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The University of Utah Athletics
Monday, February 3
Salt Lake City, Utah
7:00 PM
University of Utah
78
vs
68
New Mexico *
Utes' Win Over Lobos Gives Them Four In A Row
2/3/2003 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb 3, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Marc Jackson had a nearly perfect shooting night and scored 20 points as Utah defeated New Mexico 78-68 Monday for its fourth straight win.
Jackson came off the bench and shot 6-for-6, including three 3-pointers, and was 5-for-6 from the line in just 22 minutes of play.
Britton Johnsen and Nick Jacobson added 17 points each while Tim Frost had 14 as the Utes (16-4, 4-1 Mountain West) won their 11th game in their last 12 and improved to 11-0 at home this season.
Ruben Douglas, the third leading scorer in the country with an average of 26.9, scored 32 points for New Mexico, but they didn't come easy. Shadowed and bumped throughout the game, he had to earn 13 of his points from the line.
New Mexico (7-12, 1-5) dropped its third straight game and has lost 14 in a row on the road, its longest streak since the Lobos had a 14-game skid over the 1980-81 and 1981-82 seasons.
Jamaal Williams, who scored 13 points, made a jumper to clip Utah's lead to 69-61 and then Johnsen missed two free throws.
But just as he has in the last four games, Jackson came to the Utes' rescue with a running bank shot and two free throws to seal the victory, Utah's 14th in a row at home against New Mexico.
Early in the second half, Douglas hit two free throws to close to 48-46 before Utah began to exploit the tiring Lobos, who have just eight scholarship players.
Johnsen made a 3-pointer and a pair of foul shots. After two more free throws by Douglas, Jackson scored eight straight points to give Utah a 61-48 lead with 10:32 remaining.
The Utes held the Lobos without a field goal for 9:30 of the second half. The Lobos made 11 free throws during the stretch.
Utah led by as many as nine in the first half, but the Lobos, behind Douglas's 15 points, cut the gap to 37-35 at halftime.
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