Southern Utah Thunderbirds at Weber State Wildcats
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
65 - 56
65 - 56
Balanced Southern Utah tops Weber State 65-56
Casey Oliverson, Trey Kennedy and Tyler Rawson had 10 points each for the Thunderbirds (6-16, 3-8 Big Sky), whose last win was over the Wildcats.
Richaud Gittens and Chris Golden had 13 points each for the Wildcats (10-13, 5-7).
Hess opened the game with two quick baskets and Southern Utah raced to a 12-1 lead but the Thunderbirds had to score the last five points of the half to take a 30-28 lead and never trailed in the second half.
The Wildcats were within 59-56 with 45 seconds remaining but Hess sandwiched four free throws around a Juwan Major dunk to close out the game.
Southern Utah shot 49 percent while Weber State was at 27.6, including 19 percent (5-16) from 3-point range.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 65 - 56 |
| 2nd 0:17 | A.J. Hess Defensive Rebound. | 65 - 56 |
| 2nd 0:17 | Chris Golden missed Three Point Jumper. | 65 - 56 |
| 2nd 0:19 | A.J. Hess made Free Throw. | 65 - 56 |
| 2nd 0:19 | A.J. Hess made Free Throw. | 64 - 56 |
Statistics
 SUU |
 WEB |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-49 | FG | 16-58 |
| 49 | Field Goal % | 28 |
| 7-15 | 3PT | 5-26 |
| 47 | Three Point % | 19 |
| 10-17 | FT | 19-25 |
| 59 | Free Throw % | 76 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 3 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 14 | Assists | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 7 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 18 | Fouls | 18 |
Game Information
Venue: Dee Events Center
Location: Ogden, UT
Attendance: 7,113 | Capacity:
Location: Ogden, UT
Attendance: 7,113 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big Sky Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland State | 13-5 | - | 20-11 |
| Montana State | 12-6 | 1 | 18-14 |
| Eastern Washington | 11-7 | 2 | 14-19 |
| Northern Colorado | 10-8 | 3 | 20-12 |
| Montana | 10-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| Weber State | 10-8 | 3 | 16-16 |
| Idaho | 9-9 | 4 | 21-15 |
| Sacramento State | 6-12 | 8 | 10-21 |
| Idaho State | 5-13 | 8 | 13-20 |
| Northern Arizona | 4-14 | 9 | 10-22 |