Box Score

BURNABY, B.C. – The Montana State Billings men's basketball team couldn't cool off the hot hands of the Simon Fraser Clan Saturday night in Great Northwest Athletic Conference action, dropping their third consecutive contest, 94-79.

The Jackets (1-5, 0-2 GNAC) had four players in double figures, led by DeAndre Chambers (Monroe, NC) 18 points, shooting 6-of-14 from the field. Fellow senior Raason Young (Washington D.C.) had 16 points and seven rebounds, while Jaxon Myaer (Salt Lake City, UT) had his best output as a Yellowjacket with 15 points, 11 coming in the first half.

Simon Fraser (2-3, 1-0 GNAC) had three players with 20 plus points, led by a game-high 29 points from Justin Brown on 7-of-14 shooting and going 13-of-14 from the free throw line. Joining Brown was Ricky Berry's 24 points and another 21 points from Zach Frehlick who also had six boards.

The Clan controlled the tempo for much of the first half behind hot shooting, going 19-of-31 (61.3) from the floor, including 4-of-8 from deep. Berry accounted for 16 of those points, shooting 7-of-13 and knocking down a pair of free throws.

Over the final eight minutes the Clan used a 21-10 push to build an 11 point lead at the half, 46-35. Though being outrebounded by the Jackets 18-13, the Clan forced 10 MSUB turnovers, holding their largest lead by 13 (46-33) with 53 seconds remaining.

As the teams emerged from the locker room SFU continued its hot shooting, building a 26 point lead (69-43) over the first eight minutes of the half with a 23-8 run that was capped by a Berry trey. During the run, Frehlick went off, knocking down three-straight three-pointers over a minute span.

The Jackets slowly chipped away at the lead, getting it back down to single digits with 2:05 remaining, 86-77. Chambers knocked down one of his two three-pointers to build some momentum, but Brown knocked down four free throws down the stretch to keep the Jackets at bay.

The Yellowjackets shot 49.2 percent (30-61) from the field for the game, but only made six of their 19 attempts from behind the line. MSUB was 13-of-19 from the free throw line and pulled down 29 rebounds, six more than SFU (23).

The Clan put on a clinic, shooting 53.4 percent (31-58) from the field and was 52.6 percent (10-19) from downtown. They also shot 88.0 percent from the free throw line, going to the stripe 25 times.

Both team turned the ball over 13 times, MSUB got 13 points from those turnovers, while Simon Fraser scored 16 points, 14 in the first half alone. The Jackets outscored the Clan in the paint 40-34, but were outdone on the offensive boards as SFU scored 19 second chance points. The Yellowjackets won the battle off the bench, putting up 14 points, while the Clan scored just five.