Completed Event: Women's Basketball at Eastern Kentucky on March 19, 2026 , Loss , 58, to, 72
Final Score
Women's Basketball
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at Eastern Kentucky
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The University of Utah Athletics
Utes Resume Five-game Homestand on Nov. 28
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
November 27, 1998
GAME DATA: The Utah Utes (1-1) continue a five-game home stand, hosting the Kansas State Wildcats (1-2) on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
A QUICK LOOK AT UTAH: The Utes are 1-1 after opening their 1998-99 season with a 58-57 loss at Bradley on Nov. 14 and defeating Montana 71-64 last Saturday night at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Junior 6-4 center Kristi Rose, who has led the Utes in scoring in their first two games, is averaging 12.5 points and shooting a team-best 55.6 percent from the field. Rose also leads Utah in rebounding (8.0 rpg). Both freshman 5-9 guard Erin Gibbons and freshman 6-2 forward/center Lauren Beckman are averaging 11.0 points per game. Gibbons has made 6-of-10 three-point field goals in the first two games. Beckman is second on the team in rebounding (7.5 rpg) and is averaging 2.0 blocked shots per game off the bench. Sophomore 5-11 forward Lori Red is averaging 9.0 points and 5.0 boards per contest. Junior 5-3 point guard Tiana Fuertes is contributing 5.0 points and 5.0 assists per game.
Game #3
Utah Utes (1-1) vs. Albertson College Lady Yotes (1-2)
Nov. 25 * Jon M. Huntsman Center * Salt lake City * 7:00 p.m.
Game #4
Utah Utes (1-1) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (1-2)
Nov. 28 * Jon M. Huntsman Center * Salt lake City * 3:00 p.m.
Despite losing four starters and seven letterwinners from last season, Utah is outshooting its opponents 42.9 to 39.5 percent and has a 42.5 to 31.0 edge in rebounds per game. However, the Utes have also committed 38 turnovers in the first two games.
ON THE AIR: AM-700 KWLW in Salt Lake City will carry the Albertson College and Kansas State game's live, beginning with a 15-minute pre-game show leading up to tip-off. Brad Stone (play-by-play) and Reggie Wright-Jewkes (analyst) will call the action. The Elaine Elliott post-game show follows each broadcast.
COMING UP: Utah plays two games at home next week. The Utes host long-time Western Athletic Conference rival Colorado State in a non-league game on Thursday (Dec. 3) at 7:00 p.m. and St. Mary's (Calif.) on Saturday (Dec. 5) at 3:00 p.m.
UTAH VS. ALBERTSON COLLEGE PREVIEW
SCOUTING THE LADY YOTES: Albertson College is an NAIA-affiliated school located in Caldwell, Idaho. The Lady Yotes are 1-2, coming off of a 74-50 loss at Lewis-Clark State last Thursday. Albertson College also lost to St. Martin's and defeated Western Montana on its home court in the U.S. Bank Tip-Off Tournament, Nov. 13-14. Two starters and six letterwinners return from last year's team that went 22-9 overall, placed third in the Cascade Conference with a 9-5 record and advanced to the NAIA National Tournament.
Senior 5-10 guard Melissa Schlettert leads the team in scoring with an average of 10.3 points per game. Freshman 5-9 guard Jeannie Thompson has led the Lady Yotes in scoring in two of the first three games, averaging 9.7 points and shooting 54.5 percent from the field. Senior 5-9 forward Lynne Overly is the team's third-leading scorer (7.7 ppg) and second-leading rebounder (5.0 rpg). Albertson College is averaging 56.0 points per game while shooting 35.4 percent from the field. The Lady Yotes have outrebounded their competition 45.3 to 42.7 boards per game.
ALBERTSON HEAD COACH TODD CORMAN... has a record of 58-33 in his third season with the Lady Yotes and a career mark of 156-212 in 14 years.
THE SERIES: Utah and Albertson College meet for the first time tonight.
UTAH VS. KANSAS STATE PREVIEW
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS: Kansas State was 1-2 following an 88-67 setback at Drake on Sunday. K-State also plays at Eastern Michigan on Monday before making the trip to Salt Lake City. The Wildcats opened the season at home with a 63-62 loss to Ohio State on Nov. 16 and a 102-68 win over Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 18.
