Logan Corta – USU Eastern Athletics

Photo courtesy of Jeff Barrett

The Eagles defeated Colorado Northwestern Community College Thursday night 96-57. The margin at half was much smaller 35-31, but a second half effort spurred by Gbenga Olubi grew the lead quickly.

Olubi came out of half and hit 2 threes and 2 free throws and from there the Eagles seemed to catch fire.

Jack Jamele put on a shooting performance going 5/9 from three. Both Jamele and Olubi finished with 19 points. Olubi also had 6 rebounds. The momentum kept rolling as Malek Malual and Mabenny Naam turned in three consecutive dunks. Malual finished with 8 points and 8 rebounds, and Naam turned in the same stat line as his big man counterpart, Dyson Lighthall, 7 points and 7 rebounds. Noah McCord helped along the way adding in 8 points and 8 rebounds in the victory.

The Eagles will face the Salt Lake Bruins Saturday at 1 p.m. in Taylorsville.