Southern Utah Thunderbirds

3-2 overall, 0-0 Big Sky, margin +27.2

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-7.8

net rating per 100 · #259 in D-I · model

105.4

adjusted offense · #177

113.2

adjusted defense · #315

72.0

pace, possessions / 40 · #83

-23.9

strength of schedule so far · #343

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Player of the Night JaJuan Nicholls: 17 points, 6 rebounds (W 97-53 vs. Grace (CA)) Thursday, Nov. 5

Rotation

#	Player	Pos	Cl	Ht	GP/GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	eFG%	TS%	Rating
35	Jaiden Feroah	F	SR	6' 9"	5/5	21.0	8.2	4.8	1.2	74.0	73.0	+2.9
3	Rashaad Davis FR	G	FR	5' 10"	5/0	18.8	4.2	1.8	4.6	34.0	36.3	-7.0
24	Cale Barclay	F	SO	6' 8"	5/5	16.2	7.8	3.4	3.2	65.2	67.9	+0.2
7	JaJuan Nicholls	F	JR	6' 9"	5/5	16.2	11.4	5.4	1.0	58.5	58.8	+0.7
22	Anthony Breland	G	SO	6' 2"	5/0	15.8	12.8	3.4	2.0	62.0	63.5	-3.0
5	Dylan Sanders	G	JR	6' 4"	5/5	15.8	7.0	1.8	0.6	56.9	58.6	-3.2
11	Juok Riak	F	JR	6' 8"	5/0	15.6	4.4	3.6	2.0	38.0	40.4	-3.4
33	Chase Degraffenried	G	SO	6' 4"	5/5	14.4	7.0	3.0	1.8	70.0	74.4	+0.8
10	Jordan Brown	G	SO	6' 1"	5/0	11.6	5.8	2.8	2.2	41.4	46.5	-2.2
2	Dezhon Hall FR	G	FR	6' 3"	5/0	10.2	7.6	2.2	0.8	59.5	68.8	-2.3
6	DJ Smith FR	F	FR	6' 10"	5/0	9.8	6.2	4.2	1.4	67.5	68.5	+1.8
32	Mikhail Protsenko FR	C	FR	7' 1"	5/0	9.2	6.0	1.4	0.2	100.0	93.3	-2.9
0	Brayden Johnson	G	JR	6' 1"	5/0	9.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	25.0	36.3	-3.4
4	Zeplin Kidd	G	SO	6' 7"	5/0	8.6	0.6	2.2	0.4	30.0	30.0	-1.7
1	Jalik Nicholls	F	SO	6' 6"	5/0	7.8	6.8	1.6	1.2	82.5	75.1	-2.0

Box scores from ESPN. eFG% weights threes; TS% includes free throws.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Watch	Result	Line	Rest	Miles
Mon 11/2	vs West Coast Baptist Eagles	ESPN+	W 134-69	–	–	–
Thu 11/5	vs Grace (CA) Talons	ESPN+	W 97-53	–	2	–
Sat 11/7	vs Bethesda Flames	ESPN+	W 143-49	–	1	–
Thu 11/12	at High Point Panthers	ESPN+	L 59-88	+26.5 miss	4	1,823 +2h
Sat 11/14	at Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACCNX	L 51-89	+34.5 miss	1	17 +2h
Thu 11/19	at Texas Longhorns	SECN+	8 PM ET	–model +28.6 · 1% win	4	2,822 +1h
Mon 11/23	vs Arkansas State Red Wolves N	ESPN+	3:30 PM ET	–model +3.0 · 40% win	3	1,113 +2h
Tue 11/24	at Florida International Panthers	ESPN+	1 PM ET	–model +12.8 · 14% win	0	–
Wed 11/25	vs Long Beach State Beach N	ESPN+	1 PM ET	–model +3.7 · 38% win	0	–
Thu 12/3	vs Idaho State Bengals Big Sky	ESPN+	8:30 PM ET	–	7	2,086
Sat 12/5	vs Weber State Wildcats Big Sky	ESPN+	8:30 PM ET	–	1	–
Tue 12/8	at Washington Huskies	BTN	10 PM ET	–	2	831 -1h
Sat 12/12	at San José State Spartans	–	5 PM ET	–	3	710 -1h
Tue 12/22	at Utah Utes	ESPN+	9 PM ET	–	9	707
Thu 12/31	at Eastern Washington Eagles Big Sky	ESPN+	9 PM ET	–	8	937 -1h
Sat 1/2	at Idaho Vandals Big Sky	–	5 PM ET	–	1	59 -1h
Thu 1/7	vs Northern Colorado Bears Big Sky	–	8:30 PM ET	–	4	657
Sat 1/9	vs Portland State Vikings Big Sky	–	8:30 PM ET	–	1	–
Sat 1/16	at Utah Tech Trailblazers Big Sky	–	9 PM ET	–	6	–
Mon 1/18	vs Montana State Bobcats Big Sky	–	8:30 PM ET	–	1	–
Mon 1/25	at Montana Grizzlies Big Sky	–	9 PM ET	–	6	637
Thu 1/28	at Weber State Wildcats Big Sky	–	8 PM ET	–	2	403
Sat 1/30	at Idaho State Bengals Big Sky	–	6 PM ET	–	1	116
Thu 2/4	vs Idaho Vandals Big Sky	–	8:30 PM ET	–	4	360
Sat 2/6	vs Eastern Washington Eagles Big Sky	–	8:30 PM ET	–	1	–
Mon 2/8	at Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Big Sky	–	8 PM ET	–	1	188
Sat 2/13	vs Utah Tech Trailblazers Big Sky	–	8:30 PM ET	–	4	188
Thu 2/18	at Portland State Vikings Big Sky	–	10 PM ET	–	4	734 -1h
Sat 2/20	at Northern Colorado Bears Big Sky	–	4 PM ET	–	1	972
Mon 2/22	at Montana State Bobcats Big Sky	–	9 PM ET	–	1	483
Sat 2/27	vs Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Big Sky	–	8:30 PM ET	–	4	563
Mon 3/1	vs Montana Grizzlies Big Sky	–	8:30 PM ET	–	1	–

