Toolson with 17, Utah Valley rolls to 73-47 win over Seattle
OREM, Utah -- Conner Toolson scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds and Utah Valley rolled to 73-47 win over Seattle on Saturday night in a regular season finale.
Toolson was 6 of 10 from the field including four 3-pointers for the Wolverines (21-9, 10-4 Western Athletic Conference). Kenneth Ogbe added 13 points and six boards.
Utah Valley will enter the WAC Tournament as the No. 2 seed, playing either Cal State Bakersfield or UMKC on March 8.
Toolson drained a pair of 3-pointers early in the first half and Ogbe, Jerrelle DeBerry and Ben Nakwaasah each added another to help the Wolverines build to a 31-20 lead at the break.
Utah Valley led by double digits throughout the second half and two more Toolson 3s helped make it 54-34 with 6:49 to go.
Aaron Menzies led the Redhawks (19-12, 8-6) with 10 points and eight rebounds. Seattle enters the WAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Brad Fowler
- Ronnie Hernandez
- Doug Sturdivan
2023-24 Western Athletic Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Canyon | 17-3 | - | 30-5 |
Tarleton State | 16-4 | 1 | 25-10 |
UT Arlington | 13-7 | 4 | 20-14 |
Seattle U | 11-9 | 6 | 23-14 |
Utah Valley | 11-9 | 6 | 16-16 |
Stephen F. Austin | 10-10 | 7 | 18-15 |
Abilene Christian | 10-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
California Baptist | 8-12 | 9 | 16-17 |
Utah Tech | 7-13 | 10 | 11-20 |
Southern Utah | 5-15 | 12 | 10-21 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | 2-18 | 15 | 6-25 |