Kansas State returns four starters and nine letterwinners from last year's team that went 11-17 overall and tied for ninth place in the Big 12 Conference with a 4-12 mark. Junior 6-1 center Angie Finkes, an honorable mention all-Big 12 selection in 1997-98, led the Wildcats in scoring last season with an average of 13.9 points per game. She also averaged 5.5 rebounds. Brandy Harris, a 5-11 sophomore forward, and Kim Woodlee, a 5-8 sophomore guard, are also returning starters from last year. Harris averaged 8. 2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in '97-98 and Woodlee averaged 9.3 points and 3.0 rebounds. The top newcomer is junior 6-6 center Olga Firsova, a native of Kiev, Ukraine, and a transfer from Weatherford (Texas) Junior College. Firsova recently scored 20 points and blocked four shots in 21 minutes off the bench against Drake.
KANSAS STATE HEAD COACH DEB PATTERSON... is in her third season with the Wildcats. She enters Monday's game at Eastern Michigan with a 31-31 career record. Patterson, guided K-State to the first round of the NCAA Tournament in her first season in 1996-97. She was a collegiate assistant coach for 10 seasons before moving to Kansas State. While an assistant at Vanderbilt from 1992-96, Patterson coached current Ute assistant coach Shelley Jarrard and helped guide the Commodores to the NCAA Final Four in 1993, as well as four "Sweet 16" appearances.
THE SERIES: Utah and Kansas State meet for the fifth time on Saturday with the series is tied at 2-2. The Utes have won the last two games, including the only previous meeting in Salt Lake City, 61-46, on Dec. 17, 1994.
LAST MEETING: Utah defeated K-State last year in the championship game of the Commerce Bank-Wildcat Classic, 68-57, on Dec. 6 in Manhattan, Kan. Kristi Rose scored 14 points, making 2-of-4 three-pointers, and grabbing seven rebounds. Kim Woodlee led the Wildcats with 15 points, going 4-of-8 from behind the arc. Utah outshot Kansas State 51.0 to 40.8 percent.
UTAH TEAM NOTES
GAME #2 SUMMARY: 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 goals--all in the first half-- to 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 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 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.
GAME #1 SUMMARY: Utah lost its season opener to Bradley, 58-57, last Saturday night in Peoria, Ill. Junior 6-4 center Kristi Rose led the Utes in scoring with 12 points, making 4-of-6 shots from the field, and also added eight rebounds. Freshman 6-2 forward Lauren Beckman came off the bench to grab a game-high 12 boards and toss in 11 points. Freshman 5-9 guard Erin Gibbons had 10 points, going 2-for-5 from three-point range. The Utes out shot the Braves from the field, 40 to 35 percent, and had a 48 to 34 edge on the boards. However, Utah also committed 22 turnovers, gave up 12 steals and made just 47.4 percent of its free throws.
Utah took a 25-23 lead into the lockerroom at halftime and led throughout most of the second half. The Utes had a six-point advantage (54-48) with 2:22 remaining before Jenn Jolley hit a three-pointer and Stephanie White converted a three-point play after being fouled by Beckman to tie the game. The Braves led the rest of the way.
ELLIOTT ELABORATES: On the Montana game - "We played harder and were much more intense than we were a week ago. That was my main focus for this team, and we did that. We responded. We got 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."
On preparing for this week - "Our main focus is to try to continue to get better and learn from our game experiences. We're going to continue to address solving our problems and making this young team better this week in practice, while at the same time trying to prepare as best we can for each game."
UTE HEAD COACH ELAINE ELLIOTT... is the winningest coach in Utah women's basketball history. Now in her 16th season as Utah's head coach after spending four years as an assistant coach at the U., Elliott has a 303-134 (.693) career record and a 149-39 mark in conference games. The Dean of the Western Athletic Conference coaches, Elliott has the longest tenure at her current institution and the most career wins among the league's coaches. Elliott recorded her 300th career victory on Feb. 14, 1998 with a 67-53 win over Colorado State.
Elliott has had ten 20-win seasons and three 19-win campaigns, averaging 20 wins in 15 years at the U. Last season, she was honored as the WBCA District VII Coach of the Year and the WAC Mountain Division Co-Coach of the Year, leading Utah to its second-consecutive conference divisional title. Elliott was also named the WAC Mountain Division Coach of the Year in 1996-97, and recently led Utah to the WAC regular-season championship in 1996 and the WAC Tournament championship in 1995.
Elliott has coached teams to a total of four regular-season conference crowns (1986, 87, 89, 96), two divisional titles (1997, 98) and four league tournament championships (1989, 90, 91, 94). Eight of her teams have advanced to the NCAA Tournament (1986, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 98).
