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The University of Utah Athletics
Monday, January 15
Salt Lake City
7:00 PM MT
University of Utah
58
vs
39
San Diego St
Utah Downs San Diego State
1/15/2001 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 15, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Nick Jacobson scored 13 points as Utah defeated San Diego State 58-39 Monday to stay unbeaten in conference play.
Utah (11-6 overall, 3-0 Mountain West Conference) won its fourth game in a row and its 40th straight home conference game as its suffocating man-to-man defense held the Aztecs to 32 percent shooting and their lowest offensive output of the season.
Randy Holcomb led San Diego State (10-6, 0-3) with 12 points and 10 rebounds but didn't score in the last 16 minutes.
Utah, which also got 10 points from Trace Caton off the bench, has won 12 consecutive games in the series and kept San Diego State winless in Salt Lake City since 1982.
San Diego State closed within 42-33 on David Abramowitz's three free throws but Jeff Johnsen had two buckets in an 11-2 spurt that made it 53-35 for the Utes with 7:45 to play. Utah held the Aztecs scoreless for over five minutes during the span.
The Aztecs were averaging 74.9 points a game before going cold on their tour of Utah. San Diego State managed just 50 points against BYU on Saturday (79-50).
In the two years under Steve Fisher, the Aztecs have won just one road game and have yet to win a conference contest away from home.
The Utes shot only 7-of-29 from beyond the arc but got enough easy baskets on fast breaks and inside the lane against the undersized Aztecs to keep themselves in the MWC's top spot. The Utes outrebounded SDSU 21-9 in the second half.
The Aztecs took a 16-14 in the first half as Utah started the game shooting 1-of-11 from 3-point territory. But Jacobson finally found his range with a pair of 3-pointers that powered an 18-1 run that gave Utah a 32-17 lead with 1:59 until halftime.
Utah, which has been plagued with turnovers this season and averages 15.9 a game, committed just one turnover in the first half and outscored the Aztecs 15-0 in points off turnovers in the period.
Utah's starting center Chris Burgess suffered a sprained left ankle with 7:41 left in the first half and did not return.
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