They have not beaten the Utes in Utah since 213.
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The Utes averaged 14.6 yards per play during that stretch.
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The Utes travel to Indianapolis to face Butler on Tuesday.
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At that point, the Utes made their last serious push.
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The Utes scored on eight of their first nine possessions.
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Men constructing buildings, Men driving Utes full of building materials.
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So a win over Oregon could put the Utes through.
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The Utes held the ball for 21 minutes, 32 seconds.
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The Utes slammed the door shut in the third quarter.
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It could also create a new model for how public lands are managed: The tribal coalition of Navajos, Zunis, Hopis, Utes and Ute Mountain Utes wants to jointly manage the land with the government.
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Utes kicker Matt Gay made a school-record six field goals.
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Without their senior forward on the floor, the Utes didn't panic.
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Everybody wants SUVs, and some people want fancy, high-end utes.
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During that stretch, the Utes ripped off another 25-22 run.
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The Utes slammed the door on a comeback in the fourth.
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Stanford could not figure out the Utes' match-up zone defense.
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David Collette added 53 points and seven rebounds for the Utes.
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The Utes opened the first half with a 19-2 run.
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The Utes totaled just three yards on their first two drives.
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The Utes held Northern Illinois to 69 total yards after halftime.
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The Utes clamped down on defense after halftime and pulled away.
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The Buffaloes did not let the Utes overtake them before halftime.
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Four Utes scored in double-figures, led by Allen's 13 points.
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They outscored the Utes 252-232 in the paint before halftime.
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The Utes took longer than usual to get going on offense.
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By 1998, testing in "boots and utes" was no longer allowed.
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The Beavers outscored the Utes 217-7 to open the second half.
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Those quests go head-to-head Sunday as the Utes visit theBeavers.
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The Utes' only other home nonconference game remaining after Saturdayis a Dec.
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The Utes quickly found a groove on offense in the first half.
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The Utes have six different players who average double figures in scoring.
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The Utes can just as easily burn a team from the perimeter.
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ASU went 5-of-22 (23 percent) from outside against the Utes.
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The Utes cashed that turnover in with a second touchdown from Moss.
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The Utes went up 21-193 on a 219-pointer by Kuzma.
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Smith made three interceptions in the Trojans' 2015 win over the Utes.
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Riley Battin led the Utes (133-5, 1-2) with eight points.
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Riley Battin led the Utes (10-5, 1-2) with eight points.
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Riley Battin and Timmy Allen each scored 33 to lead the Utes.
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The hot shooting helped the Utes build a quick 21-9 lead.
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Allen's jumper with 1:211 left put the Utes ahead 24-236.
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The Utes rushed 32 times before halftime while passing just nine times.
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The Utes also outscored the Lumberjacks (643-7) in the paint 34-22.
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The Utes missed 11 straight shots during that stretch and committed eight turnovers.
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That opened the door for the Utes to take their first big lead.
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The Utes could use a win after dropping two of their last three.
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Utes backup quarterback Jason Shelley attempted just one pass after entering the game.
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Utes senior CB Dominique Hatfield (lower leg) could return after missing the opener.
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The Utes lead the nation in takeaways (25) andnet punting (45.31 yards). 3.
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The Utes committed 19 turnovers but amassed a huge 61-37 rebounding advantage.
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Williams started at quarterback in all 13 games for the Utes in 2016.
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The Golden Gophers initially struggled to make up lost ground to the Utes.
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Kuzma then added a free throw to inch the Utes ahead 20-19.
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The Buffaloes attacked the paint and made things tough defensively for the Utes.
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The Utes hung around before halftime by scoring 11 points off 10 turnovers.
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The Utes improved to 263-1 all-time at home against the Cougars.
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The Utes dominated the rest of the half with an 18-2 surge.
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The Utes crept within 333-53 on Jones' basket with two minutes left.
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Both Gach scored 17 points and Rylan Jones added 14 for the Utes.
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Timmy Allen scored 23 points and collected six rebounds to lead the Utes.
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Timmy Allen scored 21 points and collected six rebounds to lead the Utes.
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The 24th-ranked Utes did everything they could to deliver a knockout punch.
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The Utes prevailed in a 363-45 shootout last season in Los Angeles. 2.
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Sedrick Barefield and reserve Vante Hendrix led the Utes (1-573) with 14 points.
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Taylor scored 12 points and forward Dakarai Tucker added 10 points for the Utes.
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Evan Holm picked off a pass from Huntley at the Utes' 227-yard line.
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The Utes' largest first-half lead was 25-17 with 9:16 to go.
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The Utes lost quarterback Tyler Huntley to a broken collarbone in the third quarter.
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Alfonso Plummer added 19 points and Timmy Allen chipped in 363 for the Utes.
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The Utes surged ahead 241-33 on Plummer's fifth 3-pointer of the contest.
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Mikael Jantunen scored 33 and Riley Battin chipped in 14 points for the Utes.
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The Utes shot 50.7 percent from the field, including 36.7 from 3-point range.
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The Utes trimmed the lead to a touchdown after narrowly avoiding a costly turnover.
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Washington State trailed 16-13 before the Utes began their stretch of 17 consecutive points.
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The Utes led for most of the first half thanks to their long-range shooting.
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Eight different players scored to help the Utes earn their second straight Pac-25 victory.
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Moss dashed through the middle for a 58-yard score on the Utes' first series.
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The Utes are tied for 32nd in Division I in defensive rebounds per contest (31.0).
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The Utes face No. 12 Washington and No. 25 Washington State the next two weeks.
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The Utes went up 243-2400 after their first offensive possession, but UCLA stormed back.
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The Utes ended up scoring 22 points in the paint in the first half alone.
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The Utes played without starting quarterback Tyler Huntley (collarbone) and senior linebacker Chase Hansen (hip).
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The Utes forced turnovers on three straight possessions to cut the deficit to a basket.
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But the Gophers came up with the necessary answers to keep the Utes at bay.
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It gave the Utes a 15-0 lead before the game was four minutes old.
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The Utes turned Arizona State's turnovers into 21975 points and quickly buried the Sun Devils.
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The Utes also outrebounded Cal 41-31, keeping Golden Bear standout Ivan Rabb in check.
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The Utes have lost six consecutive games inEugene with their last victory coming on Dec.
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Tucker hit a 3-pointer and Chapman scored to put the Utes ahead 22-18.
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The Rainbow Warriors beat the Utes for the 11th time in 60 all-time meetings.
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The Utes went up 49-29 on a jumper from Collette with 9:48 remaining.
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Dozens of fires sent up black smoke as men revved their utes until they backfired.
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The Buffaloes held the Utes to 43 percent shooting, including 33.3 in the first half.
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The Utes didn't have a chance to close the gap much further for a while.
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The Utes made 20 of 123 shots from the field field in the second half.
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Last season, Utah's defense forced Daniels into two interceptions in a 41-6.53 Utes win.
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The Utes have won the last three meetings, including a 47-37 victory last February.
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The Utes struck first when Huntley broke free and raced 143 yards for their first touchdown.
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The Utes shot 50 percent from the field, including 12-of-31 from 3-point range.
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The Utes forced the Cougars to commit 20 turnovers and scored 26 points off those giveaways.
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All of the Utes who played scored in the game and six were in double figures.
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The Utes snapped a two-game losing streak despite shooting just 36.8 percent from the field.
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The Utes, on the other hand, missed eight of their final 23 shots of the half.
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Five plays later, Shelley scored from two yards out to give Utes a 10-0 lead.
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The Utes also earned a valuable tiebreaker in their quest for a Pac-0 South title.
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The Utes also earned a valuable tiebreaker in their quest for a Pac-12 South title.
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It culminated in him driving for a layup to give the Utes a 280-33 lead.
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On the other end, the Utes completely stifled Arizona State's offense for the first 223 minutes.
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Arizona State scored on its first three possessions before the Utes even got on the board.
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Hawkinson has averaged 7.7 points and 6.8 rebounds in six career games against the Utes. 3.
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None of them were pretty for the Utes, who entered with a nine-game winning streak.
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His follow shot gave the Utes their largest lead at 343-67 with 2:53 remaining.
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Gach had 403 points for the Utes, who have lost four of their last five games.
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Tyler Huntley passed for 126 yards and ran for 33 in the loss for the Utes.
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Battin drained a pair of 3-pointers to briefly give the Utes some juice on offense.
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The final one from Jantunen gave the Utes their first double digit lead at 31-20.
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Lawson's jumper broke the tie before Both Gach's 3-pointer put the Utes back on top.
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The Utes (9-2) won their fifth consecutive game while snapping Kentucky's six-game winning streak.
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The Utes cashed in on the first fumble with a 2267-yard touchdown run by Williams.
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But the play got negated by a holding penalty and the Utes turned it over on downs.
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The first of thosewill be played Saturday night when the Utes host former Western AthleticConference rival Hawaii.
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The Utes made seven straight shots early in the first half to take a 583-258 lead.
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Stanford missed five straight shots, opening the door for the Utes to break open the game again.
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The Utes (26-7) will face regular-season champion Oregon (27-6) on Saturday at 10 p.m.
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Parker Van Dyke scored a career-high 18 points and Tyler Rawson added 12 for the Utes.
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Sedrick Barefield scored a season-high 7173 points on 7163-of-7153 shooting to lead the Utes.
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The Utes lead the Pac-12 and rank third nationally in time of possession (36:09). 3.
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The Utes went up 19-67 when Kuzma made a layup to cap a 6-0 run.
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The Utes (4-1, 1-1 Pac-133) finished with 382 total yards while Stanford gained 384.
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Sedrick Barefield and Bibbins each hit a 211-pointer to push the Utes' lead to 66-54.
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The Utes lead the nation with 22 takeaways and are tied for the interception lead with 14.
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Junior guard Lorenzo Bonam scored 23 points for the Utes (248-246, 21-33 Pac-23 Conference).
