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The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, February 3
Salt Lake City
7:00 PM MT
University of Utah
63
vs
58
Air Force
Utes Holds Off Air Force, 63-58
2/3/2001 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 3, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Kevin Bradley scored 12 of his 15 points in the final 10:05 as Utah withstood a furious Air Force rally to win 63-58 Saturday.
Jeff Johnsen added 10 points for the Utes, who snapped their three-game losing streak and extended their national-best home conference winning streak to 41 games.
Jarvis Croff snapped out of a shooting slump with 17 points, including six in the last 1:34 of the game. Tom Bellairs added 14 points for the Falcons.
Utah (12-9 overall, 4-3 Mountain West Conference) seemed poised to close out the Falcons (6-15, 1-6 MWC) when Bradley hit two free throws to put Utah ahead 59-48 with 2:53 to play.
But Croff hit a pair of 3-pointers and added a steal in a 10-0 run that closed the gap to 59-58 with 23.6 remaining.
Bradley answered with two more foul shots.
A.J. Kuhle missed a long 3-point attempt for Air Force and Travis Spivey sealed the win with two more free throws.
Utah has won 17 of the last 18 games against Air Force and the Falcons have won just once in 22 games played at the Huntsman Center. The Falcons are 0-12 when opponents score 60 points or more.
But Air Force had its chances in this game as the Falcons held Utah scoreless for 5:24 midway through the second half and drew within 41-38 on Robert Todd's 3-pointer with 10:30 to play.
Then Utah's distinct height advantage was negated as Nate Althoff left the court after twisting his knee with 9:31 to play. The Utes were already missing starting center Chris Burgess, who has an ankle fracture and is out for three more weeks.
So the Utes relied on their outside game as Bradley took over down the stretch. The 6-foot guard made all four of his field goal attempts, including two 3-pointers, to help keep Utah's conference title hopes alive.
Bradley is the team's leading scorer but has been in Coach Dick Hunsaker's doghouse lately. Bradley logged 19 minutes Saturday after just seven minutes in the Utes' loss to BYU Monday.
Utah held the Falcons to just two field goals for the first 8:39 of the game and jumped out to a 17-6 lead. But Air Force battled back and trailed 29 24 after Croff's 3-pointer just before halftime.
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