UC Santa Barbara Gauchos @ Southern Utah Thunderbirds

UC Santa Barbara GauchosSanta BarbaraUCSB

6-4, 2-3 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Santa Barbara UCSB	29	32	61
Southern Utah SUU	32	30	62

Southern Utah ThunderbirdsSouthern UtahSUU

6-4, 4-0 Home

Knight leads S. Utah to 62-61 win over UC Santa Barbara

Dec 14, 2019, 06:40 pm

CEDAR CITY, Utah -- John Knight III completed a three-point play in the final minute to give Southern Utah enough cushion to hold off UC Santa Barbara 62-61 on Saturday afternoon.

With the score tied at 58-58, Dwayne Morgan collected a steal and fed Knight for a fast-break basket that turned into a three-point play and a 61-58 advantage with :52 remaining.

UC Santa Barbara's Devearl Ramsey made two free throws to close to 62-61 with :03 left and when Southern Utah was unable to inbound the ball, the Gauchos had another shot. Matt Freeman's jumper was off as time expired and Southern Utah held on for the win, halting UCSB's five-game win streak.

Knight finished with 19 points, Maizen Fausett added 11 and Harrison Butler posted 10 points to go with 10 rebounds and four assists for the Thunderbirds (6-4).

Jaquori McLaughlin had 14 points and Ramsey finished with 13 for UC Santa Barbara (6-4).

Game Information

Cedar City, UT

Referee:Tom Nunez

Referee:Scott Brown

Referee:Dan Church

NCAA Division I

Big West Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UC Irvine	15-5	-	23-12
Hawai'i	14-6	1	24-9
UC San Diego	12-8	3	23-11
Cal State Northridge	12-8	3	20-14
Cal State Fullerton	12-8	3	18-16
UC Davis	11-9	4	19-14
UC Santa Barbara	11-9	4	18-14
Cal Poly	10-10	5	14-19
Long Beach State	6-14	9	10-22
UC Riverside	5-15	10	10-22
Cal State Bakersfield	2-18	13	8-24

United Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Utah Valley	14-4	-	25-9
California Baptist	13-5	1	25-9
Utah Tech	11-7	3	19-15
UT Arlington	9-9	5	18-14
Southern Utah	6-12	8	10-22
Tarleton State	5-13	9	14-18
Abilene Christian	5-13	9	14-19

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