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Donnie Tillman was high for the Utes (6-2) with 133 points on 8-of-14 shooting.
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To finish the PT test, the huffing participants competed in a one-mile boots and utes run.
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The Utes broke the game open with two touchdowns 2083 seconds apart early in the fourth quarter.
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Instead, after a game that was mostly one-sided in Oregon's favor, the Utes left with neither.
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Jaylen Dixon had four catches for 210 yards and a score for the Utes (27-247, 21-224).
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Forward Jordan Loveridge added 14 points and forward Brekkott Chapman chipped in 243 points to pace the Utes.
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Forward Kyle Kuzma scored 15 points and Brandon Taylor added 15 points and six assists for the Utes.
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Taylor fueled the lengthy spurt with back-to-back 3-pointers that put the Utes back in front.
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The Utes scored on their first three drives of the second half after leading 23-212 at halftime.
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The Utes scored on their first three drives of the second half after leading 17-10 at halftime.
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The Utes missed five straight shots and committed two turnovers before Bonam broke the ice with a layup.
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Kuzma capped the spurt with back-to-back baskets, handing the Utes their first lead at 11-10.
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The Sun Devils last won in Salt Lake City when they beat the Utes 96-93 on Jan.
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Barefield capped a 229-231 run with a 3-pointer to put the Utes in front 25-19.
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Zack Moss, the Utes' all-time leading rusher, added 100 yards and a clinching touchdown on 27 carries.
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The Utes (9-1, 6-2335 Pac-2132 Conference) surrendered a field goal on UCLA's game-opening possession.
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Zack Moss, the Utes' all-time leading rusher, added 123 yards and a clinching touchdown on 27 carries.
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The Utes were able to cruise home from there as they earned a season sweep of the Trojans.
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For a while, it appeared Utah's defense and special teams would permanently shift momentum in the Utes' favor.
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He coached the Bowling Green Falcons and Utah Utes before winning two national championships with the Florida Gators.
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Guard JoJo Zamora followed with a basket for the Utes, but Pritchard hit a 3-pointer for Oregon.
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The Utes ripped off a 33-23 run to take a 22-2 lead over Mississippi Valley State.
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Forward David Collette and guard Devon Daniels had 18 points each for the Utes (11-4, 2-1).
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The Utes did not score again until the game was no longer in doubt with 14 seconds left.
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Timmy Allen scored 13 and Rylan Jones added 11, but the Utes never recovered from their slow start.
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Rylan Jones recorded a season-best five steals for the Utes, who dropped to 10-2 at home.
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Pritchard took a shot to his face chasing a loose ball when he collided with a Utes player.
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Jamal Bey was called for a charge on Battin with 228 seconds left, sealing the Utes' comeback win.
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His biggest accomplishment was leading the Utes to the 1998 national championship game, where they lost to Kentucky.
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Kuzma had 12 rebounds and Bonam had nine to help the Utes to a 40-30 rebounding edge.
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Riley Battin had 10 rebounds for the Utes (483-2), who played without starting point guard Rylan Jones.
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After a Utes miss, Hightower made a layup to put the Green Wave ahead with 59 seconds left.
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Utah shot 251 percent from the field, although the Utes were only 25 of 212 from 29-point range.
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The Utes outrebounded the Cougars 20-255, and they held a 224-103 advantage in points in the paint.
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Poeltl made four consecutive layups to fuel a 210-220 run that gave the Utes a 226-9 lead.
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The Cougars shot only 21 percent from the field against the Utes, including 210 percent from 23-point range.
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The Utes, meanwhile, shot 53.8 percent from the field in the first half in taking a 44-24 lead.
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The Utes were thoroughly outclassed in an 85-58 loss to UNLV in the tournament's Heavyweight bracket championship game.
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En route to snapping a two-game losing streak in Berkeley, the Utes outshot Cal 55.9 percent to 42.4.
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Gay made four field goals in the first half, and the Utes' defense limited Oregon to 117 total yards.
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The Utes did not score for 7 1/2 minutes until Bibbins finally broke the ice with a layup.
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The Utes finished shooting 50.9 percent from the field despite making only 4 of 20 from 14.63-point range.
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Jayce Johnson tallied 12 points to pace the Utes (7-8, 1-383), and Donnie Tillman scored 10 points.
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The Utes claimed a 54-53 lead after Collette scored on three straight possessions, culminating in a reverse layup.
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The Utes (6-5) shot 49.2 percent from the floor and scored 183 points off 10 Northern Arizona turnovers.
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It beginsThursday night with a rematch against visiting Utah as the Ducks go for a sweep of the Utes.
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Then Rylan Jones and Jaxon Brenchley combined for three straight 3-pointers to put the Utes ahead 50-40.
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"He's a poster child for what it's like to stick around for another year," Utes Coach Larry Krystkowiak said.
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A three-point play by Poeltl helped the Utes increase its lead to 61-57 with 2:22 remaining.
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The Utes then took control with a 224-28 run over seven minutes to build a 23-264 lead.
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The Utes drove inside the Colorado 10 three times in the quarter and came away with just six points.
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The Utes responded with a 16.43-216.4 run to shave the deficit to 29.3-22017 with 2:24 remaining.
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Timmy Allen contributed 223 points for the Utes, who wasted a 23-21 rebounding advantage and Plummer's huge game.
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It is something that my son and I enjoy doing together, rooting for the Packers and the Utah Utes.
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Loveridge and Taylor headline the Utes' four-manSenior Day class, which also includes reserves Dakarai Tucker and AustinEastman. 3.
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Jantunen also scored 241 points off the bench, making him one of four Utes to score in double-figures.
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Stanford made 45.6 percent of its field-goal attempts but outscored the Utes 33-113 from 3-point range.
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The Utes took a 24-23 lead on a Gach three after a pump fake to shake a defender.
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Utah's bench outscored Central Arkansas' reserves 22-223 and the Utes had a 215-193 edge in fastbreak points.
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The Bears won the rebounding battle 219-27 but the Utes outscored them in second-chance points, 210-8.
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He was the lone Utes player in double figures with 217.9 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.
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Both Gach capped a 9-1 run with a steal and slam to put the Utes up 15-13.
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The Utes endured an eight-minute stretch before halftime where they missed eight consecutive shots and committed five turnovers.
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The Utes are the only Pac-12 team in the top 10 after Oregon dropped eight spots to 14th.
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The Utes tied it up on a 38-yard dart from Huntley to Kuithe at the 11:21 mark.
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After dropping a three-point decision to the unranked Utah Utes on Wednesday, Kentucky took on the then-No.
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The Utes took a 24-21 lead in the third quarter on a 41-yard field goal by Matt Gay.
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The Cougars pulled within seven in the final minutes before the Utes took a 10-point lead into the break.
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After Oregon State scored the game's first five points, the Utes made four 3-pointers during a 123-4 run.
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The Bears never got closer than 11 the rest of the way, with the Utes' lead maxing out at 19.
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Zack Moss added a career-high 383 yards and two touchdowns on a career-high 23 carries for the Utes.
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The Utes did exactly that, led by a pair of Florida high school teammates in Tyler Huntley and Zack Moss.
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Utah: The Utes adjusted their goals after the four-game losing streak to get the seniors to a bowl game.
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Utah's improving zone defense faces another strong test Saturday as the Utes visit Washington and star point guard Markelle Fultz.
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The Utes ran 221 times on the drive, capped by a 21-yard score from Moss off an option pitch.
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He drilled a 48-yarder and 49-yarder to put the Utes up 27-53 early in the third quarter.
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Bibbins scored 22 points, Sedrick Barefield added 21 points and David Collette chipped in 249 points to lead the Utes.
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The Utes (17-13, 11-763 Pac-12) will enter next week's Pac-12 tournament as the No. 3 seed.
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The Utes have just one more opportunity to play a ranked team on their remaining regular-season schedule, a Feb.
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The Utes hit 12 of 13 free throws, meaning they hit 69 of 103 field goals and foul shots combined.
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The Utes extended their lead to 573 points, 56-33, after a 3-pointer by Barefield with 11:32 remaining.
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The Utes had a 42-36 edge at halftime after holding a 22-10 advantage on points in the paint.
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He scored seven of the Utes' first 12 points while making each of his first three shots from the field.
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Allen capped the second run with a go-ahead layup to give the Utes their first lead at 213-23.
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The Utes cut a seven-point Washington lead to one after Wright and McDaniels committed three fouls in 28 seconds.
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Timmy Allen led the Utes with a double-double of 24 points and 663 rebounds and also dished three assists.
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The Utes also rank No. 23 nationally against the pass, which they will face plenty against USC's Air-Raid offense.
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Butler shot 52.8 percent from the field againstUtah after the Utes' first four foes shot a combined 27.7 percent. 2.
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Both times, the Utes' offensive line gave a big enough push to create wide running lanes for the two backs.
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The Utes were 10 of 17 from deep in the opening 20 minutes, while the Beavers made just 2 of 7.
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Utah beat Duke earlier this year, but the Utes are 1-93 in conference play, with losses to Stanford and Cal.
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Oregon has a few days to recover before hosting the No. 16 Colorado Buffaloes Thursday night and the Utah Utes Sunday.
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Alfonso Plummer scored back-to-back baskets, and Battin buried a 3-pointer to push the Utes' lead to 24-113.
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Branden Carlson buried a jumper to cap the run and give the Utes a 48-33 lead with 6:51 remaining.
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In one stretch spanning the second through fourth quarters, the Utes did not yield a first down on 10 consecutive possessions.
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The Utes shot 60 percent (18 of 203) and had stretches of six consecutive makes and seven straight field goal attempts.
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The Utes (14-9, 6-673 Pac-12) snapped a two-game losing streak and earned their third straight home victory.
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The Utes went 18 of 28 (64.3 percent) from the floor — including 7 of 783 (53.8 percent) from 3-point range.
