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University of Utah


Weber St
1/3/2003 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan 3, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Freshman Richard Chaney scored a career-high 17 points as Utah cruised to a 72-58 win on Friday, its seventh in the last eight games.
Chaney shot 7-of-9 from the field in just 17 minutes and fellow reserve freshman Bryant Markson added 12 points as Utah (9-3) beat Weber State and avoided a letdown after defeating No. 1 Alabama 51-49 on Monday.
Slobodan Ocokoljic, a Serbian transfer from Ohio State, had his best WSU (9-5) game with 17 points and Jermaine Boyette added 14 points, all in the second half.
Britton Johnsen, who played his second game with a soft cast after right thumb surgery on Dec. 18, couldn't shoot confidently but still scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Utah stayed perfect at home in six games.
The Utes shot 53 percent, due largely to the play of Utah's trio of freshmen, who made 15 of 21 from the field. In addition to Chaney and Markson, starting point guard Tim Drisdom made 3 of 4 shots.
Weber State played its sixth straight road game while the Utes hosted their second of five straight home contests. Utah has now won two in a row over the Wildcats who broke the Utes' nation-best 54 game home winning streak the last time they met in Salt Lake City in 2000.