Southern Utah Thunderbirds vs. Utah Tech Trailblazers

FINAL

Dec 29, 2025

Box Score

	1	2	T
SUU	39	27	66
UTU	41	39	80

Game Recap

Bolanga scores 18, Utah Tech beats Southern Utah 80-66. Noah Bolanga's 18 points helped Utah Tech defeat Southern Utah 80-66 on Monday night in a Western Athletic Conference opener.

Player Stats

SOUTHERN UTAH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
35Jaiden Feroah	29	2-5	0-1	0-0	6	0	0	3	1	3	4
0Isaiah Cottrell	25	2-8	0-3	3-5	8	0	0	1	1	1	7
1Elijah Duval	24	4-11	0-0	3-5	2	3	0	1	3	3	11
5Zach Bell	21	4-8	2-4	1-2	3	0	2	0	4	1	11
3Tanner Hayhurst	31	4-8	0-2	1-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	9
24Cale Barclay	18	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	3	2
25Kai Burdick	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	2
7Zeplin Kidd	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Jalen Lee	6	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Dylan Jones	21	4-8	2-6	2-3	2	1	1	0	1	1	12
4Lorenzo Abellar	15	2-2	1-1	3-4	1	2	0	0	2	1	8
2Logan Stephens	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTAL	-	24-5841.4%	5-1926.3%	13-2161.9%	33	6	4	6	14	13	66

UTAH TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
35Ethan Potter	33	6-10	0-0	1-3	9	3	1	0	1	2	13
66Noah Bolanga	35	7-10	2-2	2-2	8	2	1	0	2	2	18
33Madiba Owona	27	6-14	2-3	2-2	4	3	4	0	2	4	16
2Chance Trujillo	17	1-6	1-5	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	3	3
4Jusaun Holt	35	4-11	3-7	3-6	5	4	2	3	2	1	14
52Dario Domingos	5	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
23Samuel Ariyibi	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
11Tanner Davis	23	3-7	0-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	0	6
13Britton Berrett	23	4-7	2-5	0-0	5	0	1	0	1	2	10



