SUU men’s basketball picks up first win of the season

by Spencer Rodak

Photo by MontyLov, Unsplash

The SUU men’s basketball team won its regular season home opener on Thursday night, defeating San Jose State 81-69.

The T-Birds picked up their first win of the young season, moving to 1-2 overall. San Jose dropped to 1-2 overall.

SUU controlled the game for most of the first half, including an 8-0 spurt that put the T-Birds up 23-12 with six minutes remaining in the opening half.

SUU went into the break holding a 32-20 advantage.

Brandon Better led the T-Birds in the first half, scoring 15 points while draining 4-of-7 three pointers.

Despite a hot start to the second half for the Spartans, SUU was able to maintain its lead, which didn’t drop below double digits until seven minutes into the half.

The T-Birds held the lead throughout the second half and claimed an 81-69 victory.

Jadon Cohee was the leading scorer for SUU, dropping 19 points. Christian Musoko chipped in 10 points for the T-Birds.

SUU will be back in action on Tuesday, November 21 when they take on Benedictine University at Mesa at the America First Event Center. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m. All games can be heard on KSUB 590 AM.