CEDAR CITY, Utah -- The Thunderbird men's basketball picked up a Senior Night victory on Saturday evening, blowing out the Idaho Vandals 87-55. Southern Utah was honoring their four seniors, Andre Adams, Dwane Morgan, David N'Diaye and Cameron Oluyitan.
Southern Utah now sits with a 15-14 overall record, and an 8-10 mark in Big Sky Conference play. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak.
"I thought we played a good team game," SUU head coach Todd Simon said. "I thought we were pressing a little bit and have been trying to do it individually, and I thought today they focused on making plays for one another and doing it as a team."
The first half was all T-Birds, as they led 43-15 after the opening frame. While they had a number of runs worth pointing out, the 23-2 surge to close out the first half stands out as one of the more impressive.
The T-Birds shot 55 percent from the field in the opening half, and hit 58 percent from behind the three-point line.
Cameron Oluyitan finished the opening 20 minutes with 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting.
The second half was more competitive, but the T-Birds still outscored the Vandals 44-40 to run away with an 87-55 victory.
Oluyitan finished with 22 points in the contest. He shot 5-of-9 from behind the three-point line.
Dre Marin finished with 13 points, and Morgan dropped in 10 points.
SUU finished the contest shooting 54 percent from the field.
The T-Bird bench outscored Idaho's 29-12.
All but two players scored for Southern Utah.
Idaho shot only 41 percent from the field in the contest. Both Trevon Allen and Scott Blakney finished the game with 17 points.
Southern Utah will wrap up the regular season next weekend, when they travel to Montana State (Thursday) and Montana (Saturday).
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