Box Score SLCC Men's Basketball Falls to USU-Eastern

Payton II's double-double not enough as Bruins lose to Golden Eagles for first time this year

	1	2	Final
USU-E	37	41	78
SLCC	30	33	63

 
Salt Lake City, UT—The No. 22-ranked SLCC Men's Basketball team (23-6, 10-4 SWAC) fell to in-state opponent USU-Eastern (20-9, 7-7 SWAC) 78-63 on Thursday night in Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) play at Bruin Arena.

The Bruins trailed by as many as 11 in the first half and were outscored by eight in the second frame to fall to USU-Eastern for the first time this season. SLCC won the regular season series 2-1.

USU-Eastern out-rebounded SLCC 45-36 and the Golden Eagles shot 46.3 percent from the field in the winning effort. SLCC shot 35.1 percent from the field and was 1-for-11 from three point range.

Stats vs. USU-E: Bruin sophomore guard Gary Payton II (Las Vegas, NV) led the team in scoring with 17 points and completed a double-double with 14 rebounds. Freshman forward Neal Monson (Sandy, UT) finished with 13 points and had four rebounds. Freshman guard Zerrion Payton (Oakland, CA) added 12 points in the losing effort.

Head Coach Todd Phillips and the Bruins will close out the regular season with a game against Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) (8-19, 2-12 SWAC) on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Bruin Arena with tipoff slated for 5 p.m. SLCC leads the regular season series with CNCC 2-0.

Game Coverage: The SLCC vs. CNCC game on Saturday will be available for viewing via the SLCC Athletics iHigh.com live Web stream at: www.ihigh.com/saltlakecc/. The broadcast will begin 10 minutes prior to tipoff.