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vs Western Colorado (EXHIBITION)
Thursday, January 11
Las Vegas, Nev.
7:35 PM PT
University of Utah
70
at
51
UNLV
Utah Women's Basketball Win Big In Las Vegas
1/11/2001 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 11, 2001
LAS VEGAS - The University of Utah women's basketball team continued MWC play with a 70-51, win over UNLV on Thurs., Jan. 11, in Las Vegas, Nev. The Utes improve to 13-2 overall, 2-0 in the Mountain West Conference. UNLV drops to 10-3 overall, 0-1 in MWC play.
The first half saw both teams shoot poorly from the field. Utah was 7-of-29 and UNLV was 7-of-32 from the field before the break. The Utes regained composure in the second half and controlled the tempo for the rest of the game. UNLV took the lead only one time in the game. Utah edged the Rebels on the boards, 48-37 and racked up 14 assists, four blocks and three steals. The Utes outscored UNLV, 34-16 from points in the paint.
Utah saw two players score in double figures, with three others scoring nine points. Senior Amy Ewert racked up a season-high 17 points, five rebounds, four assists and two blocks. Ewert went 6-of-13 >from the field and 5-of-9 from the free-throw line. Lauren Beckman also scored double figures for the Utes. Beckman scored 12 points in 16 minutes of play and racked up eight rebounds. She was a perfect 3-of-3 >from the field and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. Katherine McColl recorded a career-high 11 rebounds, while teammate Kristina Andersen added nine boards. Erin Gibbons snapped a cold streak as she went 3-of-5 from the field, 2-of-4 from 3-point range and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line for nine points in 12 minutes of play. Utah went 23-of-55 (42 percent) from the field, 3-of-15 (20 percent) from the 3-point line and 70 percent (21-of-30) from the free-throw line.
For the Rebels, Constance Jinks tallied 20 points and seven rebounds. Jinks shot 8-of-18 from the field and 4-of-5 from 3-point range. Linda Frohlich notched 11 points and led the team with eight rebounds. Frohlich went 3-of-12 from the field, 2-of-2 from behind the arc and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line. The Rebels shot 29 percent from the field (17-of-58), 22 percent from the 3-point line (2-of-9) and 71 percent from the free-throw line (15-of-21).
"This is a very talented Vegas team," said Head Coach Elaine Elliott. "We struggled the first half, but these kids really came through with a great energized effort. UNLV is so individually talented on the offensive end of the floor, player for player, position by position that we have in this conference. I feel really good about the effort that our kids gave defensively," said Elliott.
AFTER THIS:
On Sat., Jan. 13, the Utes will meet San Diego State at 7:00 p.m. (PST) in San Diego, Calif. Utah hosts Colorado State on Thurs., Jan. 18, at 7:00 p.m. and Wyoming on Sat., Jan. 20, at 3:00 p.m. Utah will face Brigham Young at home on Sat., Jan. 27 at 3:07 p.m. On Sat., Feb. 3, the Utes will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., to match-up with the Air Force Falcons at 2:00 p.m. Utah will host San Diego State on Thurs., Feb. 8, at 7:00 p.m. and UNLV on Sat., Feb. 10, at 3:00 p.m.
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