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Women's Basketball
vs Western Colorado (EXHIBITION)
The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, November 21
Salt Lake City, Utah
TBA
University of Utah
71
vs
64
Montana
Women's Basketball Wins Home Opener
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
November 21, 1998
SALT LAKE CITY - Junior center Kristi Rose scored 13 points to lead four Utes in double figures as Utah won its home opener over Montana 71-64 on Saturday night at the Jon M. Huntsman Center to post its first win of the season.
Rose, who connected on 6-of-12 shots from the field and pulled down eight boards, had plenty of help. Freshman guard Erin Gibbons made 4-of-5 three-point field goalsall in the first halfto score 12 points.
Gibbons also dished out four assists in 28 minutes. Lori Red and Lauren Beckman each tossed in 11 points, with Red also contributing five boards and three assists. Ute point guard Tiana Fuertes had nine points and six assists with just two turnovers. Freshman Katherine McColl, who played in her first collegiate game, had six boards off the bench.
The Utes outrebounded the Lady Griz 19 to 15 and connected on 10-of-16 three-pointers.
Utah (1-1) got off to a fast start, making five of its first six three-pointers. Gibbons and Fuertes made two a piece to give Utah a 15-11 lead just a little over four minutes into the game. The Ute lead grew to 14 points when Lindsay Sodja buried a three-pointer from the left wing to put her team in front 36-22 with 7:32 to play in the half.
Montana (2-1) continued to chip away at the Ute lead in the second half until it took the lead, 51-50, on a Simarron Schildt lay up with 11:25 remaining. However, the Utes came back and then pulled away for good, scoring nine unanswered points from the 8:24 to the 3:33 mark to take a 68-56 lead. Red made two critical free throws to put the Utes up 70-63 with 44 second left.
"We played harder and were much more intense than we were a week ago," said Ute head coach Elaine Elliott. "That was my main focus for this team, and we did that. We responded. We go some good shots early and hit them. I also thought that Lauren (Beckman) and Kristi (Rose) were good at the five position. Tiana Fuertes was night and day with her ball control compared to last week."
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