ST. GEORGE, Utah – Utah State's golf team shot a 3-over 291 on Saturday in the second round of the Pizza Hut-Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational.
 
The Aggies are in ninth place at 7-over 583 following the first two days of the tournament, which is being hosted by Southern Utah at Sunbrook Golf Club. At 26-under par, Middle Tennessee continued to lead the 14-team field, followed by Oral Roberts (-14), Dixie State (-10), Sacramento State (-8) and Southern Illinois (-7).
 
After opening the tournament with a 1-over 73, Javier Vazquez climbed into the top-20 on Saturday as the sophomore shot a 1-under 70 – the lowest by any Aggie on the day – and is tied for 17th place.
 
John Cook, making his collegiate debut and playing as an individual, is also tied for 17th at 1-under 143. The sophomore led Utah State on Friday with a 4-under 68.
 
Senior Jesse Henderson, along with freshmen Luis Gerardo Cantu and Julio Arronte Sanchez, are all tied for 41st at 4-over 148, while senior Cameron Tucker is tied for 57th at 7-over 151.
 
Besides Cook, the Aggies have two other golfers playing as individuals. Sophomore Purin Yingpisit is tied for 61st (8-over 152) and sophomore Spencer Panter is tied for 80th (16-over 160).
 
Playing as an individual, North Dakota State's Nate Deziel is the leader in the clubhouse at 10-under 134, just two shots better than Southern Illinois' Matthis Besard, Oral Roberts' Dustin Hasley and Sacramento State's Ethan Davidson.
 
The three-day tournament concludes Sunday with golfers playing 18 holes. 
 
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Pizza Hut-Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational
Date: Feb. 11-13
Host Course: Sunbrook Golf Club 
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,900 
Live Scoring: https://bit.ly/3gFAmhG 

TEAM RESULTS 
1. Middle Tennessee – 276-274=550 (-26)
2. Oral Roberts – 284-278=562 (-14) 
3. Dixie State – 288-278=566 (-10) 
4. Sacramento State – 283-285=568 (-8) 
5. Southern Illinois – 284-285=569 (-7) 
9. UTAH STATE – 292-291=583 (+7) 
 
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 
1. *Nate Deziel, NDSU – 66-68=134 (-10) 
T2. Matthis Besard, SIU – 67-69=136 (-8)
T2. Dustin Hasley, ORU – 66-70=136 (-8)
T2. Ethan Davidson, Sac. State – 65-71=136 (-8)
T5. Kai Iguchi, UVU – 71-66=137 (-7)
T5. Kevin Jegers, MT – 69-68=137 (-7) 
 
UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 
T17. Javier Vazquez – 73-70=143 (-1) 
T17. *John Cook, USU – 68-75=143 (-1)
T41. Jesse Henderson – 75-73=148 (+4) 
T41. Luis Gerardo Cantu – 73-75=148 (+4) 
T41. Julio Arronte Sanchez – 71-77=148 (+4)
T57. Cameron Tucker – 78-73=151 (+7) 
T61. *Purin Yingpisit – 74-78=152 (+8) 
T80. *Spencer Panter – 84-76=160 (+16) 
 
* = Playing as an individual  
 
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