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Show By MILES SHAW Asst. Section Editor NIKKI DORBER | The Signpost 10 | MyWeberMedia.com| February 23, 2021 Weber State men’s basketball team ran away with a 22-point victory against Northern Arizona, 74–52. It was the second victory for the Wildcats over the Lumberjacks and WSU’s third straight win. “We weren’t getting better at all; we weren’t very good,” Wildcats Head Coach Randy Rahe said. “Then we started to get back into conference play, and I could tell from one weekend to the next we were getting a little bit better, and so it’s all about continuity.” Isiah Brown’s back-to-back 3-pointers to start the game not only gave the Wildcats a quick 6–0 lead, but sent WSU’s mascot Waldo into a dancing frenzy and put the fans inside the Dee Events Center on their feet. “You know, he [Brown] did it both nights. He came out Thursday and made some shots, and I think he gives our team confidence when we see that ball go in early,” Rahe said. “He’s a confident player, and he took the shots that came to him.” In what’s becoming a theme for the Wildcats this season, the whole team got involved in scoring. “I thought we played good offense. We’ve been pretty consistent over the last three Weber State’s Seikou Sisoho Jawara with a 2-point bucket against Northern Arizona. weeks or so getting a lot of guys in double figWith 2:11 to go in the opening half, Porter ures, which is exactly what I envisioned with least four players finished in double digits for the rebound off his missed layup twice before WSU. drawing a foul and heading to the free-throw buried a deep 3-pointer, followed two possesthis team,” Rahe said. “We’ve got some pretty Following Brown’s back-to-back buckets line. sions later by Sisoho Jawara laying in an easy good players and we got to spread the wealth.” to start the game, Carlson threw down a “When you’ve got a guy [Jones] who embucket to send the Wildcats to the second half Five players scored in double digits, led by two-handed slam to take an 8–4 Wildcat lead. braces the little things to help your team win, with a 32–23 lead. Brown and Zahir Porter, who finished with 15 In the first half, Grizzly Luke Avdalovic hit it’s huge for chemistry and togetherness, and Coming out of the halftime locker room, the and 13 points and shot a combined five of 12 three straight 3-pointers to lead NAU on an it makes other guys play with a little more enWildcats went on a 9–2 run capped off by Carlfrom 3-point range. 8–2 run and brought the Lumberjacks to withergy,” Rahe said. son landing a 3-pointer and powering home Seikou Sisoho Jawara put up 11 points and in one point, trailing 15–14. Jones snagged seven of his eight total rea layup, despite taking a blow to his face that led the team in assists, dishing out six, includBut this was the closest the Lumberjacks bounds in the fist half. sent him to the foul line. ing multiple one-handed passes to his Wildcat would be to WSU the rest of the game. Porter and Sisoho Jawara went on a 7–0 “We definitely shut down their leading scorteammates, leading to easy baskets. Jones fought in the paint all game long for run for the Wildcats at the end of the first er. We beat them on the boards.... We just did Cody Carlson and Dillon Jones each put up the Wildcats, including a possession with unhalf. Porter crossed up his man, sending him a really good job overall today,” Carlson said. 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds on the der five minutes to play in the fist half where backwards, and drove to the hoop for the easy “And you know, the second day people start to day. he battled on the offensive glass, grabbing lay-in. figure out the team, so the game just naturally It was the 13th game this season where at |