Leonhardt had one of the finest games of his college career. The junior guard logged his first career 20-point game with 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting with a 6-of-6 night at the foul line. Leonhardt added seven assists, three rebounds, three steals and three blocks while UVU scored 61 points in the second half.

Chance Trujillo (Davis High) and Ethan Potter (Layton High) each scored 12 points for Utah Tech in the loss. Trujillo totaled five assists and Potter grabbed seven rebounds. The Trailblazers were without starting guard Madiba Owana.

Rated 99th nationally in Ken Pomeroy’s ratings following the win, UVU is now a heavy favorite to win the WAC. Utah Tech is 9-9 overall and 2-2 in league play.

— Brett Hein, Standard-Examiner

UTAH STATE 93, BOISE STATE 68

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Michael Collins Jr. scored 25 points as Utah State crushed Boise State 93-68 on Saturday night to extend its win streak to seven games.

Collins shot 8 for 13 (5 for 9 from 3-point range) and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Aggies (14-1, 5-0 Mountain West Conference). Mason Falslev scored 16 points and added nine rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Drake Allen went 6 of 7 from the field (2 for 3 from 3-point range) to finish with 14 points.

The Broncos (9-7, 1-4) were led by Dylan Andrews, who recorded 16 points. Dominic Parolin added 12 points, six rebounds, five assists and two blocks for Boise State. Pearson Carmichael also had 12 points.

Utah State took the lead 42 seconds into the game and did not trail again. Collins led the Aggies with 12 points in the first half to help put them up 46-23 at the break. Utah State extended its lead to 74-45 during the second half, fueled by a 10-0 scoring run. Collins scored a team-high 13 points in the second half as the Aggies closed out the win.

HORNETS 150, JAZZ 95

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brandon Miller scored 18 points, LaMelo Ball had 17 and the Charlotte Hornets built a 47-point lead in the first half of a 150-95 rout against the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.

It was the second-biggest win in franchise history for the Hornets and their largest on the road.

The Hornets bounced back from a pair of frustrating losses in a big way, having fallen to Toronto by one point and Indiana by two in their last two games. Charlotte pounded the NBA champion Thunder by 27 in Oklahoma City before those defeats, previously the Hornets’ most lopsided victory of the season.

Tre Mann led the Hornets with 20 points in 12 minutes off the bench. Miles Bridges and former Jazzman Collin Sexton each scored 15 in a game Charlotte led by 57 in the second half.

Ryan Kalbrenner and Grant Williams returned from injuries for Charlotte, which outscored Utah by 45 points behind the 3-point line in the first half. The Hornets were 16 for 36 while the Jazz hit one of their 12 attempts.

Brice Sensabaugh scored 26 points for the Jazz, who rested leading scorer Lauri Markkanen and were without injured starting center Jusuf Nurkic.

Charlotte led 45-14 after one quarter. The Hornets extended it to 77-30 on Bridges’ 3-pointer with 1:41 left in the half. Utah scored the final eight points of the half.

MAMMOTH 4, BLUES 2

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nick Schmaltz scored twice and assisted on another goal to lead the Utah Mammoth to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night.

Schmaltz now has 43 points in 40 career games against St. Louis. Lawson Crouse and Sean Durzi also scored goals to help Utah win its third straight game. Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves.

Oskar Sundqvist and Pavel Buchnevich scored for the Blues while Joel Hofer made 19 stops. St. Louis dropped its fourth straight road game.

Utah struck first with 4:50 left in the first period when Schmaltz threaded a close-range puck between two defenders.

Crouse briefly gave the Mammoth a 2-0 lead at the 7:45 mark of the second after snapping the puck past Hofer’s glove. The Blues pulled one back only 10 seconds later. Nathan Walker funneled the puck to Sundqvist after winning a faceoff and he caught Vejmelka flat-footed with a long-distance blast.

Durzi restored Utah’s two-goal advantage with 8:17 left in the second, one-timing a pass from Schmaltz. St. Louis countered again with 3:33 remaining in the period, cutting the deficit to 3-2 on Buchnevich’s wrist shot.

Schmaltz connected on a power-play goal at the 6:57 mark of the third to give Utah a two-goal lead once again.