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The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, March 8
Salt Lake City, Utah
1:00 PM
University of Utah
86
vs
70
Wyoming *
Caton's Career Day Leads Utes Past Wyoming
3/8/2003 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 8, 2003
By DOUG ALDEN
AP Sports Writer
SALT LAKE CITY - Trace Caton scored a career-high 20 points in his final home game and fellow senior Britton Johnsen scored 17 as Utah beat Wyoming 86-70 Saturday, clinching the No. 1 seed in the Mountain West Conference tournament.
The Utes (23-6, 11-3), who had lost two of their last three, won at least a share of their eighth conference title in nine years. Brigham Young could have tied Utah's league record with a win over Colorado State later Saturday, but the Utes swept the Cougars in the regular season and hold the tiebreaker for the MWC No. 1 seed.
Nick Jacobson scored 14 and Marc Jackson had 11 points for Utah, which went 15-1 at home this season.
Uche Nsonwu-Amadi led Wyoming (20-9, 8-6) with 24 points. Donta Richardson scored 16 and Jay Straight had 15 points for the Cowboys, who never got closer than 10 in the second half.
Johnsen, Caton and senior classmate Cameron Koford, who scored eight Saturday, all received standing ovations when they were pulled late in the game. They are the only seniors on the Ute roster.
Caton had only reached double figures one other time this season, scoring 15 in a win over Northern Iowa, and had never topped the 19 points he scored in a game early in his freshman season. With a little more than three minutes left and the Utes up 77-65, he pulled up for a 3-pointer and hit it to reach 20 points.
 Cameron Koford blocks a shot attempt by Wyoming center Uche Nsonwu-Amadi.  | |
Caton was 7-for-11 and made 5-of-6 3-pointers.
He and Johnsen were the first two Utes to start cutting down the net as "We Are the Champions" blared through the Huntsman Center. The last strand was saved for coach Rick Majerus, who was greeted with a loud cheer when he came out of the tunnel and finish the celebration.
The Utes tied their season high for points by going 28-for-53 from the floor
Wyoming used an 11-2 run to cut Utah's lead to 31-26, but the Utes regrouped and outscored the Cowboys 15-6 the rest of the half. Johnsen closed the half with five straight points, leaping through the Cowboys for a two-handed dunk and following it with a three-point play that put the Utes up 46-32 at halftime.
Wyoming got the lead down to 10 three times in the second half, but couldn't get any closer. After Richardson cut it to 73-63, Jackson made four straight free throws to put the Utes back up by 14. Richardson added another field goal, but Caton hit his final 3-pointer and the Utes coasted the rest of the way.
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