GAME NOTES
 

• Snow College will travel to Taylorsville to take on No. 4 Salt Lake Community College Thursday.  Tip off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. inside the Lifetime Activities Center.

 

• The matchup will be the second of three meetings the two teams will play this season against each other.  The first meeting saw the Badgers lose 92-67 in Ephraim, Dec. 7.

 

• Snow College is coming off a tough 91-87 loss against the College of Southern Nevada Thursday in Ephraim.  The Coyotes shot 57 percent from the field and scored 44 points in the paint to defeat the Badgers and avoid the season sweep after Snow College won two games against CSN Dec. 2 and Dec. 3.

 

• The Badgers shooting woes from beyond the arc continued against the Coyotes.  Snow College has shot just 23 percent from distance over its previous five games after shooting 38 percent before that in the season.

 

• Snow College averaged 12 3-pointers made in the first 15 games of the season but has averaged just 6.4 made 3-pointers in its last five games.

 

• The Bruins are 19-1 overall this season and are 7-1 within the Scenic West Athletic Conference and have won eight games in a row dating back to Dec. 27.  Their only loss on the season came in an 84-81 loss to the College of Southern Idaho Dec. 17.

 

• The Bruins are fourth in the country in scoring averaging 100.9 points per game.  They are also tops in the nation in free-throw percentage at 78.1 and second overall in 3-pointers made per game at 11.9.

 
UP NEXT
 

• Snow College will play road games against Utah State University Eastern and Colorado Northwestern Community College on Thursday, Jan. 26, and Saturday, Jan. 28.

 

• The Eagles are 3-15 overall this season and own a 2-6 record within SWAC play.  The Badgers defeated the Eagles 66-64 in Price Dec. 14. 

 

• The Spartans are 2-13 overall this season and 0-4 within the SWAC.  Snow College defeated the Spartans at home 89-61 Dec. 16. 

 
LAST TIME OUT
 
The Snow College men's basketball team dropped a 91-87 heartbreaker to the College of Southern Nevada Thursday in Ephraim.  With the loss, the Badgers have now lost four out of their last five games.
 
Snow College entered the matchup after suffering a 101-64 loss to No. 2 College of Southern Idaho last Thursday.  Despite the loss, the Badgers stand in third place within the Scenic West Athletic Conference standings.
 
It was the Zach Visentin show early in the first half.  The 6'10 Center used his size advantage to score 16 points in the first seven minutes of action to give the Badgers a 20-11 lead.  Visentin picked up his second foul with 12 minutes to go and had to sit much of the rest of the half.
 
The Coyote's offense came to life as they went on an 18-3 run over the next three minutes to take a 29-23 lead midway through the half.  Snow College would keep the score close and eventually tie things up at 43.  CSN's Ray Daniels hit a 17-foot jump shot with one second left on the first-half clock to give the Coyotes a 48-47 lead at halftime.
 
The Coyotes, a team who entered the matchup shooting 46 percent from the field as a team, connected on 55 percent of their attempts from the field in the first half.  The good shooting would continue in the second half for the Coyotes.
 
The second half was back and forth the whole way as there were five ties and eight lead changes throughout the final 20 minutes of game time.  Neither team led by more than seven points in the second half.
 
Snow College led 73-69 midway through the second half following a step-back 3-pointer from Gaige Savage and a layup by Colin Christenson.  The Coyotes responded and went on an 8-0 run over the next three minutes to regain a five-point lead.  
 
CSN would maintain that lead over the next few minutes and would eventually take an 86-79 lead with just under four minutes to play.  Back-to-back 3-pointers from Savage and a hook shot from Visentin brought the Badgers within one with 45 seconds to play.
 
The Badgers were unable to get a defensive stop on the ensuing possession as CSN's Anthony Swift hit a layup between two defenders to put the Coyotes back up by three.  Snow College's 3-point attempt on the next possession was blocked by Swift, and CSN would hold on to win 91-87.
 
CSN shot 58 percent from the field in the second half and 57 percent for the game, 11 points higher than its season average.  The Coyotes also scored 34 points in the paint in the second half to hold on to the victory.
 
Visentin was three points off from matching his career high in points as he finished with 25.  Savage put in 19 points on five made threes, both career highs.  Max Triplett also recorded a career high with 12 points and six rebounds for the Badgers.