Line is this team's spread (DraftKings via ESPN for finished games, our snapshots for upcoming). "cover" / "miss" is against that number. Click a result for the box score. Rest is full days off; miles are estimated travel into the game, with any time-zone change. Season total: 16,406 miles. See the route on the travel map · TV schedule.

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Players

Jaiden Feroah #35 · F

Player rating+2.9#7 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense+2.3#11

Defense+0.6#27

186 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 17%

8.2 pts4.8 reb1.2 ast21.0 min 16-25 FG5-12 3PT4-7 FT 73.0 TS%12.2 shots+TO/40

Bio: Senior · 6' 9" · 214 lbs · Draper, UT · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	14	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	0	2
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	17	11	4-5	2-3	1-2	6	1	0	0	1
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	12	5-7	2-4	0-0	3	1	1	1	1
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	32	8	3-5	1-3	1-3	10	2	2	1	2
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	29	6	2-6	0-2	2-2	0	0	1	1	0

Rashaad Davis #3 · G

Player rating-7.0#147 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense-2.5#137

Defense-4.4#146

167 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 22%

4.2 pts1.8 reb4.6 ast18.8 min 8-25 FG1-7 3PT4-9 FT 36.3 TS%16.2 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 5' 10" · Milwaukee, WI · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	18	7	3-7	0-3	1-3	3	6	0	2
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	16	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	1
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	14	11	4-5	1-2	2-2	2	6	0	0
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	24	1	0-8	0-1	1-4	3	6	5	1
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	22	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	4	3	0

Cale Barclay #24 · F

Player rating+0.2#42 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense+2.8#6

Defense-2.6#115

144 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 20%

7.8 pts3.4 reb3.2 ast16.2 min 15-23 FG0-5 3PT9-13 FT 67.9 TS%14.7 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 8" · Herriman, UT · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	10	13	5-5	0-0	3-3	2	3	0	0	0
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	13	7	3-3	0-0	1-2	4	3	0	1	1
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	6	3-4	0-1	0-0	5	7	0	3	0
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	25	10	4-9	0-2	2-4	3	2	1	1	1
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	20	3	0-2	0-2	3-4	3	1	0	1	0

JaJuan Nicholls #7 · F

Player rating+0.7#29 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense-0.6#92

Defense+1.3#15

143 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 39%

11.4 pts5.4 reb1.0 ast16.2 min 24-41 FG0-1 3PT9-17 FT 58.8 TS%28.4 shots+TO/40

Bio: Junior · 6' 9" · 220 lbs · Scranton, PA · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	12	14	6-7	0-0	2-2	5	1	1	1	1
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	15	17	7-9	0-0	3-4	6	1	1	0	0
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	11	5-5	0-0	1-3	4	2	1	0	0
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	15	3	1-4	0-0	1-4	2	1	3	0	1
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	26	12	5-16	0-1	2-4	10	0	3	0	2

Anthony Breland #22 · G

Player rating-3.0#112 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense-0.5#87

Defense-2.5#114

141 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 38%

12.8 pts3.4 reb2.0 ast15.8 min 23-46 FG11-25 3PT7-10 FT 63.5 TS%28.6 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 2" · 190 lbs · Newton, NC · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	14	12	6-9	0-1	0-1	5	4	1	2
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	12	15	4-8	3-6	4-6	2	1	0	1
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	15	20	7-12	5-9	1-1	4	4	0	0
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	18	10	4-9	2-5	0-0	5	1	4	0
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	20	7	2-8	1-4	2-2	1	0	1	0

Dylan Sanders #5 · G

Player rating-3.2#117 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense-1.3#114

Defense-2.0#98

141 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 22%

7.0 pts1.8 reb0.6 ast15.8 min 14-29 FG5-17 3PT2-2 FT 58.6 TS%16.6 shots+TO/40

Bio: Junior · 6' 4" · Aurora, CO · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	10	11	4-4	3-3	0-0	1	0	0	0
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	15	9	3-8	1-5	2-2	0	2	0	4
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	6	3-7	0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	27	7	3-8	1-6	0-0	5	0	2	2
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	14	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1

