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Utes Fall to Rival Brigham Young
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
January 9, 1999
PROVO, Utah - Utah's comeback from a 20-point first-half deficit came up short as the Utes lost their Western Athletic Conference opener to Brigham Young, 57-53, on Saturday afternoon at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah.
Utah struggled with cold shooting for the second consecutive game, making just 30.4 percent of the its field goals, including 5-of-22 three-pointers, and 60 percent of its free throws. BYU shot 42.3 percent from the field and had a 42-39 edge on the boards. It was the 67th meeting between the old rivals. BYU has taken the last three meetings dating back to last February after Utah won 10 straight from the Cougars from 1995-98.
Lauren Beckman played 25 minutes off the bench to lead Utah (9-4, 0-1 WAC) with 13 points, making 4-of-9 from the field and 5-of-6 free throws. She also had six rebounds. Erin Gibbons scored 11 points, but went just 4-for-14 from the field. Katherine McColl had nine points, six boards and three steals. Lori Red, a Provo native, led the Utes with eight boards and four assists, and also scored five points.
Center Jill Adams shot 7-of-10 to record game-highs with 17 points and 12 rebounds. She also had five steals. BYU (7-6, 1-0 WAC) led 17-6 after six minutes and increased their advantage to 20 points with just under five minutes remaining in the first half before the Utes got untracked.
Utah got within 34-24 at halftime after BYU went scoreless in the final 4:46 of the first half. The Utes came back with another run late in the game, holding the Cougars scoreless for a 7:41 stretch. Gibbons drilled back-to-back three-pointers to cut the BYU lead to 51-46 with 4:35 to play. Adams then hit a 12-footer from the left wing to make it 53-46 at the 3:31 mark. Despite several opportunities, Utah could get no closer than five until Red swished a three-pointer with fourth-tenths of a second to play.
"We did not perform well in certain critical areas, such as defense and rebounding," said Ute head coach Elaine Elliott. "And I'm not surprised by that. We're a young team still learning how to do those things. But, when you couple that with the fact that we only shot 30 percent, it's obvious why we lost the game. I was proud of the way we played with our backs against the wall. Very proud. We're going to win some games in the WAC this year, and we're going have a good team."
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