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University of Utah
Colorado St*
2/14/2004 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb 14, 2004
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Tim Drisdom scored a career-high 24 points and Nick Jacobson added 22 to lead Utah to an 80-70 victory over Colorado State Saturday night.
Andrew Bogut also had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Utah (19-5, 7-2 Mountain West Conference), which completed a two-game sweep of Colorado State. The win was the fourth straight for Utah, which remained a game back of first-place Air Force.
Dwight Boatner led Colorado State (11-11, 3-6) with 16 points. Michael Morris had 15 for the Rams, who lost their third straight and played their fourth consecutive game without injured center Matt Nelson.
Jacobson's layup extended Utah's lead to 40-27 two minutes into the second half. The Rams then tightened their defense. A layup and free throw by Morris closed the gap to 42-37.
The Utes responded with a 13-3 run begun by a four-point play to move ahead 55-40 with 6:10 remaining.
Colorado State cut the gap to 75-68 after Ronnie Clark's layup with 1:22 left. The Utes then put the game out of reach by sinking 5-of-6 free throws - three by Jacobson - in the final 1:12.
Drisdom and Jacobson had 11 points each by halftime, and Utah used two runs to lead 34-26 at the break. Colorado State missed ts first eight shots, allowing the Utes to build a 12-1 lead.
The Rams heated up to hit 6-of-10 shots, cutting the lead to 18-16. Utah regained control and Drisdom buried two 3-pointers and scored on a backdoor layup with 2:44 left to put the Utes ahead 30-19.