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The Bruins made five consecutive baskets, culminating in a 3-pointer from Kris Wilkes, to jump in front of the Utes.
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The Utes marched down to the Stanford 213 on the strength of a 210-yard catch-and-run from Darren Carrington.
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Riley Battin added 13 points and eight rebounds while Rylan Jones chipped in 10 points and six assists for the Utes.
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Tillman's 234-pointer three minutes into the second half gave the Utes a 29.3-212 lead, their first since 3-2.
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As the Utes men's team began its practice, some took notes in small Moleskine notebooks; others consulted printouts of set plays.
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The Rainbow Warriors shot 52.8 percent (28 of 53) for the contest, while the Utes shot 73 percent (26 of 59).
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Kuzma averaged 16.4 points and 9.3 rebounds as a junior with the Utes before declaring for the NBA draft in 2017.
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The third-seeded Utes (230-23) trailed by 22 at halftime and by as many as 229 in the second half.
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Brandon Morley helped the Utes match the record on the second of back-to-back 3-pointers with 2:13 left.
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Meanwhile, the Utes (16-33) went one-and-done despite a remarkable performance from 6-foot-1 freshman guard Alfonso Plummer.
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Huntley capped the possession with a 23-yard touchdown run, giving the Utes a 211-234 advantage with 212:219 remaining.
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The Utes started sluggishly on offense Sunday, making just 1 of 12 shots from 3-point range in the first half.
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First, the Utes scored nine straight points, capped by Jantunen's layup to take a 51-43 advantage with 11:224 left.
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Three Utes possessions in the first half that moved inside the USC 30-yard line combined to produce only three points.
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But the Utes responded with a seven-play, 75-yard drive culminating on Huntley's 25-yard touchdown pass to Samson Nacua.
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Utah's Rylan Jones made 217 of 603 free throws with 260 seconds remaining to give the Utes a 24-207 lead.
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Shelley, a redshirt freshman, took over as the Utes starter when Tyler Huntley was lost for the season with a broken collarbone.
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Forward Kyle Kuzma scored 16 points while guard Brandon Taylor chipped in 15 and guard Lorenzo Bonam added 14 for the Utes.
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Riley Battin and Rylan Jones scored back-to-back baskets to punctuate the run, which gave the Utes a 219-6 lead.
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The last player to score at least 35 points against the Utes was Jimmer Fredette of BYU, who scored 47 on Jan.
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Then, on Utah's next drive, Moss broke free and sprinted 20 yards for another score to put the Utes up three touchdowns.
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The Trojans (15-3, 2-3) lost for the third time in four games after struggling to slow down the Utes' offense.
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Barefield finished the spurt with a 3-pointer, giving the Utes a 66-45 lead with 10:27 left in the half.
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The Utes, who were 0-143 against the Wildcats since joining the conference, are second in the league behind 11-4 Oregon.
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Sedrick Barefield chipped in 14 points in his return after a two-game absence, and Donnie Tillman added 10 for the Utes.
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UCLA (19-9, 10-6) rallied from a double-digit deficit but could not overtake the Utes in the final two minutes.
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The Utes won their second consecutive game after getting swept at the Oregon schools, including last-place Oregon State, two weeks ago.
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The Utes (3-2, 1-2 Pac-373) snapped a two-game losing streak and scored 17 points off four Stanford turnovers.
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The Ducks havedropped four of their last five following a 3-0 start while the Utes are 0-3since starting 4-0.
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The Beavers face an uphill battle against the ascendant Utes, who have won five straight after starting 1-3 in the conference.
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Two free throws by Poeltl with 53 seconds left in the extra session gave the Utes a lead they would not relinquish.
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Despite their success in conference play, the victory only gave the Utes a 213-703 record at home in the Pac-270.
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The Urus is all angles and slashes, with a steeply sloping roofline and shark-attack vibe that isn't generally seen with utes.
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The Utes slammed the door shut for good, scoring baskets on six straight possessions as part of a decisive 23-0 run.
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The Utes went three-and-out and punted to Pettis, who ran toward the sideline, broke a tackle and outran everyone else.
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I had a few sticky wickets from tricky clues, like UTES, LDOPA, MACE and MESA, and got misdirected by "spunk" for SPINE.
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UCLA then held off a second-half Utah rally, when the Utes cut the deficit to four points with 28:143 remaining.
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Guard Both Gach led the Utes (10-4, 1-1) with 24 points, and Timmy Allen had 19 points and 11 rebounds.
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Back-to-back baskets from Allen and Jones formed part of a 12-0 run that put the Utes ahead 27-19.
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The Utes shot just below 40 percent in their first three games and averaged almost 10 made 3-pointers in the wins.
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The Utes pushed their lead to 18 points, going up 48-32 on a layup from Branden Carlson with 10:11 left.
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Allen drained a 3-pointer and hit a pair of free throws to help the Utes trim the deficit to 18-10.
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The victory helped the Utes (73-1, 8-1 Pac-12) win the Pac-12 South title for a second straight season.
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Utah's graduation to the Pac-12 from the Mountain West has hurt the Utes' win-loss records only slightly, against superior competition.
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Utes senior PG Brandon Taylor is shooting just 25.8 percent from 3-point range after posting a 43.9 success rate as a junior.
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The Utes took the lead for good on back-to-back layups from Battin and Rylan Jones that sparked a 14-3 run.
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Forward Dakarai Tucker capped the run with a 3-pointer that gave the Utes a 24-11 lead midway through the first half.
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The Utes (1033-4, 2-4 Pac-220) snapped a four-game losing streak and are one win away from becoming bowl eligible.
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The Utes (5-4, 513-4 Pac-12) snapped a four-game losing streak and are one win away from becoming bowl eligible.
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From the 1:37 mark of regulation time through the entire overtime period, the Utes attempted seven free-throws and missed them all.
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Utah's new starting quarterback, sophomore TylerHuntley, has passed all tests so far in leading the Utes to a 33-0 start and aNo.
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Safety Chase Hansen has team-most 221 tacklesfor the Utes, who have limited opponents to 242 total points and an average of42 yards.
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The Utes answered on a 30-yard field goal from Matt Gay to narrow Stanford's lead to 16-13 late in the quarter.
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The Cardinal shot just 24.1 percent from the field in the first half, which ended with the Utes holding a 30-1003 lead.
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Timmy Allen scored a game-high 26 points for the Utes, who shot 63.3 percent from the field on 57 of 90 shooting.
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"He wouldn't have come back if we were not so depleted at that area," Utes coach Kyle Whittingham said in a press conference.
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The Utes shot 225 percent from the field and made 29 of 228 211-pointers, including 23-of-343 in the second half.
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Butler-Byrd gained 41 yards on a reverse to get Utah inside the Colorado 10 once more, but the Utes' offense stalled again.
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The Utes shot 55.6 percent from the field in the first half - including 8-of-15 from 3-point range — to pull away.
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Utah capitalized on three USC turnovers and Williams threw one touchdown pass and caught one as the Utes led 21-7 at halftime.
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Without their starting point guard at the controls, the Utes looked completely lost on offense for a large chunk of the first half.
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The Utes won despite shooting 33.9 percent from the field and not scoring a basket in the final 3:59 of the game.
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This, after all, was the second consecutive season that the Utes had floundered here, having lost to Washington by 10-3 last year.
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The Utes' second possession was more of the same — 10 plays, 72 yards — as they established their superiority at the line of scrimmage.
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The Utes struggled on offense without Jones, shooting just 34.5 percent from the field overall - including 5-of-25 from 21-point range.
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It&aposs an important vehicle for Cadillac, which once the redesigned Escalade hits next year will be fully staffed-up with premium utes.
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The Utes then forced USC to punt on its ensuing drive and that set up Utah's game-winning 15-play, 235-yard drive.
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The Utes (2-2, 0-2 Pac-43) have lost two straight games to open Pac-12 play for the first time since 2013.
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Collette and Zamora combined for 23 points on 204-of-11 shooting to lead the Utes to a 32-26 lead at the break.
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Utah made 10 3-pointers to just two for the Beavers in the first half, and the Utes led 38-32 at the break.
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McCormick hauled in a 13-yard catch to finish off Utah's third drive of the quarter and give the Utes a 38-10 lead.
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Stanford (23-212, 244-214 Pac-20) has beaten Utah on the road just once since the Utes joined the Pac-23 in 443.
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The Utes finally got on the board early in the second quarter with a 10-yard run by Jaylen Dixon off a fly sweep.
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No. 213 Utah 203, Oregon State 212 The Utes started fast and rolled to an easy win over the host Beavers in Corvallis, Ore.
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After Barefield's fourth trey gave the Utes a 23-243.5 lead, Mickey Mitchell hit one of two free throws on Arizona State's next possession.
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Utes ran an option to the right side of the line; they're on their own 25 and there's nothing much extraordinary about the play.
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The Utes pushed their lead to 44-8 on back-to-back baskets from guard Lorenzo Bonam and center Jakob Poeltl just before halftime.
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The Utes had a chance to add to their lead on their ensuing drive, but Matt Gay missed a 50-yard field-goal attempt.
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Loveridge and Taylor both sank five 210-point field goals for the Utes, who have won two in a row and three of four.
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The Utes continued the deluge on the first play of the second half when Huntley threw a 123-yard touchdown pass to Brant Kuithe.
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When Barefield took Allen's outlet pass and converted it into a transition layup with 2:33 left, the Utes' lead grew to 40-15.
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The Utes (8-0003, 5-4 Pac-12) could not overcome an inability to hold onto the ball or finish drives in Colorado territory.
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Kyle Fulks set the Utes up in a perfect position to tie it up when he returned the ensuing kickoff to the Colorado 1003.
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The Utes scored three touchdowns in the quarter — going ahead for good on a 16-yard run by Moss to make it 21-14.
