Weber State beats Tarleton State - 01/17/21
OGDEN (wire services) Zahir Porter scored 23 points and Isiah Brown scored 22 points, and Weber State thwarted Tarleton s upset bid with a 94-79 win in a non-conference matchup Sunday night.
Tarleton led 44-35 at halftime, extended the margin to 14 on two occasions before Weber State (6-3) of the Big Sky Conference took control.
The Wildcats trailed 51-37 with 17:09 left before outscoring Tarleton 19-4 in just under the next six minutes. Porter sank a pair of foul shots and 3-pointer for a 56-55 lead and Weber State never trailed again. We needed something to get our juices flowing. We re a pretty good defensive team, and we just couldn t guard them, Weber State coach Randy Rahe said. I thought it was a good game, it got everyone going, and guys were just flying around. And they loved to play it.