonds.
+1 (12:11) Jason Spurgin made Free Throw.
818
+2 (11:57) Trey Edmonds made Dunk. Assisted by Frank Staine.
1018
(11:52) Foul on Dee Barnes.
(11:52) Dee Barnes Turnover.
+2 (11:38) Cameron Gooden made Jumper. Assisted by Noa Gonsalves.
1218
+2 (11:18) Harrison Butler made Layup. Assisted by Dee Barnes.
1220
(11:18) Foul on Noa Gonsalves.
(11:18) Harrison Butler missed Free Throw.
(11:17) Trey Edmonds Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:47) Cameron Gooden made Layup. Assisted by Dancell Leter.
1420
(10:35) Drake Allen Turnover.
+2 (10:22) Tanner Christensen made Dunk. Assisted by Frank Staine.
1620
+3 (10:04) Cameron Healy made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drake Allen.
1623
(9:41) Tanner Christensen missed Jumper.
(9:35) Tanner Christensen Offensive Rebound.
(9:33) Isaiah Pope missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:29) Jason Spurgin Defensive Rebound.
(9:23) Dee Barnes missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:19) Cameron Gooden Defensive Rebound.
(9:09) Foul on Drake Allen.
(9:09) Foul on Isaiah Pope.
(9:09) Isaiah Pope Turnover.
(8:54) Tevian Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:50) Tanner Christensen Defensive Rebound.
(8:38) Foul on Tanner Christensen.
(8:38) Tanner Christensen Turnover.
(8:18) Tevian Jones missed Jumper.
(8:14) Frank Staine Defensive Rebound.
(8:07) Foul on Harrison Butler.
+1 (8:07) Cameron Gooden made Free Throw.
1723
+1 (8:07) Cameron Gooden made Free Throw.
1823
(7:45) Foul on Harrison Butler.
(7:45) Harrison Butler Turnover.
(7:31) Tanner Christensen missed Jumper.
(7:28) Jason Spurgin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:18) Jason Spurgin made Layup. Assisted by Cameron Healy.
1825
(6:59) Foul on Tanner Christensen.
(6:59) Tanner Christensen Turnover.
(6:39) Foul on Drake Allen.
(6:39) Drake Allen Turnover.
+3 (6:21) Cameron Gooden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Edmonds.
2125
+2 (6:11) Cameron Healy made Layup.
2127
(5:40) Jacob Nicolds missed Jumper.
(5:36) Jason Spurgin Defensive Rebound.
(5:13) Jason Spurgin missed Jumper.
(5:12) Southern Utah Offensive Rebound.
(5:07) Maizen Fausett Turnover.
(5:07) Frank Staine Steal.
(4:45) Noa Gonsalves missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:41) Trey Edmonds Offensive Rebound.
+3 (4:39) Noa Gonsalves made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cameron Gooden.
2427
+3 (4:08) Tevian Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cameron Healy.
2430
+3 (3:53) Cameron Gooden made Three Point Jumper.
2730
+2 (3:30) Cameron Healy made Layup.
2732
(3:14) Cameron Gooden missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:12) Utah Tech Offensive Rebound.
+3 (3:08) Jacob Nicolds made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noa Gonsalves.
3032
(2:50) Cameron Healy missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:49) Jason Spurgin Offensive Rebound.
(2:49) Foul on Cameron Gooden.
+1 (2:49) Jason Spurgin made Free Throw.
3033
+1 (2:49) Jason Spurgin made Free Throw.
3034
+3 (2:27) Noa Gonsalves made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Frank Staine.
3334
(2:13) Tevian Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:09) Noa Gonsalves Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:05) Frank Staine made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cameron Gooden.
3634
+2 (1:39) Maizen Fausett made Layup. Assisted by Tevian Jones.
3636
(1:18) Foul on Jacob Nicolds.
(1:18) Jacob Nicolds Turnover.
(0:47) Southern Utah Turnover.
+2 (0:41) Cameron Gooden made Jumper.
3836
+3 (0:05) Cameron Healy made Three Point Jumper.
3839

2nd half

Team Stats

UTU

SUU

75Points76

28-52(53.8%)Field Goal(%)27-55(49.1%)

10-24(41.7%)3-Point(%)4-21(19.0%)

9-12(75.0%)Free Throw(%)18-25(72.0%)

33(7)Rebounds(Offensive)27(7)

18Assists17

3Steals4

2Blocks1

17Turnovers9

26(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

6Largest Lead10

Game Details

Thursday, March 9, 2023 · 11:30 PM

Orleans Arena · Las Vegas, NV

attendance: 1,469 (15.5%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: SUU -5

over/under: 152.5