Men’s Basketball

ST. GEORGE, Utah-On a night whereon three seniors were honored for No. 15 Dixie State men’s basketball, the brightest of them all preserved a key victory for the Traiblazers Saturday evening.

Star guard Jack Pagenkopf amassed a career-high 27 points on 11-20 from the field as Dixie State came back to defeat Fort Lewis 73-69 at Burns Arena in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men’s basketball action.

Pagenkopf added 4 assists, giving him 151 assists on the season, a new program record.

Hunter Schofield stepped up with 19 points and 6 rebounds on 9-15 from the field for the 21-4 (16-3 in RMAC play) Trailblazers, who shot 62.1 percent from the field in the 2nd half, outscoring the Skyhawks 46-35 in the stanza.

Riley Farris had 21 points in the loss for the Skyhawks, who fell to 13-12 and 7-12 in RMAC play.

Dixie State returns to action Friday at Regis followed by a Saturday tilt at Colorado Christian.

Baseball

ST. GEORGE, Utah-Griffen Herrera had an insurance RBI single in the 7th Inning and Joseph Kim put the game away with a 2-run homer in the 8th Inning as the Azusa Pacific Cougars got past Dixie State 11-8 Saturday at Bruce Hurst Field in non-conference baseball action.

The 5-7 Cougars overcame a 5-0 deficit in the 2nd Inning with home runs from Nick Estrella and Tido Robles to pull to within 5-4 in the top of the 5th Inning.

Will Stroud’s 5th Inning RBI single pulled Azusa Pacific to a 5-5 tie before the Trailblazers responded with right fielder Lane Pritchard scoring on a balk and Tyler Hollow’s RBI double making it a 7-5 Dixie State lead headed to the 6th Inning.

From there on out, Kim and Herrera’s heroics lifted the Cougars to victory. The loss was the Trailblazers’ second in a row after starting the season 9-0.

Dixie State is next in action Saturday at 6:00 pm at Bruce Hurst Field against Concordia (Ore.). The Trailblazers will host the Cavaliers for a three-game series, including a Sunday doubleheader.