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OGDEN J.J. Overton will trade in Wolverine green for Wildcat purple for his final season of college basketball. The 6-foot-6, 190-pound senior from San Diego will graduate and transfer to Weber State for his final season of eligibility, a source confirmed to KSL.com. Overton s transfer was first reported by CBS Jon Rothstein. Overton, who played two seasons at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, tied for the lead in scoring (with teammate Trey Woodbury) for Utah Valley in 2020-21 when he averaged 15.6 points on 50.7% shooting. The senior whose father, Chuck, played two seasons at Salt Lake Community College also averaged 4.2 rebounds per game trailing only standout posts Evan Cole (6.4 rpg) and Fardaws Aimaq (15.0 rpg), the standout center who recently declared for the NBA draft but did not sign an agent so as to keep his collegiate eligibility. ....
It was just a slightly better night for Tillman. The Utah transfer-turned-Rebel-turned-Aggie poured in 23 points and four rebounds as third-seeded New Mexico State built up a big lead and cruised to a 78-62 win over No. 2 Utah Valley in the semifinals of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament late Friday night. Jabari Rice added 13 points, four rebounds and two assists, and Johnny McCants added 9 points, six rebounds and three assists for the Aggies, who led by as much as 20 midway through the second half. Trey Woodbury, the Clark High product who played at UNLV before transferring to Utah Valley, poured in a career-high 34 points for the Wolverines, the WAC s co-champion and No. 2 seed that never found the appropriate shooting feel all night. J.J. Overton supplied 11 points and three rebounds, and Fardaws Aimaq added 12 boards. ....
By - Associated Press - Saturday, March 13, 2021 LAS VEGAS (AP) - Donnie Tillman scored a season-high 23 points and New Mexico State defeated No. 2 seed Utah Valley 78-62 in Friday’s semifinal round of the Western Athletic Conference. Tillman scored five points before the game was two minutes old and No. 3 seed New Mexico State (12-7) led comfortably the entire way. The Aggies will take on top-seeded Grand Canyon in the title game Saturday. New Mexico State has beaten the Antelopes for the WAC’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament in 2018 and 2019. Last year’s game was canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. ....
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... NMSU senior Johnny McCants drives to the basket during Friday’s WAC Tournament semifinal win over Utah Valley at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Courtesy NMSU Athletics)This was not the road the New Mexico State men’s basketball team had been used to taking. But the destination is exactly the same as it has been for the past decade. Thanks to a wire-to-wire 78-62 semifinal win over No. 2 Utah Valley on Friday night, the third-seeded Aggies advanced to another Saturday night WAC Tournament championship game at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is NMSU’s ninth-consecutive appearance since 2012 in the league’s title game, which was not played in 2020 due the COVID-19. ....