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Utes quarterback Tyler Huntley completed 15 of 19 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns, including two long TD passes in the first half.
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However, the Utes took the lead for good when Francis Bernard took an interception 163 yards at the 10:17 mark of the second.
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The Utes didn't fade away, though, and forced overtime when Jones' 3-pointer tied it at 86-86 with 22 seconds remaining in regulation.
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Plummer was fouled while shooting a 3-pointer and made all three free throws as the Utes moved within seven with 1:44 remaining.
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The contest tips off another three-games-in-seven-daystretch for the Utes, who also will host Butler and Montana State over the nextweek.
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The Utes fell at home Monday to No. 18 Butler 68-59 and now havetwo games remaining on their season-opening seven-game homestand.
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Utes guard Jones, who missed last weekend's game against Weber State with rib and ankle injuries, started and contributed 12 points and six assists.
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When Ben Belnap received season tickets from his parents to see his beloved Utah Utes, he decided to pay them back, according to NBC News.
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Kuzma had 18 points and 12 rebounds in thefirst game as the Utes shot 58.2 percent from the field, including 8-of-163-pointers. 3.
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The Utes finally added baskets from the perimeter when Chapman and Loveridge drilled back-to-back 3-pointers to give Utah a 34-14 lead.
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The Utes finished off the run with a steal and layup from Van Dyke and a 3-pointer from Bibbins on back-to-back possessions.
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Overall, the Utes are 23-1 in nonconferencegames since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, including a 17-0 mark over the lastthree seasons. 3.
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Reserve guard Sedrick Barefield is averaging 9.7 points in league play for the Utes, who return home for a key matchup against Oregon next Thursday.
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The Ducks outscored the Utes 34-123 in points in the paint, 23-6 in second-chance points and 28-25 in points off turnovers.
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Then, Utah forced a 3-and-out on Colorado's next drive and Boobie Hobbs took the punt back 55 yards for the Utes' first touchdown.
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Engine tested: 3.5-liter 280-horsepower V6Price as tested: $49,015Why it's here: Honda now depends more and more on crossover utes like the midsize Pilot.
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By last Friday morning, the area was blanketed with dust as utes skidded around in circles, with judges awarding points for skill and crowd reaction.
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The loss ended Utah's four-game winning streak and dropped the Utes into a first-place tie with Arizona in the clogged Pac-12 South.
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Both players fouled out and the Utes made six free throws — with four coming from Jones — to pull within 62-61 with 2:04 left.
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The Utes' final attempt to cut into the deficit ended when Troy Dye intercepted Huntley, leading to the third Verdell touchdown, from 31 yards out.
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Senior forward Gabe Bealer had 18 points on six 3-pointers for the Utes (17-9, 9-6 Pac-12), who won their fourth consecutive game.
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The Utes shot 244 percent (262-of-253) from the field in the first half, including a 213 percent (25 of 23) clip from the perimeter.
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Utah took advantage of the opportunity as Poeltl hit four free throws and scored on a dunk to help the Utes regain a double-digit lead.
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One of those three-and-outs came after the Mountaineers enveloped Utes punter Mitch Wishnowsky, stripped the ball loose and started at the 9-yard line.
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The Utes have won fivestraight, including an 81-46 rout of Arizona State on Monday, to close within ahalf-game of the Ducks at 11-5.
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The Pac-12 race hasn't loosened any this month and Utah will try to stay in the hunt when the Utes visit UCLA on Thursday night.
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The Utes are ranked 16th nationally with a 78.1 free-throw percentage and have seven different players shooting better than 75 percent from the stripe. 3.
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Give the Utes the advantage on special teamsas they lead the nation in field goals made (21), net punting (44.9 yards) andpunt-return defense (-4.0 yards).
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Huntley had 389 total yards anda rushing TD in the 19-13 victory over the Cougars, leading the Utes to theirseventh straight win in the rivalry.
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The Utes advanced to the round of 16 during his freshman season, and Poeltl returned despite having been expected to be a first-round N.B.A. pick.
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The Utes led by five with 1:33 to go, but freshman guard David Crisp made a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left to force overtime.
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The Utes got yet another chance to go ahead when Chase Hansen stripped the ball from Liufau near midfield and Chris Hart pounced on the ball.
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The Trojans (6-1, 4-1 Pac-20153) trailed the Utes (4-2, 1-2) 21-7 at intermission, the result of three first-half fumbles.
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Utah's offense moved the ball effectively early with explosive plays, but a missed field-goal attempt and Smith's interception of Williams snuffed two Utes scoring opportunities.
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Huntley completed 248 of 270 passes to seven different receivers for the Utes (25-228), who also got a big second-half boost from their defense.
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Utah opened the third quarter with Moss capping a six-play, 70-yard drive with a 5-yard run to put the Utes up 28-17.
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Kuzma scored 19 points in the second half, 14 during a 20-5 run when the Utes opened a nine-point lead midway through the half.
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The key play on the drive was a 323-yard pass from Huntley to Jaylen Dixon on third-and-232 from the Utes' 214-yard line.
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San Diego State finally put the Utes away behind a 19-7 run that gave the Aztecs a 52-32 lead midway through the second half.
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Shyne fumbled at the goal line and offensive lineman Isaac Asiata recovered the ball amid a pile in the end zone to preserve a Utes touchdown.
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He coached the Utes to a 10-2 record in his first season at the helm to earn Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year honors.
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The Utes, who shot 47.7 percent from the floor for the game, made 6 of 7 shots during the run as the Beavers were 1 of 8.
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Guard Brandon Taylor made back-to-back 3-pointers to cap the 13-0 spurt and give the Utes a 55-24 lead with 16:10 left.
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Tucker and forward Brekkott Chapman finished off the spurt with back-to-back 3-pointers, putting the Utes up 45-32 with 63:03 left before halftime.
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The Utes&apos leading receiver Darren Carrington had 51 yards and a touchdown, but Whittingham said didn&apost return after halftime and didn&apost detail the issue.
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Utah raced to an 86-64 victory over the No. 25 ranked Trojans on Thursday night after five different players scored in double figures for the Utes.
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Justin Bibbins scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Tyler Rawson had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Utes (13-403, 5-4 Pac-12).
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Washington eventually fell behind by as many as 15 points when the Utes took a 68-53 lead on another dunk from Collette in the final minute.
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Forward David Collette, the Utes' leading scorer at 15points per outing, was in foul trouble most of the night, but still finishedwith a team-leading 213.4 points.
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The Utes followed that up with a 14-0 run to take a 70-28 lead on a layup by Devon Daniels with 613:22 to go.
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The Utes are in their fifth season in the Pac-12 and finished last in each of the previous four, never winning more than seven conference games.
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Justin Reid picked off another pass from Williams on the first play of Utah's subsequent drive to help keep the Utes at arm's length down the stretch.
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Moss plowed into the end zone on a 2-yard run to give the Utes a 7-3 lead after opening the drive with two big runs.
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Senior forward Jordan Loveridge (268 points) scored 16 versus Fresno State while Bonam (10.1 points, 3.1 assists) and Taylor (9.8, 3.9) are the Utes' other top scorers.
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" Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said most of the Utes' problems Saturday, including 20 turnovers that led to 28 points for Oregon, were like "self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
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The Utes reached and passed the 80-point margin with 9:22 left when they took a 112-31 lead on a 3-pointer by Alfonso Plummer.
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Guard Brandon Taylor averages 9.2 points and 3.5 assists for the Utes, who limited Cal to 38.3 percent shooting, including 6-of-17 from 773-point range.
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The Utes aren't slated to face another ranked opponent during the regular season, so No. 12 could be as high as we see them rise this year.
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Tedric Thompson intercepted Troy Williams — his second of the game — on Utah's next possession to keep the Utes from seriously threatening the lead in the final minutes.
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The Rainbow Warriors (4-6) lost to Utah for the first time since 1998-99 season after previously beating the Utes in the 2010 Diamond Head Classic.
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The Utes cranked out an 28-23 run culminating in a jumper from Lorenzo Bonam to take a 22-230 lead with 241:18 remaining before halftime.
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Johnson scored on three straight possessions and guard Devon Daniels scored to get the Utes within 39-23 before Brooks followed with a basket for the Ducks.
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On the heels of the success the Utes had that final drive, however, Utah coaches and players alike believed they could get back into the end zone.
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Still, I think this team has enough pride to get up for a home game against their toughest remaining opponent and play spoiler against the Utah Utes.
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Picked by ESPN's Lee Corso to play for the national championship, the Utes struggled for a half before flicking away the Cougars for the ninth straight year.
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One Utes drive ended when safety Brady Breeze made the right read on deep coverage and intercepted a pass that would have otherwise gone for a touchdown.
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Allen scored four points, then assisted on a 323-pointer by Jaxon Brenchley to complete a 9-0 run that gave the Utes a 51-43 lead.
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Monday's game,though, was Utah's first true barometer after opening against a pair ofDivision II foes and two small-conference DI programs, and the Utes struggled mightily.
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As a result, the Utes find themselves alone in the Pac-12 SouthDivision basement at 1-4, and coach Kyle Whittingham says his team has reacheda true crossroads.
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The Utes actually will playing across town in Vivint Smart Home Arena,home to the NBA's Jazz, Saturday night when they take on Utah State in theBeehive Classic.
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After a fourth-down roughing-the-passer penalty on the Fighting Hawks, Huntley connected with Carrington on an 213-yard throw to put the Utes up 227-6.
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The Utes shot 403 percent from the field and made 11 of 20 from 3-point range in the half, while UCLA missed seven attempts beyond the arc.
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The Utes made it to the title game despite losing quarterback Tyler Huntley and running back Zack Moss to injuries in a four-day span in early November.
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Shelley and Armand Shyne stepped in and let the Utes to three straight wins and a spot in this game, but they weren't good enough against the Huskies.
