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Southern Utah beats Idaho State 76-68 in Big Sky Tournament

RENO, Nev. (AP) Brandon Better scored 18 points, Dwayne Morgan had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Southern Utah beat Idaho State 76-68 on Tuesday night in the first round of the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

Jadon Cohee added 15 points and Jamal Aytes had 10 for 10th-seeded Southern Utah (12-18), which faces No. 2 seed Idaho (22-8) in a Thursday quarterfinal.

Brandon Boyd made a 3-pointer to pull Idaho State to 66-63 with 2:03 left. Cohee and Better combined for 10-of-10 shooting from the line to end it.

Leaders
Points:	B. Boyd	14.9
Rebounds:	N. Topalovic	6.8
Assists:	G. Luzcando	2.9
FG%:	No qualifiers
FT%:	B. Boyd	80.2%
3P%:	J. Stutzman	52.0%
Steals:	G. Luzcando	2.0
Blocks:	N. Topalovic	1.1

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Virginia	31-3
2	Villanova	36-4
3	Xavier	29-6
4	Kansas	31-8
5	Michigan State	30-5
6	Cincinnati	31-5
7	Michigan	33-8
8	Gonzaga	32-5
9	Duke	29-8
10	North Carolina	26-11
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Villanova	36-4
2	Michigan	33-8
3	Kansas	31-8
4	Duke	29-8
5	Virginia	31-3
6	Texas Tech	27-10
7	Loyola Chicago	32-6
8	Xavier	29-6
9	Purdue	30-7
10	Gonzaga	32-5
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Big Sky Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Montana	16-2	26-8
Idaho	14-4	22-9
Weber State	13-5	20-11
Eastern Washington	13-5	20-15
Northern Colorado	11-7	26-12
Portland State	9-9	20-14
Idaho State	9-9	14-16
Montana State	6-12	13-19
North Dakota	6-12	12-20
Southern Utah	5-13	13-19
Sacramento State	4-14	7-25
Northern Arizona	2-16	5-27
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	73.7 (175)
Rebounds:	6.8 (343)
Assists:	11.8 (302)
FG%:	47.5% (38)
FT%:	67.8% (296)
3P%:	39.6% (20)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	74.4 (228)
Rebounds:	25.3 (169)
Assists:	11.8 (62)
FG%:	45.6% (268)
FT%:	70.6% (133)
3P%:	33.8% (117)