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Utah Women's Basketball Drops Conference Game To Brigham Young
2/23/2002 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 23, 2002
Provo, Utah - The University of Utah women's basketball team dropped a conference match-up to the Brigham Young Cougars, 62-53 on Sat., Feb. 23 in Provo, Utah. The Utes drop to 13-11 overall, 6-6 in MWC play. BYU improves to 17-8 on the season, 8-4 in the MWC.
Utah gained a 33-31 lead going into the break, but managed to score just 20 points and shoot 15 percent in the second half and dropped a heartbreaker to the Cougars.
For the game, Utah's Lauren Beckman led the team with 18 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field and 8-of-9 shooting from the free-throw line. Teammate Lindsay Herbert added 15 points, while Kelsy Stireman led the Utes with seven rebounds. As a team, Utah went 15-of-49 from the field, 5-of-17 from three-point range and 18-of-20 from the charity stripe. For the Cougars, senior Jennifer Leitner totaled 18 points and 12 rebounds. Stacy Jensen chipped in 14 points, four assists and two steals. BYU shot 21-of-55 from the field, 3-of-13 from behind the arc and 17-of-20 from the free-throw line. The Cougars out-rebounded the Utes, 39-30.
"Its a one point game and we take an open look three and don't hit it and then they (BYU) come down and make a three," said Head Coach Elaine Elliott. "We played hard and we played tough, we just couldn't pull out this win. We did a better job defensively in the second half, but you also have to score and we've struggled with that this season down the stretch. Our kids won't quit, they will continue to move forward and go down to the tournament and make something happen."
UP NEXT: The Utes will match-up with the San Diego State Aztecs on Thurs., Feb. 28 at 5:30 p.m. in San Diego, Calif. On Sat., Mar. 2, Utah will play UNLV at 5:00 p.m. in Las Vegas, Nev. The Utes will participate in the MWC Tournament on Mar. 6-9 in Las Vegas, Nev.
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