ROSE SENDS 'EM BACK: Early in her third season, 6-4 junior center Kristi Rose has already moved into a tie for third place in career blocked shots at Utah with 90. With two blocked shots at Bradley on Nov. 14, she tied Cindy Lindsay for third place (90). She needs 28 more to tie Mikki Kane-Barton for second place (118) and 34 more to tie Sandy Kovach for first place (124). With Rose recording 54 rejections last season, the second-most in a season in school history, she is likely to become Utah's all-time blocked shots leader in 1998-99.
Rose ranks sixth in the Western Athletic Conference in career blocked shots, and needs 27 more to tie Jessica Thompson, who played at Wyoming from 1993-97, for fourth place.
WAC TEAM STATISTICAL RANKINGS (Released Nov. 22):
Scoring 11th (64.0) Rebounds 4th (42.5) Scoring Defense 7th (61.0) Opponents' Rebounds 1st (31.0) Scoring Margin 8th (3.0) Rebound Margin 2nd (11.5) Field Goal Percentage 6th (.429) Blocks 4th (3.0) Field Goal Pct. Defense 9th (.395) Steals 16th (3.5) 3-Point FG Percentage 1st (.467) Turnover Margin 15th (-5.0) 3-Point FG Per Game 2nd (7.0) Free Throw Percentage 15th (.563)
WAC INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS (Released Nov. 22):
Scoring Kristi Rose 19th (12.5)Field Goal Percentage Kristi Rose 5th (.556)
3-Point Percentage Julie Krommenhoek 2nd (.600)
Free Throw Percentage Alli Bills 5th (81.4) Angie Thill 15th (74.4)
Rebounds Kristi Rose 10th (8.0) Lauren Beckman 11th (7.5)
Assists Tiana Fuertes 4th (5.0) Lori Red 19th (3.0) Erin Gibbons 19th (3.0)
Blocked Shots Lauren Beckman 1st (2.0) Kristi Rose 8th (1.0)
3-Point Field Goals Erin Gibbons 3rd (3.0)
SILVER ANNIVERSARY SEASON FOR WAC'S TOP PROGRAM: The 1998-99 season is the 25th for the University of Utah women's basketball program, which has an all-time record of 489-198 (.711) Utah is the winningest women's basketball program in Western Athletic Conference history and also has the best record against other league teams with an 87-25 (.777) mark. The Utes have also made the most NCAA Tournament appearances (9) among WAC programs and are tied for the most WAC regular-season titles (3) with San Diego State.
HOME SWEET HOME: Utah enters this week with a streak of 14-consecutive home wins, which ranks as the 13th-longest in the nation. The Utes won all 11 of their home games last season. The Utes' last loss at the Jon M. Huntsman Center was on Feb. 8, 1997 to Colorado State, 79-68, in triple overtime. Going back even further, the Utes have won 41 of their last 42 home games since a loss to Western Athletic Conference rival San Diego State on Jan. 12, 1995.
AT THE GATE: Utah averaged 1,502 fans at 11 home games last season, ranking fourth in the WAC and 51st in the nation. The Utes drew over 1,000 fans on six occasions.
BRING ON THE COMPETITION: Utah has seven games against five teams that played in the 1998 NCAA Tournament, including three non-conference games. Out of the league, Utah's schedule is highlighted by games against Montana, Colorado State and SMU, all at home. Although Colorado State and SMU are members of the Western Athletic Conference, they are aligned in the Mountain Division this year, while Utah is in the Pacific Division; therefore, those two games do not count as league contests. Montana was the No. 14 seed in the West Region of the 1998 NCAA Tournament, while Colorado State was the No. 12 seed in the Midwest and SMU the No. 11 seed in the East.
During the conference season, Utah will be placed in the WAC's Pacific Division with Brigham Young, Fresno State, Hawai'i, New Mexico, San Jose State, San Diego State and UTEP. Hawai'i was the No. 8 seed in the NCAA West Region and New Mexico was the No. 8 seed in the East.
UTES PICKED THIRD IN WAC PRESEASON POLL: Utah was picked to finish third in the Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division in 1998-99 according to the WAC women's basketball coaches' preseason poll.
Despite returning just one starter and six letterwinners, the Utes garnered 93 points and one first-place vote. The U. was picked behind Hawai'i, which collected 115 points and 10 of the 16 first-place votes. New Mexico received 103 points and the remaining five first-place votes.
The remainder of the Pacific Division was predicted as follows: Brigham Young (77), Fresno State (62), UTEP (48), San Diego State (40) and San Jose State (30).