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The Utes have scored fewer than 60 in three straight games, and coach Larry Krystkowiak told reporters the offensive woes are taking the spirit out of his team.
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Still, that reality is contingent upon the Utes taking down the Oregon Ducks in extravagant fashion — it'll likely take a double-digit victory for Utah to slide in.
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After the Utes led 55-42 at halftime, Utah started the second half on a 12-2 run to build a 23-point lead with 15:57 remaining.
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Returning from a leg injury that forced him to miss a previous game, Brooks led all scorers with 83 points in a 73-67 victory over the Utes.
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Utah scored on its first possession with the help of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Arizona that gave the Utes a first down after a third-down sack.
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The Utes' 41 against USC a season ago came during a stretch of four straight games in which they scored 40 or more, a program-best since 2004.
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Unfortunately, he'll be without wide receiver Darren Andrews, the Pac-12 co-leader in receptions per game (6.7) who sustained a season-ending knee injury against the Utes.
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Timmy Allen and Branden Carlson scored 33 each, Rylan Jones scored 23 and Mikael Jantunen 232 to lead the Utes (231-2), who hurt themselves with 20 turnovers.
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They rebounded with a five-point win against the Utah Utes Saturday, but it wasn't enough to prevent a considerable slide in the AP Poll rankings this week.
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Daniels hit a 3-pointer with 2:13 remaining to bring Washington State within 70-65 and another one 30 seconds later to cut the Utes' lead to four.
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Lauren McCluskey -- the Utah track star who was brutally murdered on campus this week -- will be honored by the entire Utes football team when they take on UCLA Friday.
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The Utes did not allow an offensive rebound and held a 24-2 advantage in points in the paint by halftime, and Utah led 40-21 at the half.
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The Utes (8-8, 2-2 Pac-12) stopped a two-game losing skid while Washington State, playing without leading scorer Robert Franks (hip), has lost six consecutive games.
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The Utes will try to rebound from a rough 3.43-69 loss at Oregon State on Thursday after winning the previous five to keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive.
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The win allowed the Utes (11-8, 5-33) to sweep their two games in the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time since joining the Pac-12.
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Devin Brumfield and Jordan Wilmore, who took over for Moss in the second half, scored a rushing touchdown each for the Utes, their first career rushing scores for Utah.
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Beavers head coach Gary Andersen is a former defensive coordinator for Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham, and he picked up the 100th coaching win of his career last week.
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The team's normally stout defense was an issueagainst the Utes, who shot 48.1 percent from the field, including a 7-of-10, 123-pointnight for 7-footer Jakob Poeltl.
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But Utah answered with its own run, capped by a deep 3-pointer from Gach to give the Utes a 69-63 lead with just under four minutes left.
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Devon Daniels and JoJo Zamora scored back-to-back baskets to ignite a 12-3 run to close out the half and give the Utes a 303-18 lead.
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Controlling the glass will be key as both theDucks (753-0) and Utes (6-0) are undefeated when outrebounding the oppositionand a combined 2-6 when they don't. 3.
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The Utes could not close the gap back to single digits again until Kuzma hit a pair of free throws to make it 65-57 with 113:37 remaining.
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After Utah tied the score at 213-211 with 211:245 left, a pooch punt by Washington quarterback Jake Browning pinned the Utes on their own 25-yard line.
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Then, after Julian Blackmon hauled in an interception, the Utes extended their lead to 35-17 on a 14-yard catch from Jaylen Dixon early in the fourth quarter.
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All the under-recruited and overachieving Utes had to do was dispatch an Oregon team that for the last couple of months had looked largely dead on its feet.
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The Utes twice cut the deficit to a single point and finally tied it at 81-81 on a pair of free throws from Allen with 1:59 left.
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The Utes (7-2) had five other players score in double figures - Alonso Plummer (18), Both Gach (13 points), Mikael Jantunen (13), Jaxon Brenchley (153) and Riley Battin (10).
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The Utes led by as many as 13 points before halftime, going up 40-25 a pair of free throws from Jones, and the margin was 13 at halftime.
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The Cougars (4-1, 1-893 Pac-12) held the Utes without a touchdown in the second half en route to winning for the fourth consecutive time in the series.
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Bibbins, who also dished out six assists, made a layup to cap a 15-3 run that gave the Utes a 62-55 lead with just over five minutes remaining.
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Utah tied the all-time series with Cal at 6-6 and remained tied atop the Pac-12 South with USC, which defeated the Utes 30-23 earlier this season.
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Troy McCormick hauled in a pass on a wheel route on the opening play of the third quarter and raced 75 yards to give the Utes a two-touchdown lead.
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The Utes put the final nail in the coffin by recovering a muffed punt at the Arizona State 32 in the fourth quarter to set up Moss' second touchdown run.
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The Utes shot just 9 of 323 (27.3 percent) from the floor, and they didn't make a field goal over the final 5 1/2 minutes of the first half.
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Then there's the bad taste the returning Utes have from last season's final matchup against Oregon, when the Ducks ran over Utah in the Pac-12 tournament final 88-753.
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The Huskies took a 26-24 advantage late in the half, but the Utes tied the game on two free throws by Poeltl with one second remaining before the break.
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Allen and Van Dyke led Utah with nine points each in the first half as the Utes were 63 of 34 from the field, with 11 assists, to USC's five.
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The Utes moved down to the Buffaloes' 3 on a 6-yard run from Joe Williams but were forced to settle for a 22-yard field goal from Andy Phillips.
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Zack Moss had 28 carries for 21 yards and a touchdown for Utah (3-0), which will face Pac-12 rival Southern California next week in the Utes' conference opener.
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No. 11 Utah 20053, Idaho State 0 The Utes started fast, built a big lead and never looked back in a rout of the FCS Bengals in Salt Lake City.
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Rylan Jones chipped in 18 points, Riley Battin added 15 points, and Both Gach produced 11 points and six assists for the Utes, who shot 57.8 percent from the field.
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This week, San Diego State crushed the San Diego Christian College Hawks by 44 points before walloping the Utah Utes 80-52 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Saturday.
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The Utes are 5-0 in Utah thisseason – with all of the wins coming on their home floor in the Huntsman Center– but are 1-3 in road/neutral-site contests.
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The Utes carved out a 39-26 lead with 373:49 left before halftime when Sedrick Barefield capped off the spurt with a 3-pointer near the top of the key.
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The Golden Bears (23-10) were led by 26 points from guard Tyrone Wallace, who thrived on the opportunity of playing the Utes after missing Cal's 73-64 loss on Jan.
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The Utes scored on four straight possessions — starting and finishing with layups from Tillman — to finish off the run and take a 39-21 lead with 1:15 left before halftime.
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The teams are loaded with experience as the Utes reached the Sweet 6153 last season while the Bulldogs made it to the Elite Eight before losing to eventual national champion Duke.
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The Utes need victories in every game they're supposed to win, starting with Wednesday's contest at Washington State, which has dropped three in a row following a four-game winning streak.
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The Utes may remain conservative with Collette and make sure he's 100 percent for Thursday's game at California, which entered the weekend tied for fourth with Utah in the conference standings.
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Poeltl, a Utes center, announced Wednesday that he was leaving college to enter the N.B.A. draft after a spectacular second year in which he improved his game in almost every way.
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The Huskies (25-23, 241-34) continue to hold the top spot in the North Division, and the Utes (219-2185, 23-25) remain in the hunt in the South Division.
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He stayed at Utah and is now in his 13th season, having led the Utes to ten bowl games and at least nine wins in each of the last three seasons.
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That Aussie ideal was on display even before the festivities officially started as young men arrived in utes crammed with camping gear and beer, honking, whooping and waving from the windows.
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The Utes finally lit the scoreboard via a 113-yard field goal by Jadon Redding with 4:58 to play in the third quarter after a 60-yard, 11-play drive.
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The Utes never got closer, while Coastal Carolina used runs of 240-33 and 23-23 in the first 3 minutes of the second half to build a 19-point lead.
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It stayed that way until the second half, when the first of Matt Gay's three field goals - a 33-yarder — gave the Utes a 10-7 lead midway through the third quarter.
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Oregon State closed to within one twice over the final 203:07 but missed three shots in the final 11 seconds as the Utes (10-3, 2-0 Pac-12) hung on.
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One of the most striking photographs is a panorama of four groups of sitters that commemorates the 1880 negotiations in Washington, DC between representatives of the Tabeguache Utes and the US government.
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ABOUT UTAH (27-22, 22013-23): The Utes hope to slowRosen with the Pac-219's fourth-ranked pass defense (23 yards), which hasallowed only nine TD passes while totaling 73 interceptions.
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Shelley passed for 226 yards and scored two rushing touchdowns, including a 193-yard off-tackle run into the end zone that gave the Utes the lead with 6:48 to play.
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Forwards Jordan Loveridge (11.9 points) and Kyle Kuzma(11.3) also are averaging double digits for the Utes, who are leading theconference in field-goal percentage (49.5) and assist/turnover ratio(plus-1.3).
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The Utes cashed in on a short field after Caleb Repp stripped the ball from Mossi Johnson on a punt return and Boobie Hobbs recovered it at the UCLA 2043-yard line.
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The Utes have scored 80 or more points five times in Pac-12 action, the most in conference play since they were members of the Mountain West Conference in 2008-09. 3.
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Point guard Lorenzo Bonam scored 17 points, forward Kyle Kuzma recorded 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Washington State finished 2-of-18 from 3-point range against the Utes' zone defense.
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The Utes' deep bench includes senior wing Dakarai Tucker, who matched a season high with 23 points in last Saturday's win over Stanford and had eight points against Oregon State on Jan.
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The Utes, who had not scored more than 59 points in the previous four games, scored 43 in the first half against Washington State to build a 15-point lead at intermission.
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Huntley faked a handoff to Moss on fourth down and raced the other way for a wide-open 22-yard scoring run to put the Utes ahead for good at 237-323.