TOTAL	-	31-6944.9%	10-2343.5%	8-1361.5%	39	16	9	3	10	17	80

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSUUUTU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Southern Utah.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Utah Tech.
+2 (19:43) Jaiden Feroah makes 10-foot hook shot.
20
(19:19) Foul on Jaiden Feroah.
+1 (19:19) Noah Bolanga makes free throw 1 of 2.
21
+1 (19:19) Noah Bolanga makes free throw 2 of 2.
22
+2 (18:53) Zach Bell makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot (Elijah Duval assists).
42
(18:40) Madiba Owona bad pass turnover.
(18:31) Elijah Duval bad pass turnover.
(18:31) Madiba Owona Steal.
(18:31) Foul on Elijah Duval.
(18:18) Ethan Potter misses layup.
(18:18) Isaiah Cottrell Block.
(18:12) Elijah Duval Defensive Rebound.
(18:10) Tanner Hayhurst misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:07) Jaiden Feroah Offensive Rebound.
(18:04) Elijah Duval misses layup.
(18:01) Ethan Potter Defensive Rebound.
(17:53) Noah Bolanga misses layup.
(17:53) Jaiden Feroah Block.
(17:49) Tanner Hayhurst Defensive Rebound.
(17:48) Foul on Jusaun Holt.
+1 (17:48) Isaiah Cottrell makes free throw 1 of 2.
52
(17:47) Isaiah Cottrell misses free throw 2 of 2.
(17:46) Noah Bolanga Defensive Rebound.
(17:38) Chance Trujillo misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:35) Tanner Hayhurst Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:18) Isaiah Cottrell makes layup.
72
(16:52) Jusaun Holt misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:49) Zach Bell Defensive Rebound.
(16:38) Foul on Madiba Owona.
(16:38) Zach Bell misses free throw 1 of 2.
(16:38) Southern Utah Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (16:38) Zach Bell makes free throw 2 of 2.
82
(16:32) Foul on Chance Trujillo.
(16:32) Chance Trujillo turnover.
(16:09) Elijah Duval misses 17-foot step back jumpshot.
(16:05) Noah Bolanga Defensive Rebound.
(16:01) Foul on Cale Barclay.
+1 (16:01) Jusaun Holt makes free throw 1 of 2.
83
(16:00) Jusaun Holt misses free throw 2 of 2.
(15:59) Cale Barclay Defensive Rebound.
(15:46) Tanner Hayhurst misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:43) Ethan Potter Defensive Rebound.
(15:35) Madiba Owona misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:31) Utah Tech Offensive Rebound.
(15:14) Chance Trujillo misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(15:11) Utah Tech Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:04) Ethan Potter makes layup (Madiba Owona assists).
85
(14:47) Elijah Duval misses layup.
(14:44) Jaiden Feroah Offensive Rebound.
(14:30) Zach Bell misses layup.
(14:27) Isaiah Cottrell Offensive Rebound.
(14:21) Jaiden Feroah misses layup.
(14:19) Jaiden Feroah Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:19) Jaiden Feroah makes 0-foot tip in layup.
105
(13:59) Madiba Owona misses 15-foot step back jumpshot.
(13:56) Southern Utah Defensive Rebound.
(13:45) Isaiah Cottrell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:44) Utah Tech Defensive Rebound.
(13:29) Madiba Owona misses layup.
(13:29) Jaiden Feroah Block.
(13:24) Dylan Jones Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:22) Zach Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dylan Jones assists).
135
(13:12) Jusaun Holt misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(13:07) Madiba Owona Offensive Rebound.
(12:58) Madiba Owona misses layup.
(12:56) Dylan Jones Defensive Rebound.
(12:47) team turnover.
+2 (12:34) Noah Bolanga makes driving layup.
137
(12:15) Zach Bell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:09) Isaiah Cottrell Offensive Rebound.
(12:08) Foul on Chance Trujillo.
+1 (12:08) Dylan Jones makes free throw 1 of 3.
147
(12:08) Dylan Jones misses free throw 2 of 3.
(12:08) Southern Utah Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (12:08) Dylan Jones makes free throw 3 of 3.
157
(11:50) Britton Berrett misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(11:48) Zach Bell Defensive Rebound.
(11:25) Isaiah Cottrell misses 10-foot jumper.
(11:21) Jusaun Holt Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:08) Britton Berrett makes layup (Jusaun Holt assists).
159
(10:46) Elijah Duval misses driving layup.
(10:44) Ethan Potter Defensive Rebound.
(10:36) Noah Bolanga misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:32) Lorenzo Abellar Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:21) Dylan Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper.
189
(10:06) Foul on Isaiah Cottrell.
+2 (9:57) Tanner Davis makes 2-foot dunk (Ethan Potter assists).
1811
