Thursday, December 29
Orem, Utah
7:00 PM
10-3,0-1WAC
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80
Utah Valley
10-4,1-0WAC
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Sam Houston
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Utah Valley
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Photo by: Lawrence Thomas
Kats fall flat at Utah Valley
12/29/2022 9:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OREM, Utah — Not much seemed to go right for Sam Houston in an 80-66 loss to Utah Valley at the UCCU Center in the WAC opener on Thursday.
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The Bearkats (10-3, 0-1 WAC) could not find the bottom of the net on open shots and shot a pedestrian 33 percent from the floor. The Wolverines (10-4, 1-0) couldn't miss and shot a blistering 51 percent and knocked down 11 3-pointers.
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Qua Grant scored 16 points and had seven rebounds, and Jaden Ray finished with 13 points. Donte Powers chipped in 10 points while Cameron Huefner added nine.
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The Bearkats struggled on offense in the first half as the Wolverines jumped out to an early lead. Sam Houston finally started to put things together when Powers knocked down a 3 and Kian Scroggins scored in the paint to cut the lead to 19-17 midway through the period.
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The shots quit falling after that.
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Utah Valley went on a 12-2 run to go up 31-20 at the 3:27 mark as the Kats went just 1 for 8 during that stretch. Jaden Ray finally ended the scoring drought, but the Wolverines were able to take a 38-25 lead at the break as Sam Houston shot just 26 percent from the field.
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Utah Valley got off to hot start to begin the second half to break open the game and led by as many as 27 at 75-48 with just under five minutes to go in the game.
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The Kats stay on the road to face New Mexico State on Saturday in Las Cruces at 5 p.m. CST.
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The Bearkats (10-3, 0-1 WAC) could not find the bottom of the net on open shots and shot a pedestrian 33 percent from the floor. The Wolverines (10-4, 1-0) couldn't miss and shot a blistering 51 percent and knocked down 11 3-pointers.
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Qua Grant scored 16 points and had seven rebounds, and Jaden Ray finished with 13 points. Donte Powers chipped in 10 points while Cameron Huefner added nine.
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The Bearkats struggled on offense in the first half as the Wolverines jumped out to an early lead. Sam Houston finally started to put things together when Powers knocked down a 3 and Kian Scroggins scored in the paint to cut the lead to 19-17 midway through the period.
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The shots quit falling after that.
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Utah Valley went on a 12-2 run to go up 31-20 at the 3:27 mark as the Kats went just 1 for 8 during that stretch. Jaden Ray finally ended the scoring drought, but the Wolverines were able to take a 38-25 lead at the break as Sam Houston shot just 26 percent from the field.
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Utah Valley got off to hot start to begin the second half to break open the game and led by as many as 27 at 75-48 with just under five minutes to go in the game.
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The Kats stay on the road to face New Mexico State on Saturday in Las Cruces at 5 p.m. CST.
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Team Stats
SHSU
UVU
FG%
.328
.508
3FG%
.304
.344
FT%
.765
.600
RB
36
43
TO
12
16
STL
8
4
Game Leaders
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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