PRICE, Utah – The Utah State Eastern Men's basketball team defeated the Colorado Northwest Community College Spartans 62-60 to pick up their first conference win of the season.

With the win the Eagles also snap a five-game losing streak in conference and pick up their first win in over a month.

According to sophomore forward Cam Bailey, the win also gives the Eagles confidence going forward in conference play.

"It feel like a huge relief to finally get that first win. Gives me and the team a lot of confidence to know pull wins out. That's very important for us going into these next few home games that are very winnable," said Bailey.

The first half was very back and forth between the the two teams including each team going on double digit runs. The game was tied at 17 with 9:47 left in the half until the Spartans went on a 10-2 run in two minutes of play.

After the Spartans run, the Eagles came back fighting with a 18-2 run to finish the first half. During that run that lasted over seven minutes of the game, the Eagles got a boost from freshman guard Quinn Peters who scored 9 points during that span. Peters finished the game against the Spartans with 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists.

During the second half the Eagles maintained a lead over the Spartans throughout much of the half. Head Coach Vando Becheli said that his teamed played well defensively to hold off the Spartans.

"They hit a couple of crazy shots but we could play a very good zone defense that at the final minutes they had to shot 25-30 feet from the basket and this was crucial for us to end up with the win," said Becheli.

A strong performance by Bailey kept the Spartans without of reach of taking the lead. Bailey scored 8 of the Eagles final 11 points in the game including two important free throws with he made with 18 seconds left to push the Eagles to a 61-57 lead.

After a made three by the Spartans with 11  seconds left, freshman Kristupas Totoris made one of two free throws to seal the victory.

Leading the Eagles in scoring for the Eagles was Bailey with 20 points while grabbing 10 rebounds. Bailey has notched a double-double in points and rebounding three out of the last four games.

Thursday's game was also the first game in over a month that sophomore forward Alex Morrell suited up for the Eagles. Morrell who has been sidelined by injury, scored one point and grabbed one rebound in seven minutes of action for the Eagles.

"Alex gave to us very good minutes when he was on the court! He helped to give Cam Bailey some rest and we could keep Cam fresh. Alex is a tough player and he helped us a lot tonight," said Becheli.

The Eagles will have a week until their next conference game at home against Snow College on January 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center. The game will be streamed live on the Utah State Eastern YouTube channel.

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