Minneapolis » Freshman Rodney Williams had 17 points, six rebounds and four steals in his first career start, helping 24th-ranked Minnesota pull away from Utah Valley in the second half of a 76-51 victory on Thursday.

The Gophers were missing top scorer Lawrence Westbrook, and were outrebounded 34-29 the Thunderbirds.

Jordan Swarbick led Utah Valley with 11 points and Tyray Petty had eight points and nine rebounds.

SUU 111, University of the Southwest 51 » Ryan Brimley scored 16 points to lead six Thunderbirds in double figures and every Thunderbird scored and grabbed at least one rebound.

SLCC 71, Southern Idaho 68 » SLCC improved to 6-0 overall and 1-0 in conference play as Darian Norris and Collin Chiverton finished with 19 points and Wil Carter pulled down rebounds on the road.

 

Women's basketball

WSU 78, SUU 41 » Weber State (2-1) hit 13 of 25 shots from 3-point range, including six by Sarah Conner, to run away from Southern Utah (0-3) at the Dee Events Center in Ogden. Connor led Weber with 22 points and Challis Pascucci led the T-Birds with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

No. 1 Union (Tenn.) 93, Westminster 68 » The Griffins lost their second straight game at the Jackson Rotary Classic at Jackson, Tenn. McKenzie Jessop led the Griffins with 20 points and Nicole Yazzie added 12.

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SLCC 80, Southern Idaho 62 » Freshman Haley Holmstead set a single game scoring record with 40 points to lead the No. 3 Bruins over Southern Idaho in SWAC play at Twin Falls, Idaho.

 

Volleyball

SDSU def. Utah 3-1 » Sophomore Sarah Hibbert registered a career-high .577 hitting percentage with a team-high 15 kills but the Utes fell 16-25, 24-26, 25-23, 21-25 in a Mountain West Conference match at Peterson Gym.

BYU def. Air Force 3-0 » Kayla Walker had 10 kills and Brigham Young improved to 8-7 in MWC play with a 25-11, 26-24, 25-16 sweep of the Falcons in its second-to-last game of the season.

USU def. Nevad 3-1 » Sophomore outside hitter Liz McArthur had 21 kills and eight digs to lead Utah State to a four-set win (24-26, 26-24, 25-16, 25-19) to ends its season with a 6-10 mark in the Western Athletic Conference play.