Juok Riak #11 · F

Player rating-3.4#120 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense-1.0#107

Defense-2.3#108

139 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 20%

4.4 pts3.6 reb2.0 ast15.6 min 9-25 FG1-5 3PT3-5 FT 40.4 TS%15.0 shots+TO/40

Bio: Junior · 6' 8" · Madison, WI · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	12	10	5-6	0-0	0-1	3	3	1	0
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	16	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	6	2	0	1
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	14	9	3-11	1-2	2-2	6	2	0	0
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	19	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	2	1	0
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	17	3	1-4	0-1	1-2	1	1	0	0

Chase Degraffenried #33 · G

Player rating+0.8#27 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense+1.3#26

Defense-0.6#53

129 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 19%

7.0 pts3.0 reb1.8 ast14.4 min 10-20 FG8-14 3PT7-8 FT 74.4 TS%14.2 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 4" · Salem, UT · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	15	7	1-4	1-4	4-4	6	3	0	3
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	13	6	2-6	2-3	0-0	2	0	0	2
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	7	3-4	1-2	0-0	4	3	0	1
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	16	8	2-3	2-3	2-2	2	1	2	1
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	15	7	2-3	2-2	1-2	1	2	0	0

Jordan Brown #10 · G

Player rating-2.2#94 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense-2.6#138

Defense+0.4#30

104 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 29%

5.8 pts2.8 reb2.2 ast11.6 min 10-29 FG4-16 3PT5-5 FT 46.5 TS%22.2 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 1" · 200 lbs · Atlanta, GA · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	11	10	3-6	1-3	3-3	4	2	1	2
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	16	7	3-10	1-6	0-0	0	2	0	0
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	8	3-5	2-4	0-0	8	6	0	1
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	9	4	1-5	0-2	2-2	2	1	0	1
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	9	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0

Dezhon Hall #2 · G

Player rating-2.3#96 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense+1.1#34

Defense-3.4#140

91 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 31%

7.6 pts2.2 reb0.8 ast10.2 min 12-21 FG1-4 3PT13-15 FT 68.8 TS%23.2 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 3" · Fishers, IN · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	13	11	5-9	0-1	1-1	3	2	0
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	15	10	2-4	0-0	6-8	4	0	1
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	17	5-5	1-1	6-6	4	2	1
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	7	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0

DJ Smith #6 · F

Player rating+1.8#15 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense+1.6#20

Defense+0.1#36

89 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 25%

6.2 pts4.2 reb1.4 ast9.8 min 13-20 FG1-3 3PT4-6 FT 68.5 TS%19.3 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 10" · Dallas, TX · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	17	13	6-9	1-2	0-0	8	1	0	0	2
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	13	6	3-6	0-1	0-0	3	3	1	1	0
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	10	4-5	0-0	2-2	10	2	0	0	2
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	4	2	0-0	0-0	2-4	0	1	0	0	0

Mikhail Protsenko #32 · C

Player rating-2.9#110 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense+0.1#54

Defense-3.0#123

82 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 28%

6.0 pts1.4 reb0.2 ast9.2 min 13-13 FG0-0 3PT4-7 FT 93.3 TS%20.9 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 7' 1" · Belgorod, Russia · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	9	14	7-7	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	9	5	2-2	0-0	1-2	2	0	1	1	0
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	14	5	2-2	0-0	1-2	3	1	0	1	3
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	5	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	5	0	0
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	9	2	0-0	0-0	2-3	1	0	2	1	0

Brayden Johnson #0 · G

Player rating-3.4#121 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense-1.4#115

Defense-2.0#100

82 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 9%

1.0 pts1.0 reb0.8 ast9.0 min 1-6 FG1-4 3PT2-2 FT 36.3 TS%7.0 shots+TO/40

Bio: Junior · 6' 1" · Tulsa, OK · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	17	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	11	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	5	1-2	1-2	2-2	1	2	0	2
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0

Zeplin Kidd #4 · G

Player rating-1.7#83 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense-1.8#124

Defense+0.0#38

78 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 8%

0.6 pts2.2 reb0.4 ast8.6 min 1-5 FG1-3 3PT0-0 FT 30.0 TS%6.5 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 7" · Atlanta, GA · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	15	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	4	0	1	0	2
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	12	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	1
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	6	1	1	0	0
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0

Jalik Nicholls #1 · F

Player rating-2.0#89 of 148 in the Big Sky

Offense-0.1#61

Defense-2.0#97

71 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 34%

6.8 pts1.6 reb1.2 ast7.8 min 14-20 FG5-9 3PT1-6 FT 75.1 TS%26.3 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 6" · Scranton, PA · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs WCBC	W 134-69	13	8	3-5	1-3	1-2	1	2	1	0	0
11-06	vs GRCU	W 97-53	7	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	0	0
11-08	vs BTHS	W 143-49	13	13	5-7	3-4	0-0	4	3	1	2	1
11-13	at HPU	L 59-88	3	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
11-14	at WAKE	L 51-89	3	5	2-2	1-1	0-4	0	0	0	0	0