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Women's Basketball
vs Western Colorado (EXHIBITION)
Saturday, November 10
SALT LAKE CITY
8:00 PM MT
University of Utah
72
vs
56
NWBL EXHIBITION GAME
Utah Women's Basketball Wins Final Exhibition Game Against NWBL
11/10/2001 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 10, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY-A strong first-half propelled Utah to a 72-56 victory over the NWBL in its final exhibition game on Saturday night at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Utah finishes 2-0 in exhibition play and will open its regular season at the Gopher Basketball Classic in Minneapolis, Minn. on Nov. 17-18.
As a team, Utah shot 64.3 percent on 18-of-28 shooting in the first half and capitalized on the tired NWBL team. Earlier in the day, the NWBL beat Boise State (72-67) in Boise, Idaho before traveling to Salt Lake City.
Utah struggled in the second half shooting 41.7 percent as a team and turning the ball over 15 times. The NWBL battled back from the 22-point halftime deficit to come within 10 points of the Utes, but was unable to come up with the win. Utah out rebounded the NWBL 42-29 on the game, but turned the ball over 27 times.
Sophomore Kelsy Stireman was 2-of-2 from the three-point line and 5-of-6 from the field as she led the Utes in the first half with 12 points, five assists and four rebounds. Stireman was forced to temporarily leave the game in the second half after she re-injured her thumb, which she had sprained two weeks before. Stireman finished the game with 14 points, seven assists and four points in 24 minutes.
Sophomore Carley Marshall scored 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting with four rebounds in 24 minutes off the bench for Utah. Seniors Lauren Beckman and Lindsay Herbert both played 27 minutes and scored in double figures for the Utes. Beckman finished with 17 points and five rebounds and Herbert scored 12 points with nine rebounds.
"We struggled offensively in the second half," said head coach Elaine Elliott. "We were not playing aggressively and we were not doing what we need to do when the shots aren't falling. I'm not worried about our inside game, but instead the perimeter game we kind of lean on because we don't have any experienced players on the bench. We are at a good place to start the season and have shown a lot of progress."
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