Sean McMullen continued his steady play as Jarred  Bossio and Stefan Richardson recovered from shaky first rounds to help the Idaho Vandals improve by two positions at the Desert Shootout collegiate golf tournament.

McMullen added a 70 to his opening-round 71 for a 141 and a tied for 11^th with 18 holes to play. Bossio and Richardson are in a group tied at 45^th after a 68 by Bossio and a 71 by Richardson gave them matching 146s. Gordon Webb is tied for 64^th at 149 after a second-18 76, and Justin Kadin is tied for 71^st after matching 75s for a 150.

Brigham Young leads the tournament, which concludes Saturday, with a 548. Denver is at 562 and Wichita State is at 564. After rounds of 294-284—578, Idaho is 11^th.