Dixie State Comes Up Short in Second Half Against California Baptist

SALT LAKE CITY – The Trailblazers didn’t have enough firepower to overcome a poor shooting first half in a 71-61 loss to Cal Baptist.

The Dixie State Trailblazers (6-9, 13-15) hosted Lancers (5-10, 15-13) at Burns Arena in St. George, UT on Thursday, February 24.

Fans witnessed a slow first half as neither team could shoot better than 37 percent from the field. Ultimately the half ended in a 25-25 tie.

All even at the half time break in the Burns.#DixieBlazers #WeAreONE #WACmbb #WAChoops pic.twitter.com/LpOgaVmCkX

— Dixie State Men's Basketball (@DIXIESTATEBBALL) February 25, 2022

Hunter Schofield led Dixie State with seven points and seven rebounds in the first half.

Schofield’s big night continued in the second half as he finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Lancers hot second half shooting.

Hunter Schofield (@H_Scho44) moved into third place on DSU's career rebounds list with his ninth rebound tonight vs. @CBUmbb!#DixieBlazers | #WeAreONE | #WAChoops | #WACmbb pic.twitter.com/jJ2wGv7RwB

— Dixie State Men's Basketball (@DIXIESTATEBBALL) February 25, 2022

After shooting 33.3 percent in the first 20 minutes, California Baptist hit 51.9 percent of their looks in the second half on their way to scoring 46 points.

Taran and Tre Armstrong combined for 27 points, seven assists and eight rebounds for the Lancers.

Dixie State remains at home where they welcome in Seattle University on Saturday, February 26. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. (MDT).

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