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Utah State 85, Fresno State 79
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
Freshman guard Julion Pearre scored a career-high 19 points, helping Utah State beat Fresno State 85-79 on Saturday night at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah.
Junior guard Darius Perkins also scored 19 points for Utah State (16-10, 9-5 Mountain West Conference), which has won four in a row. Freshman forward David Collette had 16 points and sophomore forward Jalen Moore added 11.
Junior guard Julien Lewis scored 21 points to lead Fresno State (12-15, 7-7). Junior guard Marvelle Harris had 17 points, junior guard Cezar Guerrero 14 and sophomore forward Paul Watson 12.
Utah State took a 19-14 lead on a 3-pointer by sophomore guard JoJo McGlaston with 10:46 to play in the first half. The Aggies went up 32-24 on a 3-pointer by Pearre with 3:16 to go, but the Bulldogs cut the lead to four on a 3-pointer by Guerrero with 11 seconds left.
The Bulldogs reduced the deficit to two early in the second half, but Perkins made two 3-pointers to fuel a 9-1 run, putting the Aggies up 49-39 with 15:56 to go.
Fresno State cut the lead to three on a 3-pointer by Harris with 1:20 remaining, but Perkins answered with a 3-pointer at the other end.