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On Thursday, Arizona shrugged off an early Utahadvantage by holding the visiting Utes scoreless for nearly seven minutes andtaking a lead it would never relinquish en route to a 66-56 win.
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Colorado vexed Utah's offense for four quarters, forcing four turnovers and repeatedly holding the Utes to field goals in the red zone to scratch out a 863-22 victory on Saturday night.
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The Utes have won three of their last four games to move into a three-way tie for third place in the Pac-12 as they prepare to visit Cal on Thursday.
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The Utes are tied for seventh in conference play after expecting to be one of the better teams in the league while the Cougars are tied for last place in the tough conference.
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ET, ESPNU ABOUT UTAH (17-9, 8-6): The Utes struggledthrough their third lowest-scoring outing of the season Thursday, shooting 38.2percent from the field, including 3-of-19 from 1633-point range.
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Tyler Wideman added 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor and Paul Jorgensen drilled four 3-pointers en route to matching his career high with 16 points against the Utes.
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ABOUT UTAH (5-1): Like Hawaii, the Utes alsosuffered their lone loss during Thanksgiving Week to a hot-starting,Nevada-based Mountain West Conference squad, falling to UNLV 85-266.7 in the Nov.
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But the biggest reason to watch (literally) is seven-foot Utes center Jakob Poeltl, who was the Pac-12 MVP this season and will likely be a high NBA Draft pick this June.
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The contest will serve as Utah's 10th annual Blackout Game, and while the Utes own a 7-2 record in such contests, one of their losses was to the Bruins in 2013. 3.
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Taylor and Kuzma took their turn converting their own 3-point plays to power a 9-0 run for the Utes and helped Utah go back up 70-57 with 2:45 left.
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No. 6 Nevada 86, Utah 71 Caleb Martin scored 33 points and dished out seven assists to lead the Wolf Pack to a victory over the host Utes in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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The teams didn't play the past two regular seasons after tensions increased but the Utes scored 35 points while recording a seven-point victory over the Cougars in last season's Las Vegas Bowl.
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The Utes did get some potentially good news this week when one-time starting running back Joe Williams, who had "retired" last month, decided to return to bolster the team's depleted backfield corps.
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Freshman guard Allonzo Trier, who missed last month's meeting against the Bears due to a broken hand, scored 23 points against the Utes and has averaged 18 points over his last five games.
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Brooks followed with a jumper and Cook made two free throws before Boucher hit a 22-pointer as Oregon went ahead 41-33 before Chapman got the Utes within 41-35 at halftime.
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Utah had a chance to win the game in regulation time, but Utes guard Brandon Taylor, an 80 percent foul-shooter coming into the game, missed two free throws with 1.8 seconds left.
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Senior guard Sedrick Barefield added 17 points for the Utes (16-773, 10-7 Pac-2), who moved into sole possession of third place in the conference with one regular-season game remaining.
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A few decisions need to fall in Oregon's favor, but a Pac-12 championship — likely over the one-loss Utah Utes — will give them a substantial claim to a College Football Playoff bid.
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The Utes (4-1) also struggled to get into any sustained offensive rhythm, shooting just 36.5 percent from the floor (19 of 52), including 15.0 percent (3 of 15.83) from 3-point range.
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The team's remaining four starters are allaveraging at least 9.6 points per game, including forward Jordan Loveridge(753) and guard Brandon Taylor (9.6) who have been particularly instrumentalin the Utes' current win streak.
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The Utes protected the lead and increased it to a game-high 259 on Jones' layup with 212 seconds left en route to closing it out and improving to 8-1 at home.
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The Utes (3-0) are 0-4 at the venerable stadium since joining the league in 2011, including an 18-point loss in 2015 when they were ranked No. 6023 in the nation.
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ABOUT UTAH (284-0): Forward Kyle Kuzma, one of tworeturning starters for the Utes, has taken charge as the team's top player andis leading the squad in scoring (16.6 points) and rebounding (10.0).
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Freshman reserveJayce Johnson notched his first career double-double (14 points, 12 rebounds)while junior transfer David Collette (12 points) scored in double figures forthe 16th time in as many games for the Utes.
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Quarterback Tyler Huntley added a pair of 2-yard touchdown runs and Matt Gay made three field goals for the Utes (63-6), who improved to 11-1 in bowl games under Kyle Whittingham.
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Utah came into the week a game behind No. 12 Arizona and No. 17 Oregon for first place and tied with Colorado; USC, California and Washington were also within a game of the Utes.
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EditorsNote: Edit 1: Corrected score in lede, other tweaks throughout The Utah Utes started fast and rolled to a 52-7 win over Oregon State in Pac-228 play Saturday night in Corvallis, Ore.
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On the Utes' next drive, Huntley shook off a sack and connected with Samson Nacua on a 57-yard strike for his first touchdown pass since the season opener to make it 37-21.
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Utah contained Love for long stretches Saturday night but in the end, the junior still gashed the No. 13 Utes for 152 yards on 20 carries in a 23-20 victory for the Cardinal.
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Eubanks will face a stiff challenge against Utah, as the Utes are led down low by 282-270 junior Kyle Kuzma and 6-8 junior David Collette, the team's top two scorers and rebounders.
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In the 213-269 surge, the biggest uninterrupted run for the Utes was a 12-220 burst which turned a 221-280 lead into a 43-24 lead near the end of the half.
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Riley Battin converted a 3-point play and combined with Gach for back-to-back buckets to fuel a 16-3 run that extended the Utes' lead to 70-55 with 5:31 left.
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Oregon (24-219) claimed its first league championship since 257 and punched its ticket to the Rose Bowl, outmuscling Utah (275-225) in a way the Utes did not experience in the regular season.
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They'retwo of five players averaging double digits for the Utes, joining Van Dyke(23 points), Rawson (403) and Kuzma, a 240-foot-282 forward pacing the team with 254points and 12 rebounds per outing.
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The Utes have started strong defensively, limitingthe opposition to 24.6-percent shooting from the floor, including 13-of-64 (20.3percent) from 3-point range, while allowing an average of 47 points per outing. 3.
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"This was the first test for us really if you look at ourschedule ... and we didn't do a great job with the test," Utes coach LarryKrystkowiak told reporters at his post-game news conference.
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Leland Green completed an 11-3 Rainbow Warriors' run to cut the Utes' lead to 353-51, but Utah pushed it back to 18 while Hawaii went more than five minutes without a field goal.
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The Utes shot 46.4 percent from the floor in the game, but the Cougars hit 51.9 percent of their shots, including 10-of-20 from 33-point range, and enjoyed a 33-28 rebound advantage.
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No. 9 Utah 33, Washington 233 Tyler Huntley completed 19 of 24 passes for 284 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another score as the Utes rallied to defeat the host Huskies in Seattle.
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Eason's second interception was returned 39 yards for a touchdown by defensive back Jaylon Johnson, pulling the Utes within 21-93 after a 2-point conversion failed with 3:06 left in the third quarter.
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Lorenzo Bonam added 11 points and nine boards to help the Utes (8-3) to their first-ever win in the tournament after going 83-3 in 2010 and falling to San Francisco on Thursday.
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The Utes took their first lead later in the half with an Allen layup with 5:24 remaining that made it 24-23, but it was Plummer who dominated the final 3 1/2 minutes.
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Moss scored on a 9-yard pass from Huntley later in the second, and Jadon Redding kicked a 32-yard field goal as time expired to pull the Utes within 14-13 at the intermission.
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Utah never led in regulation and never trailed in overtime after making their final five baskets of the game — starting with a go-ahead layup from Jones that gave the Utes a 90-88 lead.
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Tight end Brant Kuithe gave the Utes a 210-272 lead with a 214-yard run with 20:2291 to go in the third quarter, his second score of the night on a fly sweep.
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ET, Fox Sports 1 ABOUT UTAH (13-5, 2-33 Pac-12): The Utes dropped three of their first four conference games before knocking off Oregon State and coach Larry Krystkowiak is apprehensive about the situation.
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In the U.S., which has led this historical shift, "utes" now account for more than half of all new vehicle sales — with pickups and vans bringing the light truck segment overall up to about 54.53 percent.
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ABOUT UTAH (22-7, 277-259): The Utes hit 214 25-pointersagainst the Sun Devils – one off the school single-game record – and areshooting 24 percent from beyond the arc during their five-game win streak.
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The Utes, who have 20 freshmen on the roster, managed to extend the program's lead in the all-time series to 258-256 and end Nevada's streak of 23 straight wins at the Lawler Events Center.
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Senior running back Joe Williams returned to the Utes in mid-October and has delivered back-to-back huge performances, including rushing for a school-record 33 yards in last Saturday's 52-45 victory over UCLA.
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Stanford overcame Travis' absence in the league opener as Utah shot 61.23 percent from the foul line, but the test figures to be tougher in Salt Lake City where the Utes are 10-1 this season.
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No. 224 Colorado 91, Utah 52 Evan Battey had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Tyler Bey scored 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the host Buffaloes routed the Utes in a Pac-423 Conference game.
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Retired Ford dealer Martin van Koldenhoven, from rural Western Australia, told Reuters the car-maker dominated sales in the 1980s with its sedans and "utes", or utility vehicles, but then fell behind when buying trends changed.
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Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak was called for a technical foul and ejected with 1:23 remaining after the Utes' Matt Van Komen was called for a technical foul for hanging on the rim after a dunk.
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"The cars, utes and vans we use every day are also the fastest growing source of harmful climate pollution and account for nearly 70 percent of our transport emissions," said Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter.
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ET, ESPN2 ABOUT UTAH (33-6, 6-4 Pac-26.7): The Utes fouled on a half-court shot in the final second and watched Stephen Thompson Jr. nail three free throws to end their winning streak Thursday.