In the Mountain Division, Colorado State garnered 15 first-place votes and 120 points. The Rams were also picked to win the overall 1999 WAC title. Hawai'i, New Mexico and Rice each received one vote in the overall WAC championship balloting.
UTES ON TELEVISION: Utah will make two appearances on regional cable television and two more appearances on local television this season. The Utes' games with Hawai'i on Jan. 17 at 12:00 p.m. (MST) from the Jon M. Huntsman Center and at Fresno State on Jan. 24 at 12:00 p.m. (PST) will be televised live by FOX Sports Net. The games will be shown on the cable network's Rocky Mountain, Southwest, West 2 and Bay Area affiliates.
KJZZ-TV in Salt Lake City will televise Utah's game with Brigham Young on Feb. 6 at 3:00 p.m. from the Huntsman Center. KBYU-TV will televise the Utah/BYU game on Feb. 9 at 3:00 p.m. in Provo, Utah, to the Salt Lake City market.
UTES ON RADIO: Utah women's basketball has a new radio home this season. In an effort to provide more coverage and a stronger signal, the games have been moved to AM-700 KWLW, a 50,000-watt station in Salt Lake City. KWLW will carry 16 regular-season games and all postseason contests live. Additional WAC games, which would be broadcast tape-delayed, could be added later. Each broadcast will begin 15 minutes prior to tip-off with a pre-game show and conclude with the Elaine Elliott post-game show.
KWLW is operated by Jacor Broadcasting of Salt Lake City, Inc., which also owns 570 K-News and KALL-910 in the Salt Lake market. Jacor is in the first year of a four-year contract as the exclusive radio home of University of Utah sports. Anchoring the broadcast team is 570 K-News/KALL-910 AM Sports Director Brad Stone. He will do play-by-play for the home games with former Ute Reggie Wright-Jewkes providing color commentary. University of Utah Assistant Sports Information Director Mike Lageschulte will handle play-by-play for the road games for the third consecutive season.
NEW CONFERENCE IN 1999-2000: The Utah women's basketball program will usher in the new millennium in a new conference. On May 26, 1998, eight schools (including Utah) announced their intentions to withdraw from the Western Athletic Conference to form a new conference. The new Mountain West Conference--half of whose schools were charter members of the WAC when it started back in 1962--will consist of Utah, Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State and Wyoming. It will seek immediate certification from the NCAA and will start operation as a conference in June of 1999. Craig Thompson has been named the commissioner, and will begin his duties in January.
The WAC had a history of expansion that spanned three decades. Until last spring, the only exception was in 1978, when Arizona and Arizona State departed the WAC for the Pacific 10. Before and after their departure, charter members Utah, Brigham Young, New Mexico and Wyoming were joined by expansion programs Colorado State (1967), UTEP (1967), San Diego State (1978), Hawai'i (1979), Air Force (1980) and Fresno State (1992). From 1962-90, the WAC sponsored championships for men's sports only. In 1990-91, a merger with the women's-only High Country Athletic Conference (HCAC) formed a single conference under one administrative structure. The expansion explosion of 1996 brought the league from 10 to 16 teams with the addition of Rice, SMU, TCU, Tulsa, UNLV and San Jose State.
KANSAS STATE PROBABLE STARTERSG - 12 Kristin Rethman 5-9 Fr. Centralia, Kan. G - 33 Essence Perry 5-6 Fr. Lawton, Okla. F - 35 Brandy Harris 5-11 So. Tulsa, Okla. F - 45 Nicky Ramage 6-1 Jr. Little River, Kan. C - 42 Angie Finkes 6-1 Jr. Springfield, Ohio
WAC STANDINGS
Mountain Division WAC Pct. Overall Pct.
1. Colorado State 0-0 --- 4-0 1.000
UNLV 0-0 --- 2-0 1.000
3. Air Force 0-0 --- 2-1 .667
4. Rice 0-0 --- 2-2 .500
TCU 0-0 --- 1-1 .500
SMU 0-0 --- 1-1 .500
Wyoming 0-0 --- 1-1 .500
8. Tulsa 0-0 --- 0-3 .000
Pacific Division WAC Pct. Overall Pct.
