USD Rolls Past Weber State in Utah, 66-44

John Sayers scored 14 points and Marty Munn added 13 Monday night to lead the University of San Diego to a 66-44 nonconference men’s basketball victory over Weber State in front of 5,017 in the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah.

USD (8-5) won for only the second time in six road games this season, and for the first time outside of San Diego. The Toreros’ other road victory came at San Diego State Dec. 19.

USD played without starting guard Efrem Leonard, who suffered a sprained ankle in the Toreros’ 83-72 loss at Colorado Saturday night. Starting center Jim Pelton sprained his right ankle three minutes into Monday’s game and did not return. Both Leonard and Pelton are questionable for USD’s West Coast Athletic Conference opener Friday night at Loyola Marymount.

Sophomore guard Craig Cottrell, starting in place of Leonard against Weber State, scored 11 points. Freshman center Keith Colvin, filling in for Pelton, added 10.

Sayers hit a pair of three-pointers and scored seven points as USD opened a 10-4 lead. The Toreros led, 27-19, at halftime.

Fred Rollin scored on a layup to bring Weber State within 46-35 with 9:26 left, but USD went on a 13-2 run to put the game away. Colvin hit four free throws and Cottrell scored twice off offensive rebounds during the stretch.

Sayers made four free throws and Colvin scored on a dunk during a 7-0 run that gave USD its biggest lead, 66-40, with just more than a minute left.

Weber State (2-11) was 16 of 52 from the floor (31%) and 3 of 17 from three-point range (18%). USD was 22 of 48 from the floor (46%) and 17 of 25 from the free-throw line (68%).