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Women's Basketball
vs Western Colorado (EXHIBITION)
Thursday, November 2
SALT LAKE CITY
5:00 PM MT
University of Utah
78
vs
42
FOREIGN EXHIBITION GAME
Utah Women's Basketball Wins First Exhibition Game
11/2/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 2, 2000
Salt Lake City - The University of Utah women's basketball team rolled in an exhibition win over Manukau Auckland, 78-42 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Thurs., Nov. 2. Utah will host its last exhibition game on Sat., Nov. 11 against the NWBL at 3:30 p.m. (MST). The Utes open their season on the road at UCLA on Fri., Nov. 17 at 7:00 p.m. (PST).
Juniors Lauren Beckman and Lindsay Herbert led the Utes with 12 points each. Beckman shot 5-of-9 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds, while Herbert shot 4-of-9 from the field, 2-of-4 from the 3-point line and had nine rebounds. Sophomore Sarah Wobbe added 10 points, shooting 4-of-8 from the field and two steals. Freshman Caroline Matthews led Utah with 10 boards and totaled seven points. All 14 Utes saw action, with all but one player posting points in the game. As a team, Utah shot 40 percent from the field (27-of-67), 24 percent from behind the arc (5-of-21) and 58 percent (19-of-33) from the free-throw line.
For Manuaku Auckland, Marcia Noon racked up 20 points, making 7-of-15 from the field and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line. Teammate Antonia Solomon added 10 points, shooting 6-of-9 from the free-throw line and 2-of-13 from the field. Manuaku Auckland totaled 26 turnovers in the game and managed a .210 shooting percentage (13-of-62) from the field. The New Zealand shot 29 percent from behind the arc (4-of-14) and 67 percent from the free-throw line (12-of-18).
"Tonight's game was a start in terms of evaluating ourselves," said Head Coach Elaine Elliott. "We're going to get the film broken down and work on some things. We have a lot of work to do at the point guard position. I'm not concerned with our shooting, I think we were just a bit nervous. I'm more concerned with continuing to learn how to play with each other rather than hitting an open shot. We didn't have to do much to get an open look, and we had to show some patience in order to get into our system. Tonight's game was a reward for all the kids who practiced hard and I wanted to give everyone a chance to play," said Elliott.
AFTER THIS: On Sun., Nov. 19, Utah will face Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa at 1:00 p.m. (CST). The Utes are back at home for the next seven games, opening up with Montana Tech on Wed., Nov. 22, at 7:00 p.m. On Sat., Nov. 25, Utah will take on the Weber State Wildcats at the Jon M. Huntsman Center at 3:00 p.m. The Utes will host Pacific on Wed., Nov. 29 at 7:00 p.m.
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