1. New Mexico 0-0 --- 4-0 1.000
Hawai'i 0-0 --- 2-0 1.000
3. UTEP 0-0 --- 2-1 .667
4. San Jose State 0-0 --- 1-2 .333
5. Brigham Young 0-0 --- 1-1 .500
7. Fresno State 0-0 --- 1-2 .333
8. San Diego State 0-0 --- 0-2 .000
RADIO SCHEDULE
Nov. 21 Montana 7:00 p.m. Nov. 25 Albertson College 7:00 p.m. Nov. 28 Kansas State 3:00 p.m. Dec. 3 Colorado State 7:00 p.m. Dec. 5 St. Mary's (Calif.) 3:00 p.m. Dec. 12 at Idaho 8:00 p.m. Dec. 22 Idaho State 5:15 p.m. Jan. 5 SMU 7:00 p.m. Jan. 9 at Brigham Young 3:00 p.m. Jan. 17 Hawai'i 12:00 p.m. Jan. 24 at Fresno State 12:00 p.m. Jan. 30 UTEP 3:00 p.m. Feb. 6 Brigham Young 3:00 p.m. Feb. 11 at San Diego State 8:00 p.m. Feb. 13 at Hawai'i 11:00 p.m. Feb. 20 Fresno State 3:00 p.m. Mar. 1-6 WAC Tournament TBA
All times are mountain. Each game will be preceded by a 15-minute pre-game show
Utah Quick Facts
GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Salt Lake City, Utah
Founded: 1850
Enrollment: 26,183
President: Dr. J. Bernard Machen
Nickname: Utes
Mascot: Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk)
Colors: Crimson and White
National Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Conference: Western Athletic (WAC)
Division: Pacific
Arena: Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,000)
Athletics Director: Dr. Chris Hill
Associate A.D./SWA: Amy Hackett
Asst. A.D./Marketing: Marc Amicone
Asst. A.D./Development: Peter Hart
Ticket Office Phone: (801) 581-UTIX (8849)
BASKETBALL FACTS
Started Basketball: 1974-75
All-Time Record: 489-198 (.711)/25th Year
All-Time WAC Record: 87-25 (.777)/9th Year
1997-98 Overall Record: 21-6
1997-98 Conference Record: 11-3/1st Div.-T
Postseason Results:
NCAA Tournament: First Round
Starters Returning/Lost: 1/4
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/7
ALBERTSON COLLEGE PROBABLE STARTERS
G - 12 Susie Bell 5-6 Jr. Boise, Idaho G - 24 M. Schlettert 5-10 Sr. Pullman, Wash. F - 13 Linsi Sloan 6-0 Jr. Kuna, Idaho F - 44 Lynne Overly 5-9 Sr. Boise, Idaho C - 11 Ashley Grant 5-11 Sr. Caldwell, Idaho
The Elliott Era
Year Overall Pct. WAC Pct. Finish 1983-84 19-12 .613 9-3 .750 2nd-T 1984-85 16-12 .571 8-4 .667 2nd-T 1985-86 21-8 .724 11-1 .917 1st 1986-87 20-7 .741 10-2 .833 1st-T 1987-88 19-9 .679 9-1 .900 2nd 1988-89 24-6 .800 9-1 .900 1st 1989-90 20-10 .667 6-4 .600 3rd 1990-91 20-10 .667 9-3 .750 2nd 1991-92 22-8 .733 10-4 .714 3rd 1992-93 19-10 .655 9-5 .643 2nd-T 1993-94 12-14 .462 9-5 .643 3rd 1994-95 23-7 .767 12-2 .857 2nd 1995-96 21-8 .724 12-2 .857 1st-T 1996-97 25-6 .806 15-1 .938 *1st 1997-98 21-6 .778 11-3 .785 *1st-T 1998-99 1-1 .500 0-0 --- Totals 303-134 .693 149-41 .784*Denotes Division Finish
UTE Career Charts
BLOCKED SHOTS1. Sandy Kovach ('79-83) 124 2. Mikki Kane-Barton ('89-93) 118 3. Cindy Lindsay ('85-89) 90 Kristi Rose ('96-Present) 90
WAC Career Charts
BLOCKED SHOTS
1. Debbie Dimond, BYU ('91-95) 268 2. Michelle Suman, SDSU ('91-95) 251 3. Teresa James, CSU ('92-96) 164 4. Jessica Thompson, UW ('93-97) 117 5. Mikki Kane-Barton, UU ('90-93) 112 6. Kristi Rose, UU ('96-Present) 90
PLAYER NOTES
KRISTINA ANDERSEN - 21
Has played in both games ... started against Montana (Nov. 21), scoring 3 points (1-for-2 3FG) and grabbing 1 rebound in 19 minutes ... 5 points (2-for-3 FG) and 3 rebounds in 12 minutes at Bradley (Nov. 14).
