Weber State University Athletics
Weber State MBB Faces Instate Rival, Southern Utah University, On The Road This Saturday, December 11
12/8/2010 11:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball
GAME #8
SITE: Cedar City, Utah
TIME: 7:35 p.m. (MST)
ROGER REID, a 1968 graduate of Weber State, is in his 4th season at SUU where his record stands at 30-67 coming into Saturday's game. ... Reid came to SUU after spending two seasons as the head coach at Snow JC in Ephraim, Utah. ... Reid spent six seasons as the head coach at Brigham Young University.
Saturday's game is the 27th in the series, and the 10th game to be played at The Centrum in Cedar City, Utah.
(20-6, Weber State Leads / in Cedar City: 5-4 WSU)
1981-82 at Weber State 76-59 W
1983-83 at Weber State 84-50 W
1983-84 at Weber State 97-60 W
1985-86 at Weber State 80-50 W
1986-87 at Weber State(OT) 90-92 L
1987-88 at Weber tate 101-91 W
1988-89 at So. Utah 78-73 W
1989-90 at Weber State 66-65 W
1990-91 at Weber State 92-88 W
1991-92 at So. Utah 89-102 L
1992-93 at Weber State 73-62 W
1994-95 at Weber State 94-85 W
1995-96 at So. Utah 78-73 W
1996-97 at Weber State 84-80 W
1998-99 at So. Utah 81-75 W
1999-00 at Weber State 69-59 W
2000-01 at So. Utah 69-78 L
2001-02 at Weber State 70-64 W
2003-04 at So. Utah 82-68 W
2004-05 at Weber State 56-62 L
2005-06 at So. Utah 57-68 L
at Weber State 85-72 W
2006-07 at So. Utah 63-75 L
at Weber State 59-57 W
2007-08 No Games Played
2008-09 at So. Utah 66-62 W
2009-10 at Weber State 84-66 W
LAST YEAR IN OGDEN - December 12, 2009
Weber State placed five players in double figure socring, led by center STEVE PANOS' 19 points, rolling to an 84-66 win before 3,518 inside the Dee Events Center in Ogden. ... NICK HANSEN scored 15 of his 18 points in the first half, hitting 4-8 from long range, as the Wildcats jumped out to a 48-41 half time lead. ... SUU got no closer than 13 points (66-53 with 8:55 remaining) in the second half. ... DAVIS BAKER led SUU with 27 points including a perfect 8-8 from the line. JAKE NIELSON had 13.
KELLEN McCOY's two free throws with one second left sealed a 66-62 victory for the Wildcats before 2,991 at The Centrum. ... DAVIIN DAVIS came off the WSU bench to lead the Wildcats with 17 points, 10 of them coming in the 2nd half, and five of those 10 coming in the final 40 seconds when he made four of five from the line to keep the 'Cats in front. ... SUU led 26-24 at half time with DAVIS BAKER scoring 11 of his game high 27 points. ... The Wildcats came right and took the lead for good at 27-26 with NICK HANSEN hitting all three of his three-point shots (3-5 for the game) in the first seven minutes. His last one at the 13:25 mark gave WSU a 42-32 lead. ... WSU's last 10 point lead (59-49) came with 2:49 left on a jumper by DAVIIN DAVIS. ... SUU the went on an 8-0 scoring run pulling to within three at 59-56, then drew to within two, three times, at 61-59 (00:21) on a three-pointer from DAVE MAREK; 63-61 (00:12) on two free throws from TYLER QUINNEY and 64-62 (00:06) on one of two free throws by MAREK, setting up McCOY's free throws..
Southern Utah comes into Saturday's game with an overall record of 2-6 and a 0-2 mark in Summit League play. The T-Birds opened league play last week, on the road, losing at Oakland University (81-65) and IPFW (76-66). ... SUU's two wins have come at Cal State Bakersfield (66-58) and vs. Houston Baptist in the 7th/8th place game at the Great Alaska Shootout, 64-61. ... SUU has lost both of its HOME games this season, dropping a 79-69 decision to Cal Baptist (Nov. 15) and a 66-53 contest to Utah State (Nov. 24). ... RAY JONES JR. (6-3, 175) is the only SUU player in double figure scoring at 11.6 and is the team's assist leader at 4.5 per game. ... RAMELL TAYLOR (6-5, 190 Jr.) and MATT MASSEY (6-9, 230 Jr.) are a pair of forwards who average 9.9 ppg and 9.5 ppg, respectively. ... MASSEY was named to the Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team where in the three games he averaged 16.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists, shooting 58 percent from the field. ... Southern Utah is averaging 62 points per game and giving up 71.5. The T-Birds are shooting just under 44 percent from the field but are out rebounding their opponents by an average of 4.50 boards per game. ... RYAN BRIMLEY (6-4, 190 Sr.) is the top three-point threat, having made 10-30 (.333) this season.
