Box Score PRICE, Utah – The men's basketball team lost their final regular season game to the College of Southern Idaho on Saturday 84-69 in Twin Falls.
With injuries to both freshman
Quinn Peters and
Nico Rojas, the Eagles only suited up 8 players against CSI.
The Eagles got a big boost in the first half with the three point shooting from sophomore guard
Koel Cutler and freshman forward
Kristupas Totoris.
Cutler made three shots from behind the arc and finished the first half with 15 points.
Totoris made four shot from three point range to help the Eagles go out to a 10 point lead with 3 minutes left in the half. He finished the first half with 12 points and 3 rebounds at halftime.
After halftime CSI made adjustments and stopped the Eagles defensively. They forced the Eagles to have 19 turnovers while getting 13 steals in the second half.
CSI turned the 19 second half steals into 18 points in the second half. The bench of CSI also scored 34 points in the second half to help put the Eagles behind by double-digits.
Leading the Eagles in scoring was Cutler who finished the night with 20 points. Totoris finished the game as the second leading scorer with 15 points.
Sophomore Cam Bailey had another double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Bailey now has seven double-doubles this season and is averaging 13.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.
Helping Bailey on the boards was sophomore
Roman McKnight who had 9 points and 13 rebounds with five blocks.
The Eagles finish the regular season in fourth place and will play Colorado Northwest this Thursday in the Region XVIII tournament in Taylorsville.
Tip-off between the Eagles and CNCC is set for 7:00 p.m. inside Bruin Arena on the SLCC Redwood Campus.