GAME NOTES
 
• The Snow College Badgers will continue its longest home stand of the season as they take on No. 5 Salt Lake Community College Thursday, Feb. 9 for the third and final time this season.
 
• Snow College will take on the Bruins Thursday at 7:00 p.m. inside the Horne Activity Center in Ephraim.
 
• The Badgers are coming off a pair of losses to begin the current six-game home stand against No. 1 College of Southern Idaho and Utah State University Eastern.  The Badgers gave the Golden Eagles all they could handle, but suffered an 83-78 loss to the only remaining undefeated and top-ranked team in the nation.  Snow College were then defeated 75-66 by USUE Saturday for the second time in nine days.
 
• Thursday's game against the Golden Eagles marked the first time this season the Badgers lost a game in which they led at halftime.  CSI shot an unwordly 75 percent in the second half to earn the five-point victory despite trailing by four at break. 
 
• USUE led wire-to-wire Saturday inside the Horne Activity Center to earn the victory.  They defeated the Badgers 76-55 Jan. 26, which means they now own the tiebreaker over the Badgers within the Scenic West Athletic Conference Standings.  USUE currently sits in fourth while the Badgers sit in fifth place.  Only the top four teams with clinch a berth into the SWAC tournament at the end of the season.
 
• The Golden Eagles shot 52 percent from beyond the arc against the Badgers.  This was the best shooting percentage from a Snow College opponent this season and the first time a team has made more then half its 3-point attempts in a game.
 
• After starting the season with a 13-2 overall record, the Badgers have now lost eight out of ten games and stand at 15-10 for the year.
 
• The Bruins are second within the SWAC rankings with a 24-2 overall record and a 12-2 record within the SWAC. The Badgers are winless against the Bruins this season in two games losing 92-67 in their first meeting Dec. 7.  SLCC defeated Snow College 91-76 in the team's lone meeting in Taylorsville Jan. 19.
 
• The Bruins are the top-scoring team in the NJCAA as they average 101.7 points per game to pace the nation.  They are also third in 3-pointers made per game and first in the country in free throw percentage at 77.1 percent. 
 
UP NEXT
 
• The Badgers will continue its homestand with a rematch against No. 1 CSI Wednesday in Ephraim.
 
• The Golden Eagles are currently the only unbeaten team in the nation sitting at 25-0 overall.
 
• Tip off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. inside the Horne Activity Center.  For video streaming and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.
 
LAST TIME OUT
 
The Snow College men's basketball team suffered a pair of losses over the weekend to No. 1 College of Southern Idaho and Utah State University Eastern.  The Badgers lost 83-78 to CSI Thursday and 75-66 to USUE Saturday in Ephraim.
 
The Badgers entered Thursday's game having defeated Colorado Northwestern Community College 87-63 Jan. 28 in Rangely, Colorado.  Snow College had its hands full as it welcomed the number-one team in the nation to the Horne Activity Center for the first time this season.  The Badgers gave the Golden Eagles all they could handle in the five-point loss.
 
Snow College was defeated by CSI 101-64 back on Jan. 5 in Twin Falls, Idaho.  The Badgers led Thursday's game at the half, and it took an unworldly shooting performance from the Golden Eagles in the second half to come out on top.
 
The game was even at 15 midway through the first half as Jamir Stephens had seven quick points for the Badgers.  CSI quickly went on a 6-0 run to gain its largest lead of the first half.  Snow College countered with an 11-0 run to regain the lead.  The Badgers led by as many as seven before taking a 33-29 lead into halftime.
 
The Golden Eagles erased the deficit by the 14-minute mark of the second half evening things at 45 apiece.  The score was once again level at 55 when CSI went on a 13-0 run to take a 68-55 lead with five minutes to play. The Golden Eagles did not miss a single shot from the field over a seven-minute stretch late in the second half. 
 
CSI extended its lead to as many as 14 and had an 11-point lead with just under 90 seconds to go. Snow College would be able to cut the lead to five but ran out of time, and the comeback attempt fell short as the Badgers lost 83-78.
 
After shooting 37 percent from the field and 40 percent from 3-point range in the first half, CSI shot an unfathomable 75 percent from the field and 70 percent from 3-point range in the second half. Meanwhile, Snow College improved its shooting from 40 percent to 52 percent from the field and 36 percent to 55 percent from distance in the second half, but it wasn't enough to stave off CSI's hot shooting.
 
Stephens recorded a career-high in scoring as he finished with 22 points, three rebounds, and three assists.  Zach Visentin narrowly missed out on recording a double-double as he finished with 14 points and nine rebounds.  Chase Potter was the other Badger in double figures finishing with 13 points and six rebounds.
 
Following the loss, the Badgers welcomed in USUE to the Horne Activity Center for the first and only time this season.  Saturday's game was critical as it would serve as the tiebreaker in the Scenic West Athletic Conference Standings as both teams had won one game each in the three-game season series.
 
Snow College won the first game of the series 66-64 Dec. 14.  The Badgers were then defeated 76-55 the last time the two teams met Jan. 26.  Snow College would come up short in the rubber game of the series 75-66 Saturday in Ephraim.
 
The Eagles led wire-to-wire to earn the victory. They outscored the Badgers 36-24 in the first half behind 41 percent shooting from the field.  Snow College struggled shooting the ball throughout the game shooting just 38 percent from the field and 24 percent from 3-point range.  The Badgers also shot just 1-12 from beyond the arc in the first half.
 
Visentin recorded his third double-double of the season as he finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds.  Colin Christensen also poured in 13 points and dished out five assists while Gaige Savage totaled 11 points and six rebounds in the loss.