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Women's Basketball
vs Western Colorado (EXHIBITION)
Friday, January 28
Provo, Utah
7:00 PM MT
University of Utah
59
at
55
BYU
Utes Roll on Six Game Win Streak
1/29/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 29, 2000
Provo, Utah - The University of Utah women's basketball team rolled in Mountain West Conference play with a 59-55 win over BYU, in Provo, Utah on Fri., Jan. 28. Utah is currently 14-4 overall, 5-0 in the MWC. BYU drops to 13-5 overall, 3-2 in the MWC.
Down at the half (33-22) Utah picked up the pace to out-score the Cougars 37-22 in the second half and pull out the win. Utah tied the game, 48-48 with 6:59 to go in the game on a three-pointer by sophomore Erin Gibbons. The Utes took the lead (49-48) for only the second time in the game with 5:46 left to go on a free-throw by Gibbons. BYU came back to score seven unanswered points and retake the lead 55-53, but Utah's Kristina Andersen hit a clutch three-pointer to put the Utes up by one with 1:35 left in the game. Utah hit three more free-throws and held the Cougars scoreless in the final minute of play to sustain the win. Utah is the only MWC team that remains undefeated in conference play.
Junior Kristina Andersen led the Utes with a career-high 22 points. Andersen was 7-of-10 from the field, 3-of-5 from three-point range and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. Sophomore Erin Gibbons also scored in double figures with 11 points, shooting 2-of-6 from the field, 2-of-4 from behind the arc and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. Junior Lori red added nine points and Lauren Beckman posted six rebounds. As a team, Utah shot 41 percent from the field (18-of-44), 47 percent from behind the arc (7-of-15) and 76 percent (16-of-21) from the free-throw line.
For the Cougars, senior Lori Cuff and sophomore Stacy Jensen led the team with 14 points each. Erin Thorn had 10 points, four assists and two steals, and teammate Jill Adams led BYU with nine boards. BYU shot 44 percent from the field (24-of-54), 40 percent from the 3-point line (6-of-15) and 100 percent from the free-throw line (1-of-1).
"I thought BYU out played us for the first 18 minutes of the game, but we came back and matched that for about 22 minutes and those two minutes were probably the difference in us getting the win. They played very well early on and caught us a little bit slower than they were and not as quick to the ball. In the final two minutes of the first half and all of the second half I was pleased with the way our kids played. I thought we were aggressive and I was happy with the effort they gave to pull out the win. We turned up the intensity level and played as a team in the second half and came out with a good win over a good team," said Elliott.
AFTER THIS: Utah travels to Albuquerque, N.M. to face the Lobos of New Mexico at 7:00 p.m. (MST). On Sat., Feb. 5, the Utes take on Air Force at 2:00 p.m. (MST) in Colorado Springs, Colo. Utah is at home on Thurs., Feb. 10 facing the Aztecs of San Diego State at 5:15 p.m. On Sat., Feb. 12, the Utes play UNLV at 3:00 p.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
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