LAUREN BECKMAN - 52
Has played in both games ... in her first collegiate game, had a game-high 12 rebounds (9 offensive) and 10 points (5-for-10 FG) in 19 minutes off of the bench at Bradley (Nov. 14) ... 11 points (4-for-7 FG), 3 rebounds and 3 blocked shots in 21 minutes against Montana (Nov. 21).
AMY EWERT - 24
Has played in both games ... 6 points (3-for-4 FG) and 2 rebounds in 15 minutes at Bradley (Nov. 14) ... 2 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 13 minutes against Montana (Nov. 21).
TIANA FUERTES - 22
Has started in both games at point guard ... 9 points, going 3-for-7 from the field and 2-for-4 from 3-point range, 6 assists (2 turnovers) and 2 rebounds in 34 minutes against Montana (Nov. 21) ... had 1 point, 7 rebounds and 4 assists (9 turnovers) in 32 minutes against at Bradley (Nov. 14).
ERIN GIBBONS - 14
Has started at off guard in both games ... 12 points (all in the first half), going 4-for-5 from 3-point range, 4 assists and 2 rebounds in 28 minutes against Montana (Nov. 21) ... had 10 points, going 3-of-9 from the field and 2-of-5 from three-point range, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in 33 minutes at Bradley (Nov. 14) in her first collegiate game.
ERIN HANSEN - 40
In her first collegiate game against Bradley (Nov. 14), missed her only field goal attempt and played 6 minutes ... did not play against Montana.
LINDSAY HERBERT - 25
Has played in both games ... 5 points, making both of her field goals (including 1 three-pointer) 3 rebounds and 1 assist in 18 minutes against Montana (Nov. 21) ... in her college debut against Bradley (Nov. 14), did not attempt a shot in 4 minutes.
KATHERINE McCOLL - 13
In her collegiate debut against Montana (Nov. 21), had 6 rebounds, 2 points (making her only field goal) and 2 assists in 14 minutes ... did not play against Bradley (Nov. 14).
LORI RED - 32
Coming off of a redshirt year ... has started both games ... 11 points (4-for-4 FT), 5 rebounds and 3 assists in 27 minutes against Montana (Nov. 21) ... first start of her college career against Bradley (Nov. 14) ... had 7 points (3-for-13 FG, 1-for-4 3FG), 5 rebounds and 3 assists (4 turnovers) in 25 minutes against BU.
KRISTI ROSE - 44
Has started both games ... paced Utah with 13 points (6-for-12 FG) and 8 rebounds in 20 minutes against Montana (Nov. 21) ... led Utes with 12 points (4-for-6 FG), 8 rebounds and 2 blocked shots in 22 minutes at Bradley (Nov. 14).
LINDSAY SODJA - 15
Has played in both games ... started at power forward in first game ... 5 points (1-for-3 3FG) and 3 rebounds in 21 minutes at Bradley (Nov. 14) ... 3 points, making her only 3pt. field goal attempt, and 1 rebound in 6 minutes off of the bench against Montana (Nov. 21).
JANNA WHITMAN - 30
2 assists and missed her only shot (a 3-pointer) in 11 minutes at Bradley (Nov. 14) ... did not play against Montana (Nov. 21).
OVERALL Statistics
Overall Record: 1-1
WAC Record: 0-0
Home: 1-0
Away: 0-1
Neutral: 0-0
WAC Statistics
WAC Record: 0-0
Home: 0-0
Away: 0-0
LEADERS BY GAME
Points
Rose 2
Rebounds
Beckman 1 Rose 1
Assists
Fuertes 2
EXHIBITION GAME SUMMARY: Utah won its only exhibition game of 1998-99 season, romping Tallinn (Estonia), 75-57, last Thursday at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Point guard Tiana Fuertes and redshirt sophomore forward Lori Red both had impressive performances. Fuertes, who played sparingly her first two years behind Utah all-time assists leader Alli Bills, scored a team-high 16 points on 5-of-9 field goal shooting. She also also dished out five assists and had two steals. Red, coming off of a redshirt season, hit for 10 points--seven in the first half--including two 3-pointers. Junior center Kristi Rose also scored in double figures with 10 points, as well as contributing seven rebounds and two blocks. Sophomore Lindsay Sodja pulled down a team-best nine boards. All 13 players that suited up for the game played, with 11 getting double digit minutes. Utah held Tallinn to 39 percent field goal shooting and Katrin Esko (25 points) was its only player to shoot 50 percent (9-for-17).
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