Box Score PRICE, Utah – The Utah State Eastern men's basketball snapped their two game winning streak Thursday after losing to Snow College 106-74 in Ephraim.
The Badgers got revenge on the Eagles after they lost their first conference game of the season to the Eagles in Price on February 7.
This time around the Badgers were on a roll from the three point line. They made seven shots from behind the arc and led the Eagles at halftime by 23 points.
In the first half the Eagles could not slow down Snow's Zach Hunsaker who had 13 points. As a team the Badgers shot 62.5 percent from the field despite the Eagles causing 9 turnovers in the first half.
Sophomore Cam Bailey had another strong performance for the Eagles with staying out of foul trouble. He finished the night with 19 points and 6 rebounds, his third straight game in double-figures.
Joining Bailey as the leading scorers of the game was freshman point guard
Quinn Peters who finished the game with 19 points as well. He also had three rebounds and three steals against Snow.
Despite being down most of the half, the Eagles improved their shooting in the second half. They shot nearly 54 percent from the field and 50 percent from the three point line in the second half.
Freshman forward
Kristupas Totoris had another solid night coming off the bench for Head Coach Vando Becheli. He finished with 8 points including 2 shots made from long distance in 18 minutes of play.
The Badgers were also able to capitalize off of Eagle turnovers by scoring 20 points off 17 turnovers in the game.
With the loss the Eagles conference record moves to 6-9 overall after starting the year 1-7.
According to the conference standings will likely be the 4 seed in next weeks tournament in Taylorsville.
The Eagles wrap up the regular season with a road game in Twin Falls to take on the College of Southern Idaho. They will be looking to pick up their first win of the season against CSI.
Fans can watch the game online at live.ksl.com when the game tip offs at 5 p.m.
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