Valley City (VCSU) – It was good to be back home Tuesday night for the Valley City State men’s basketball team.

Playing the first of five straight home games to close out the season, Valley City State snapped a five-game losing streak Tuesday as the Vikings rolled to a 102-64 victory over Trinity Bible College. VCSU opened up a 44-33 halftime lead in the non-conference game and then put the game out of reach in the second half en route to a 38-point victory.

Valley City State improves to 6-17 overall this season. Trinity Bible College drops to 4-17.

All 10 Vikings who played Tuesday night scored at least four points in the big win, including 22 points from freshman Hunter Sand.

Sand knocked down three first-half 3-pointers as he finished with a career-high 22 points after shooting 4-for-4 on 3’s and 9-for-11 overall. Michael Cornelious scored 16 points, while Jake Skelly made 3-pointers and finished with 12 points and five assists.

Hunter McCalla hit three triples and finished with 10 points, and Connor Entzi added 10 points and five rebounds. Denzel Kennedy pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds and scored eight points. Logan Nelson and Austin Lee each scored eight, and Lee added four assists. Logan Miller and Matt Rudolph chipped in four points apiece.

Valley City (VCSU)  Valley City State shot 53 percent overall (38-72), 48 percent on 3’s (13-27) and 72 percent at the line (13-18). The Vikings held a major rebounding advantage, 48-28, which also included a 12-3 edge in offensive rebounds. Valley City State dished 16 assists and committed just nine turnovers.

Trinity Bible shot 37 percent overall (23-63), 31 percent on 3’s (8-26) and 77 percent at the line (10-13). Jamal Williams scored a game-high 26 points to lead the Lions. Leroy Slaton added 18 points and nine rebounds.

Up next: Valley City State resumes conference play this weekend, hosting Viterbo University on Friday and Waldorf University on Saturday. It is a big weekend of games for the Vikings, who are currently tied with Waldorf for seventh in the NSAA standings and are just two games back of Viterbo.