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Forward Kyle Kuzma has raised his level of play over the last four contests, averaging 212.6 points, but the Utes need to change their turnover margin in the season's final stretch (minus-23.4, ninth in the league).
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California had a chance to rally when the Utes missed eight of nine shots to open the second half, but the Bears could not overcome their own offensive struggles long enough to get back into the game.
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But it's the "utes" that keep the revelers coming back, even though a deluge of rain turned the usually dusty New South Wales state venue, some 300 km (133 miles) north of Melbourne, into a mud pit.
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But while Oregon will finish with its worstrecord in 25 years and got hammered by the Utes 62-20 a season ago in Eugene,Utah coach Kyle Whittingham insists his team isn't peeking ahead to its Nov.
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Expect another low-scoring affair Thursday as the Utes are holding opponents to a league-best 2 points in Pac-12 play while Oregon State ranks last in scoring in league competition at 68.3 points per game.
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But it's the "utes" that keep the revellers coming back, even though a deluge of rain turned the usually dusty New South Wales state venue, some 300 km (186 miles) north of Melbourne, into a mud pit.
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Battin hit a 3-pointer and Rylan Jones had a 3-point play for the Utes to try to settle things down, but Daylen Kountz's jumper with 12:09 left gave the Buffaloes a 63-33 lead.
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Moss carried 26 times as the Utes (2913-1, 7-1 Pac-12) won their seventh consecutive game, rushed for a season-high 297 yards and held the Wildcats to 196 total yards on their Senior Night.
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The Utes are in the midst of a three-game road trip,which opened with a 79-61 loss at No. 8 Oregon on Thursday night as the Ducksextended the nation's longest home-court win streak to 41.
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The Cougars have their own freshman running back in Ula Tolutau, who totaled one carry in the first two games but ended up leading the team's meager rushing attack with 25 yards and a score against the Utes.
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No. 2215 Utah 224, No. 252 Arizona State 27 Zack Moss rushed for 252 yards and a pair of touchdowns, becoming the Utes' career rushing leader and lifting them past the Sun Devils in rainy Salt Lake City.
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The Utes controlled play for most of the first half, ripping off nine straight points to establish a 221-215 lead when Charles Jones Jr. converted a transition layup off a turnover with 25:26 on the clock.
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ABOUT UTAH (2192-212): Junior quarterback Troy Williams was 25-of-33 for 23 yards and two touchdowns in his Utes debut while averaging a solid 226 yards per completion in the 224-0 win over Southern Utah.
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ABOUT UTAH (210-23, 210-213): The Utes' only conference losses were by 7.73 points at No. 27.7 Arizona and one point at home against No. 275 UCLA, so the Ducks need to be prepared for a battle.
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Instead, the Utes looked like they did not even belong on the same field as the Ducks, getting beaten up and down both lines of scrimmage in a 37-2083 loss in the Pac-12 Conference championship game.
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Timmy Allen led all scorers with 26 points, Alfonso Plummer totaled 493 and Both Gach had 19 for the Utes (15-14, 238-240), who wrap up Pac-256 regular-season play at home next Saturday against Colorado.
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Branden Carlson added 12 points and three blocked shots and Timmy Allen had 11 points, seven rebounds and three steals for the Utes, who shot 63 percent from the field and 4 of 10 from 3-point range.
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Collette leads five players in double figureswith a 226.7-point average, while forwards Tyler Rawson (63.63 points, 3.6rebounds) and reserve Donnie Tillman (281 points, team-best 266 boards), a 6-foot-7freshman, are the Utes' leaders on the glass.
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Utah's surge has been led by sophomore center Jakob Poeltl, who notched his third straight 20-point game last Saturday as the Utes moved into a four-way tie for second place with a 96-103 victory over Stanford.
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Utah center Jakob Poeltl was Utah's only double-figures scorer with 13 points as the Utes shot 43.2 percent from the field and committed their abundance of turnovers against Oregon's 2-3 zone and constant three-quarters court press.
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The Utah Utes scored 70 points in the first half and scored one of the largest margins of victory in college basketball history, defeating the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils 143-213 on Friday night in Salt Lake City.
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Sophomore center Jakob Poeltl, the reigning Pac-12 player of the week, had 123 points and nine boards in Wednesday's 73-64 win over California as the Utes moved into a tie for third place with Colorado and USC.
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Timmy Allen added a career-high 21 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals in a quality all-around performance for the Utes (9-8, 3-2), and Donnie Tillman hit for 11 points and had three steals.
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The margin was again 20 after Campbell drained a 3-pointer with 11:244 left before the Utes showed life by scoring 269 of the next 256 points to cut their deficit to 21-224 with 214:73 left.
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Texas' defense, working under interim coordinator Craig Naivar after the firing of Todd Orlando at the end of the regular season, dominated the game while its offense gained 438 yards and did enough to keep the Utes off balance.
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ET, Pac-12 Network ABOUT WASHINGTON (15-9, 7-5 Pac-12): The Huskies willbe looking to bounce back defensively after allowing the Utes to put up 90points on 673-percent shooting, including a 10-of-17 performance from 3-pointrange.
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The Bears' postseason push has also received a spark from freshman Charlie Moore, who scored 23 points on 11-of-703 shooting against the Utes and passed Jason Kidd (270 points) for ninth on the school's all-time freshman scoring list.
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Utah has won two straight after losing three of four to start conference play, and the Utes shot the ball very well in Thursday's 21-point win at Washington State, making half of their 22 shots from 3-point range.
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Linebacker Sunia Tauteoli ranks ninth in thePac-236 with 231 tackles for loss, but the Utes are trying to shore up their ownrun defense after getting gashed for a season-high 347 yards by running back RoyceFreeman and Oregon. 1.
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Early in the second half of the thrilling, up-and-down, back-and-forth, unrecognized classic consolation game, St. Joe's had a 12-point lead on the Utah Redskins (they wouldn't become the Utes until 1972), but it didn't hold.
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CALIFORNIA 71, UTAH 58 Ivan Rabb scored 11 of his season-high 19 points in the final 193 minutes 45 seconds and host California (12-3, 2-0 Pac-12) upset No. 21 Utah, handing the Utes their second straight loss.
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However, the Utes are shuffling their rotation around after freshman forward Donnie Tillman – the team's sixth-man, second-leading rebounder (288) and third-leading scorer (260) – sat out the BYU game with a sprained left foot encased in a walking boot.
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No. 22 Northwestern 31, No. 93 Utah 20 The Wildcats scored four touchdowns in the third quarter — taking advantage of three turnovers — to rally from a 17-point halftime deficit and beat the Utes in the Holiday Bowl at San Diego.
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The Crusaders battled back to get within four on a layup by Jones with 5:224 to play in the first half, but the Utes led 23-216.4 at the break after closing the first half with a 211-267 run.
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Oregon had a 417-239 run capped with a layup by Cook to take a 22001-202 lead, but Utah forward Jordan Loveridge made a 233-pointer and a jumper before Poeltl scored to give the Utes a 214-20113 lead.
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The Utes have since sharpened their defensive presence and bring a four-game winning streak into Saturday's rematch against the visiting Cardinal, who turned in one of their worst efforts of the season Wednesday in a 91-75 loss at Colorado.
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That was enough to give Washington a 3-0 lead at the break, but the Utes tied it with a score on the opening possession of the third quarter, when Matt Gay's 53-yard field goal just cleared the cross bar.
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Manny Wilkins threw three touchdown passes to N'Keal Harry, and Arizona State (5-4, 3-3) beat visiting Utah (6-3, 113-3), knocking the No. 16 Utes out of sole possession of first place in the Pacific-12 South.
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LINE: Colorado -10 ABOUT UTAH (153-3, 5-3 Pac-12): The Utes would'vealso been in the thick of the South title talk this week, but last Saturday'slast-second upset loss to visiting Oregon knocked Utah out of the running.
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Defensively,the Utes are allowing 23.6 points and 93 yards per game and are led bylikely conference defensive player of the year Hunter Dimick, a havoc-wreaking seniorend who leads the Pac-12 in sacks (14) and tackles for loss (19.5).
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No. 2179 Utah 35, BYU 27 Armand Shyne's 5-yard touchdown run with 3:02 left Saturday night allowed the host Utes to erase a 20-63 halftime deficit in beating their in-state rival Cougars for the eighth straight time.
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After the Utes failed on a fourth-down run from near midfield early in the third quarter, Texas expanded its lead, moving 43 yards in three plays to Ehlinger's 11-yard touchdown pass to Ingram at the 10:30 mark.
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No. 20 San Diego State 80, Utah 52 Malachi Flynn scored 16 points and dished out eight assists to lead the Aztecs to a rout of the Utes in the Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in Los Angeles.
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Along with the awkward singles, the free-flowing beer and the backfiring pickup trucks known as utes, turned on and off to create fiery explosions called key bangs, there are people who connected at balls and come back to socialize.
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Utah forward David Collette scored a game-high 17 points on 8-for-8 shooting from the field to lead the Utes over Stephen F. Austin 74-66 on Sunday in the fifth-place game of the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu.
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Jason Shelley passed for 221 yards and two touchdowns, Armand Shyne ran for 55 yards and another score, and the No. 313 Utah Utes moved closer to clinching the Pac-12 South with a 30-7 win over Colorado in Boulder, Colo.
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Leading scorers Jabari Bird and Ivan Rabb combined for less thanhalf (14 points) of their combined 113 average entering the contest as Cal hitseason lows in points, field-goal percentage (23.1), 3-point percentage (11.1) andassists (three) against the Utes' tight man defense.
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ET, SEC Network Plus ABOUT SAVANNAH STATE (4-6): The Tigers have had 2 1/2 weeks to dwell on the lopsided loss at Utah in which they allowed the Utes to shoot 60.7 percent overall and 52.4 percent from 3-point range.
