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The University of Utah Athletics
Thursday, November 19
Ogden, UT
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Women's Basketball Downs Weber State, 65-62
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
December 20, 1998
OGDEN, Utah - Utah bounced back from an eight-point first half deficit and held on for a 65-62 win over Weber State on Saturday night at the Dee Events Center. The win was Utah's fourth straight and the seventh in its last eight games, improving its record to 7-2.
Junior point guard Tiana Fuertes led the Utes with a career-high 18 points, connecting on 5-of-9 shots from the field and 2-of-4 three-pointers. She also had five assists, three boards and two steals in 32 minutes. Lori Red carried the Utes in the first half, scoring 10 their 33 points. The junior forward finished with 16 points, going 6-for-8 from the field and 2-for-3 form behind the arc in 37 minutes. Freshman Lauren Beckman came off the bench to go 4-for-5 from the field and score 10 points, while hauling in 11 rebounds.
Shelley Olson led Weber State (1-7) with 11 points. Megan Geddes had a game-high 11 boards and eight rebounds.
Utah committed seven turnovers in the first eight minutes of the first half and trailed 20-12 after 10 minutes of play. Red then jump-started the Utes, making a three-pointer, a layup and a turnaround 10-foot jumper on successive possessions to tie the game at 22-22 with 5:18 to play in the first half. Utah had a 33-31 advantage at halftime.
The Utes led by nine points with 3:23 left in the game, but the Wildcats just would just not go away. Jaynee Paskins, who finished with 10 points, got a layup to bring WSU back to within three points (63-60) with 1:15 remaining. However, Fuertes' two free throws in four attempts in the final 24 seconds put the Utes up by five (65-60) before Paskins made a layup with time running out.
Utah outshot the Weber State 45.1 to 37.9 percent from the field, but allowed WSU put up 66 shots compared to 51 of its own. The Wildcats also dominated the boards 43 to 35, and had a 20 to 10 advantage on the offensive glass.
"They outplayed us the whole game at every position on the floor," said Ute head coach Elaine Elliott. "We never matched their physical intensity, their focus or their hustle. They wanted to play more than we did. Lori and Tiana were about all we had in the first half. I think they were more ready to play than the rest of our team. It seemed like we were just in a fog. It was not a solid performance at all."
Utah hosts Idaho State on Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. in the Huntsman Center.
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