Thunderbirds Win Season Opener
Balanced attack leads the Thunderbirds to victory
UNITED TRIBES 119, STONE CHILD COLLEGE 112
Amaury Matthews scored 27 points to lead seven players in double figures as United Tribes opened the season with a 119-112 victory over Stone Child College on Wednesday.
Allis Tahahwah and Antwan Antonio each added 17, Adrian Farmer had 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds, Xavier Norris had 11 and Jordan Hipp and Ernest Grant each added 10.
United Tribes next game is at home against Region IX foe Northwest College from Powell, WY on Saturday at 2 p.m.
STONE CHILD COLLEGE (112): L.Oats 5-10 7-9 18, J.Daychild 4-8 0-0 9, L.Oats 6-11 2-3 16, L.Plainbull 2-9 0-0 4, R.Guardipee 6-12 1-2 17, A.Standing Rock 10-22 8-8 34, C.Montes 0-0 0-0 0, S.Folgerhatier 1-3 0-0 3, C.Brown 5-9 1-4 11. Totals: 39-84 19-26 112.
UTTC (119): Amaury Matthews 7-23 11-14 27, Allis Tahahwah 6-7 5-8 17, Xavier Norris 5-9 0-0 11, Lyle Rader 2-5 0-0 4, Jordan Hipp 4-8 2-2 10, Daniel Finley 1-2 1-2 3, Ernest Grant 3-9 2-2 10, Tristen Redhorn 1-3 0-0 2, Antwan Antonio 5-17 3-3 17, Adrian Famer 7-12 0-0 14, Darion Joseph 0-0 0-0 0, Wade Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Bear Mosley 2-2 0-0 4. Totals: 43-97 24-31 119.
Halftime: UTTC 56, SCC 48.
3-pointers: SCC 15-40 (L.Oats 1-2, Daychild 1-4, L.Oats 2-4, Plainbull 0-4, Guardipee 4-7, Standing Rock 6-14, Folgerhatier 1-3, Brown 0-2), UTTC 9-28 (Matthews 2-6, Tahahwah 0-1, Norris 1-2, Rader 0-2, Hipp 0-1, Finley 0-1, Grant 2-4, Redhorn 0-1, Antonio 4-9. Farmer 0-1). Rebounds: SCC51 (Brown 9), UTTC 54 (Farmer 7). Fouls: SCC 22, UTTC 24. Fouled out: L.Oats, Farmer. Assists: SCC 24 (Standing Rock 6), UTTC 17 (Hipp 4). Turnovers: SCC 19, UTTC 15. Steals: SCC 7 (3 with 2), UTTC 14 (Matthews 6). Blocked shots: SCC 3 (Brown 2), UTTC 3 (3 with 1).