(9:43) Jaiden Feroah misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:39) Britton Berrett Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:31) Noah Bolanga makes 12-foot step back jumpshot.
1813
+2 (9:09) Cale Barclay makes layup (Elijah Duval assists).
2013
(8:50) Ethan Potter misses layup.
(8:47) Zach Bell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:43) Zach Bell makes driving layup.
2213
(8:36) Ethan Potter misses layup.
(8:30) Tanner Davis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:30) Tanner Davis makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2215
+3 (8:15) Dylan Jones makes 27-foot three point jumper (Elijah Duval assists).
2515
+3 (7:44) Jusaun Holt makes 27-foot three pointer.
2518
(7:20) Dylan Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:18) Southern Utah Offensive Rebound.
(7:17) Dylan Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:13) Jusaun Holt Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:07) Britton Berrett makes driving layup (Jusaun Holt assists).
2520
(6:50) Zach Bell misses 21-foot pullup jump shot.
(6:47) Britton Berrett Defensive Rebound.
(6:39) Foul on Lorenzo Abellar.
+1 (6:39) Jusaun Holt makes free throw 1 of 2.
2521
(6:39) Jusaun Holt misses free throw 2 of 2.
(6:37) Isaiah Cottrell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:31) Tanner Hayhurst makes layup (Lorenzo Abellar assists).
2721
+2 (6:19) Ethan Potter makes layup (Jusaun Holt assists).
2723
(6:12) Tanner Hayhurst misses layup.
(6:12) Jusaun Holt Block.
(6:12) Tanner Hayhurst Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:12) Tanner Hayhurst makes layup.
2923
(6:12) Foul on Britton Berrett.
(6:12) Tanner Hayhurst misses free throw 1 of 1.
(6:11) Tanner Davis Defensive Rebound.
(5:57) Madiba Owona bad pass turnover.
(5:57) Zach Bell Steal.
(5:52) Zach Bell bad pass turnover.
(5:52) Madiba Owona Steal.
+2 (5:48) Madiba Owona makes layup.
2925
(5:29) Isaiah Cottrell bad pass turnover.
(5:29) Britton Berrett Steal.
+2 (5:19) Madiba Owona makes driving layup.
2927
(4:58) Isaiah Cottrell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:54) Jusaun Holt Defensive Rebound.
(4:47) Foul on Jaiden Feroah.
+1 (4:47) Madiba Owona makes free throw 1 of 2.
2928
+1 (4:47) Madiba Owona makes free throw 2 of 2.
2929
(4:32) Zach Bell bad pass turnover.
(4:32) Madiba Owona Steal.
+2 (4:28) Madiba Owona makes layup (Dario Domingos assists).
2931
(4:10) Foul on Noah Bolanga.
+1 (4:10) Elijah Duval makes free throw 1 of 2.
3031
+1 (4:10) Elijah Duval makes free throw 2 of 2.
3131
(3:59) Noah Bolanga bad pass turnover.
(3:59) Dylan Jones Steal.
(3:43) Foul on Dario Domingos.
(3:43) Elijah Duval misses free throw 1 of 2.
(3:43) Southern Utah Deadball Team Rebound.
(3:43) Elijah Duval misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:40) Madiba Owona Defensive Rebound.
(3:36) Madiba Owona misses layup.
(3:36) Kai Burdick Block.
(3:27) Madiba Owona Offensive Rebound.
(3:24) Madiba Owona misses layup.
(3:18) Madiba Owona Offensive Rebound.
+3 (3:16) Noah Bolanga makes 29-foot three point jumper (Chance Trujillo assists).
3134
(2:53) Elijah Duval misses layup.
(2:48) Kai Burdick Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:48) Kai Burdick makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3334
(2:18) Chance Trujillo misses layup.
(2:18) Elijah Duval Block.
(2:17) Utah Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:17) team shot clock turnover .
(2:00) Tanner Hayhurst misses layup.
(2:00) Jusaun Holt Block.
(1:55) Kai Burdick Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:54) Dylan Jones makes layup.
3534
(1:42) Foul on Ethan Potter.
(1:42) Ethan Potter turnover.
+2 (1:24) Elijah Duval makes layup.
3734
+2 (1:09) Ethan Potter makes layup (Madiba Owona assists).
3736
(1:09) Foul on Dylan Jones.
(1:08) Ethan Potter misses free throw 1 of 1.
(1:06) Kai Burdick Defensive Rebound.
(0:53) Elijah Duval bad pass turnover.
(0:53) Ethan Potter Steal.
(0:47) Madiba Owona misses layup.
(0:44) Ethan Potter Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:44) Ethan Potter makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3738
+2 (0:22) Tanner Hayhurst makes layup.
3938
+3 (0:00) Jusaun Holt makes 26-foot three point jumper.
3941

2nd half

Team Stats

SUU

UTU

66Points80

24-58(41.4%)Field Goal(%)31-69(44.9%)

5-19(26.3%)3-Point(%)10-23(43.5%)

13-21(61.9%)Free Throw(%)8-13(61.5%)

36(11)Rebounds(Offensive)43(15)

6Assists16

4Steals9

6Blocks3

15Turnovers12

13(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

10Largest Lead16

Game Details

Monday, December 29, 2025 · 9:00 PM

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attendance: 2,524

tv: ESPN+

spread: UTU -7.5

over/under: 148.5