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Seattle U Redhawks (15-10, 8-6 WAC) at Utah Tech Trailblazers (10-15, 6-8 WAC)
Saint George, Utah; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Seattle U faces the Utah Tech Trailblazers after John Christofilis scored 25 points in Seattle U’s 78-68 victory over the Southern Utah Thunderbirds.
The Trailblazers are 6-4 in home games. Utah Tech ranks ninth in the WAC in rebounding averaging 34.3 rebounds. Tanner Christensen paces the Trailblazers with 6.9 boards.
The Redhawks are 8-6 against WAC opponents. Seattle U ranks fourth in the WAC with 13.1 assists per game led by Alex Schumacher averaging 4.8.
Utah Tech scores 69.9 points per game, 1.9 more points than the 68.0 Seattle U allows. Seattle U averages 74.8 points per game, 1.4 fewer than the 76.2 Utah Tech allows to opponents.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aric Demings is averaging 7.8 points for the Trailblazers. Noa Gonsalves is averaging 12 points over the last 10 games for Utah Tech.
Cameron Tyson averages 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Redhawks, scoring 17.1 points while shooting 38.2% from beyond the arc. Schumacher is averaging 17.8 points, 5.4 assists and 1.6 steals over the past 10 games for Seattle U.
LAST 10 GAMES: Trailblazers: 4-6, averaging 70.2 points, 33.4 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 6.9 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.7 points per game.
Redhawks: 5-5, averaging 76.6 points, 37.4 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 5.1 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.7 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.