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Wildcats Avoid A Stinger, Win 67-59 Over Sacramento State
1/23/2009 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -Freshman Kyle Bullinger had 18 points and seven rebounds to lift Weber State 67-59 over Sacramento State on Thursday night.
Kellen McCoy had 15 points and Damian Lillard had eight points and six assists for the Weber State Wildcats (11-8, 5-1 Big Sky), who have won five of their last six games.
Loren Leath had 19 points in 35 minutes for the Sacramento State Hornets (1-19, 0-7 Big Sky.)
The defeat extends the Hornets' losing streak to 14 games.
Sacramento led 21-18 on a basket by Alex Ward with 5:11 left in the first half.
Despite shooting 35.7 percent from the floor (10 of 28), the Wildcats came back to tie the game up 25-25 by halftime. The Hornets shot 36 percent from the field (9 of 25) in the first half.
After Antonio Flaggs turned a steal into a dunk to tie the game at 47-47 with 6:38 left in the second half, the Wildcats went on a 13-5 run to take command of the rest of the game. Bullinger made nine of those 13 points during that pivotal run.
WEBER STATE NOTES ... The Wildcats WON for the first time this season with only TWO players SCORING IN DOUBLE FIGURES. ... Weber State is now 3-0 on the ROAD in Big Sky play, 4-4 for the season. ... KYLE BULLINGER had his first collegiate DUNK while TREVOR MORRIS had his first dunk of the season. ... Overall in 19 games, KELLEN McCOY is WSU's only double figure scorer at 13.5 ppg. The 'Cats have five players averaging between 9.8 and 8.6 points per game. In Big Sky games only, McCOY is averaging 18.0 ppg, BULLINGER 13.3 and DAMIAN LILLARD, 12.0. ... The Wildcats have had just one game (Jan. 3 at home vs. Northern Colorado: 32-64) in Big Sky play in which they have shot 50% or better as a team from the field. UNC, on the other hand, is the only Big Sky team which has shot 50% or better vs. the Wildcats (28-51 .549).
