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No. 4 seed Southern Utah will face No. 13 seed North Alabama in the opening round of the CBI Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Thunderbirds came up short of the NCAA Tournament when they lost to Grand Canyon in the WAC Tournament title game. North Alabama is on a three-game losing skid and was one of the final teams included in this field.
Southern Utah is coming off a disappointing finish to the WAC Tournament after playing in one of the most thrilling games of the college basketball season in the semifinals. The Thunderbirds, who were the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament, put together a miraculous rally against second-seeded Utah Valley to erase a 23-point deficit in the final 15 minutes. They trailed by 16 points with 6:42 remaining before racing all the way back and capped it off with a game-winning 4-point play with four seconds left. Southern Utah was unable to capitalize on that win, losing to Grand Canyon by 18 points in the championship.
4?? point play for @mufausett ????#TBirdNation pic.twitter.com/YW0X2CmrF4
— SUU Men's Basketball (@SUUBasketball) March 12, 2023
The Thunderbirds have been a decent offensive team this season, ranked No. 88 in KenPom’s adjusted efficiency ratings on that end of the court. They are inside the top 150 in 3-point percentage (34.7), 2-point percentage (51.5) and free-throw percentage (73.4). However, they are outside the top 200 in turnover rate and offensive rebounding rate, despite being No. 43 in average height. North Alabama has been disastrous defensively, ranked No. 279 in field goal percentage and No. 336 in turnover rate. Senior guard Tevian Jones leads Southern Utah with 17.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, while senior forward Maizen Fausett is adding 12.3 points and 6.5 rebounds.
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