Box Score PRICE, Utah – After three big conference wins, the Utah State Eastern men's basketball team lost to the College of Southern Idaho on Thursday 96-74.
College of Southern Idaho was hot behind the 3 point line again on Thursday against the Eagles. They shot 48% from the three point line after making 12 out of 25 attempts.
CSI's Jake Hendricks made seven 3 point shots to finish the night with 25 points. He has averaged 20.3 points against in the three games against Eagles so far this season.
During Thursday's game, the Eagles struggled throughout much of the game due to shots not going in and starters
Roman McKnight and Cam Bailey being in foul trouble.
Bailey had another double-double for the Eagles after finishing the game with 10 points and 11 rebounds. McKnight finished the game with 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks.
The leading scorers for the Eagles were freshmen Nico Rojas and
Kristupas Totoris who each finished the game with 14 points. Totoris came off the bench and made four 3 point shots during the game to try and get the Eagles back in the game.
Toward the end of the game the Eagles couldn't cut at the double-digit deficit because of the turnovers that CSI forced. By the end of the game the Eagles had 19 turnovers and CSI had 10 steals.
With the loss the Eagles snap a three-game winning streak and move their record to 9-17 overall with a 4-8 conference record.
The Eagles will play their final two home games of the season next week against Salt Lake Community College and Colorado Northwest.
On Tuesday the Eagles host SLCC at 7:30 p.m. and can be see on the Utah State Eastern YouTube channel.
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