F - 13 Ramell Taylor 6-5 190 Jr. Detroit, MI 9.9 4.1 1.6
F - 34 Matt Massey 6-9 230 Jr. Brisbane, AUSTR 9.5 3.1 0.9
C - 44 Matt Hodgson 6-11 240 So. Booval, AUSTR 6.4 4.3 0.4
G - 4 Ray Jones Jr. 6-3 175 Jr. Little Rock, AR 11.6 4.0 4.5
G - 32 Jordan Weirick 6-4 195 So. West Jordan, UT 6.6 3.4 1.8
F - 33 Tyson Koehler 6-8 250 So. Salt Lake City, UT 5.1 3.1 1.4
F - 25 Kyle Davis 6-8 205 Fr. Draper, UT 5.0 4.5 1.0
G - 10 Ryan Brimley 6-4 190 Sr. Sandy, UT 5.0 1.1 0.5
Weber State's RANDY RAHE is in his 5th season at the Wildcat helm. ... In his four short seasons, Rahe's teams have captured THREE Big Sky Conference regular season championships (06-07, 08-09, 09-10), the Big Sky Post-Season Tournament championship (06-07), and an NCAA post-season berth in 2006-07. ... Rahe was named Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year in 06-07, 08-09 and 09-10. ... Rahe is 81-50 (.618) overall in his four seasons as Weber State, and 49-15 (.765) in Big Sky Conference games. ... Rahe's teams have posted a HOME COURT record of 49-9 (.844) during his tenure, overall. He is 33-5 (.868) at home in Big Sky Conference games. ... Rahe is 3-1 vs. Southern Utah, 1-1 vs. the Thunderbirds when playing in Cedar City.
DAMIAN LILLARD (6-2, 185 Jr. Guard) is now at 1,123 career points, tied with Damien Baskerville for 13th on the WSU career scoring list. ... He is 36 points away from moving into 12th ahead of Richard Smith (1,158) and 70 points from moving into 11th ahead of Rico Washington. ... Lillard has appeared in 69 career games, started in 64, and has averaged 16.3 ppg during his career. ... His is the current 2010-11 Big Sky Conference scoring leader at 21.4 ppg.
TREVOR MORRIS (6-9, 245 Sr. Center) had his career scoring game last Saturday, dropping 16 points on the Seattle Redhawks in the 65-61 win. ... His previous high was 15 in 2008-09 at home against Montana State in the semifinals of the Conference Tournament. ... Morris was 7-10 vs. Seattle, which are the most field goals he has made in a game as a Wildcat. ... He has played in 97 career games and is 174-286 (.608) from the field. ... A good outside shooter, he stil has not attempted a three-pointer in his career.
Weber State, winner of two straight regular season Big Sky Conference championships, have been tabbed by the league's coaches and media to repeat as champions in 2010-11. ... The last time Weber State won back-to-back Big Sky Conference regular season championships was in 1978-79, 1979-80. ... Weber State was the last Big Sky team to win THREE straight regular season championships. The Wildcat won SIX consecutive league titles in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973.
Weber State begins its 49th season playing as an NCAA Division I men's basketball program. ... In 1962-63, Weber State became the first junior college in the country to move from the juco ranks directly into Division I basketball. ... This will be WSU's 48th season as a member of the Big Sky Conference which was formed in 1963-64. ... Weber State has won 19 Big Sky Conference regular season titles.
Weber State has an overall men's basketball record of 877-507 (.634) ... In 48 seasons, the Wildcats have suffered just EIGHT LOSING campaigns and have WON 20 or more games in 23 (.479) of those 48 seasons.
... The Wildcats shot 52 percent or better in four of the six halves at the Shooutout. Arizona State held the 'Cats to just 38% (1st) and 29% (2nd). sts / 12 to's) is a season best by the Wildcats. ... DAMIAN LILLARD has had just seven SINGLE DIGIT SCORING GAMES since becoming a starter vs. BYU in Ogden back in 2008-09, and only once during that stretch has he had back-to-back single digit scoring games.
RANDY RAHE QUOTES
ON SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY: “We had a chance to see them play up at the Great Alaska Shootout and they played well against some good teams. They present us some match up problems up front with their size. Matt Massey is a solid frontline player who made the all-tournament team in Alaska and has skills at both ends of the court. This is a good instate rivalry and every time when have played them, it's been a very physical, hard fought game and I expect the same on Saturday."
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