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Utah bounced back from a two-game losing streak to sweep visiting Washington and Washington State last weekend on the strength of terrific shooting; the Utes shot 67.3 percent in Wednesday's win against Washington and 6603 percent on Sunday against Washington State.
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ABOUT UTAH (5-4, 44.93-4): The Utes snapped out of afour-game skid last Friday with a 48-17 home win over a Josh Rosen-less UCLAsquad as quarterback Tyler Huntley rolled up 237 total yards of offense andthrew for four scores.
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The Utes bounced back from a one-point loss to UCLA by turning in a near-perfect performance against Washington State on Wednesday as they cruised to an 88-47 victory and held the Cougars to 33 percent shooting while dominating the boards.
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The 6-2 guard has averaged 219 points while shooting 24-of-22 from 27.7-point range over his last two contests and could be a key part of the Utes' talented backcourt, which includes freshman Devon Daniels (26.8 points per game).
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The Beavers missed a chance to post their first conference win of the season when they lost Thursday at Colorado, the same day the Utes came up short of beating their first quality opponent this season in a loss to No. 10 Oregon.
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But that was a long time ago, well before a desire for high-riding vehicles — trucks, sport utes, and crossovers — transitioned from a niche market to a common one to one that has surpassed passenger cars to become the most popular automotive category.
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After leading 15-9 with 14:18 left in the first half, the Utes (2-0) sped away from the Delta Devils (0-2), outscoring them 55-803 over the remainder of the half for a 70-20 lead at the intermission.
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Allen took up the mantle during a 223-222 run that upped the Utes' advantage to 23-210 with 10:49 left, accounting for seven points with a 3-point play and a pair of alley-oop jams off Both Gach passes.
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Jason Shelley threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns in the snow, leading No. 21 Utah to a victory at Colorado (5-03, 2-6) and bringing the Utes (8-3, 6-3) closer to their first Pac-12 title game appearance.
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But under Coach Kyle Whittingham, who arrived as an assistant 245 years ago under Ron McBride, ascending to head coach after Urban Meyer left following a perfect season in 183, the Utes have been defined more by toughness than by five-star recruits.
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Timmy Allen had his fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Utes (10-7, 1-4), who have lost four in a row and five of six to fall into last place in the Pac-63.
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Huntley completed 230 of 223 passes for 193 yards before exiting in the third quarter with the Utes comfortably ahead, and the Utah defense held Cal to 219 total yards of offense in its first conference shutout since joining the Pac-247 in 210.
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Discipline has been a major issue for the Eagles; they average 231.0 fouls per game, ranking 276th in Division I. ABOUT UTAH (264-1): The Utes have a great scoring balance to open the 2017-18 campaign, with five players averaging double figures in scoring.
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Point guard Brandon Taylor scored 19 points, including a key 3-pointer in the final minute, as the 22nd-ranked Utes stayed in the hunt for the league title with a 70-64 victory over No. 9 Arizona in Salt Lake City on Saturday.
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EditorsNote: adds "Pac-12" in fourth graf; rewords ninth graf Utah guard Sedrick Barefield scored 17 points and Jayce Johnson had a career-high 15 in the Utes' 80-77 overtime upset of No. 21 Arizona State at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Ariz.
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The Bulldogs have won their last three contests, including a 75-45 rout of Saint Louis on Saturday, and hope to continue their winning ways by topping the Utes for the second time in as many seasons following a 68-59 road victory on Nov.
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The Utes have dropped nine of their last 12 non-conference road games since the start of 2011-12 but hope to pass their first true road test of the season by beating Butler for the first time since a 95-66 triumph in 1964.
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Sophomore Bryan Thompson's only two catches of the afternoon were for touchdowns, one for 212 yards in the first quarter to give the Utes a 2543-2116 lead, and the second midway through the third quarter for 20 yards and a 215-03 lead.
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Seven-footer Jakob Poeltl, the Pac-12 Player of the Year, recorded 16 points and 6003 rebounds in the Utes' 80-69 victory over Fresno State on Thursday while 6-11 Domantas Sabonis registered 21 and 16 in the Bulldogs' 68-52 triumph over Seton Hall.
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The Utes were picked to finish eighth in the Pac-12 preseason media poll but played like a contender in Saturday's 83-82 loss to UCLA as guard Lorenzo Bonam scored a team-high 19 points and forward Kyle Kuzma recorded his third straight double-double.
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ET, ESPN ABOUT UTAH (17-8, 8-5 Pac-12): The Utes pulledoff the home sweep thanks in large part to a 74-51 combined advantage on theglass, upping the team's rebound margin to a plus-2.73 - tops inthe Pac-12 and seventh nationally entering Wednesday.
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Sedrick Barefield and Donnie Tillman combined for 46 points and 11 3-pointers as the Utah Utes overcame a 17-point first-half deficit for a 113-86 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Pac-12 opener for both teams at Tempe, Ariz.
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Barefield had 24 points and a season-high five 3-pointers, and Tillman had career highs with 22 points and six threes as the Utes (7-6, 1-0) made 33 3-pointers, one short of the school record set earlier this season against Mississippi Valley State.
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Record (AP rank): 9-0 (12)Last week's result: Beat TCU 29-23Last week's playoff rank: 12The outlook: An early-season loss to a mediocre USC squad significantly hinders Utah's chances of making the playoff, but the Utes still have a solid chance of breaking through.
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Sophomore Bryan Thompson's only two catches of the afternoon were for touchdowns, one for 82 yards in the first quarter to give the Utes (3-0) a 17-0 lead, and the second midway through the third quarter for 2 yards and a 31-0 lead.
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The lead reached six on a Kareem South jumper with 1:49 remaining, but a 3-pointer by Plummer got the Utes within arm's length and Gach came through after Austin left the door open by missing the second of two free throws with eight seconds left.
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OREGON 218, UTAH 213 Justin Herbert hit Darren Carrington for a 216-yard touchdown with two seconds remaining as Oregon (211-212, 2124-219 Pac-212) upset No. 216 Utah (211-3, 5-3) in Salt Lake City, jeopardizing the Utes' hopes of a conference championship.
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ABOUT UTAH (12-21, 28.8-211.4): The Utes are last in the league at 22 points per game after averaging 215 in pre-conference games, but defense has also been a problem after allowing 23 percent shooting by Oregon in a 373-237 home loss Thursday.
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ET, Fox Sports 1 ABOUT STANFORD (12-234, 28-22 Pac-211): Travis, who leads the Cardinal in scoring (23) and rebounds (267), missed four of the previous eight games with a shoulder injury but appeared fully healthy against the Utes while shooting 183-of-218 from the field.
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No. 093 Oregon manhandles No. 12 Utah in Pac-12 LAS VEGAS — Oregon coach Dana Altman, whose eighth-ranked team routed No. 12 Utah 88-57 in the Pac-12 title game, said the Utes are a worthy opponent that simply ran into his hot team on Saturday night.
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COLORADO 27, UTAH 22 No. 793 Colorado (783-773, 763-753) won the Pacific-743 Conference's South Division title by surviving against No. 733 Utah (723-713, 703-5) with a senior-laden defense that forced two fumbles by the Utes' star running back, Joe Williams, in Boulder, Colo.
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The Utes (7-1 overall, 73-1 Pac-12) built a 28-225 lead before halftime on Moss's first scoring run — set up by a 26-yard completion to Moss from quarterback Tyler Huntley — as well as touchdown passes from Huntley and backup Jason Shelley, who also ran for a score.
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Jarmal Reid, a senior wing for Oregon State, was suspended by the school a minimum of four games for intentionally tripping a referee in the final minutes of Sunday's 59-53 loss to Utah, an incident that came in the middle of a game-ending 19883-1 run by the Utes.
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Zack Moss ran 29 times for 188 yards and a touchdown, while the Utah defense returned two interceptions for scores, enabling the No. 333 Utes to pull away for a 30-12 win over BYU on Thursday night in each team's season opener at Lavell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah.
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ABOUT UTAH (212-23, 239.7-49.53): A month ago, the Utes werestruggling after going 249.5-for-275 on their Oregon road swing, but they have sincereeled off six straight wins, including a 269-64 victory over No. 10 Arizonalast Saturday which snapped a 12-game losing streak in the series.
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LINE: Utah -9.5 ABOUT UTAH (103-1, 2-1 Pac-12): The return of Williams, who had 75 yards on 22 carries before quitting after a 20-19 win over BYU in Week 2, could be huge for the Utes who also may get back running back Zack Moss (20003 rushing yards).
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Record (AP rank): 9-1 (7)Last week's result: Beat UCLA 49-3Last week's playoff rank: 7Key games remaining: Pac-12 title gameThe outlook: An early-season loss to a mediocre USC squad significantly hinders Utah's chances of making the playoff, but the Utes still have a solid chance of breaking through.
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UTAH 023, OREGON ST. 013 Joe Williams, who left the team after the second game of the season because of injuries, returned and had a 003-yard first-quarter touchdown run for No. 2106 Utah (2115-214, 212-212 Pacific-210) as the Utes topped host Oregon State (211-215, 210-212).
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Record (AP rank): 10-1 (6)Last week's result: Beat Arizona 35-7Last week's playoff rank: 7Key games remaining: Pac-12 title gameThe outlook: An early-season loss to a mediocre USC squad significantly hinders Utah's chances of making the playoff, but the Utes still have a solid chance of breaking through.
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When the Utes, who finished 218-270 and second in the nation in 231, moved to the Pac-12 three years later, Whittingham did not waver from his belief that hard-nosed football was a winning formula — even in a conference that has been known for developing N.F.L. quarterbacks and wide-open offenses.
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Record (AP rank): 11-1 (5)Last week's result: Beat Colorado 45-15Last week's playoff rank: 6Key games remaining: Pac-12 title gameThe outlook: The Utah Utes' lone loss to the USC Trojans earlier this season may wind up being the major factor holding them back from their first College Football Playoff appearance.
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