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Monday, February 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
7:00 PM
University of Utah
70
vs
56
UNLV*
Utah Upends UNLV
2/9/2004 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb 9, 2004
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Nick Jacobson scored 16 points and Andrew Bogut and Tim Drisdom each added 14 as Utah defeated UNLV 70-56 Monday night and remained unbeaten at home this season.
Bogut added 13 rebounds, marking his 11th double-double of the season, to help the Utes (18-5, 6-2 Mountain West Conference) outrebound the Rebels 46-21 and set a new season-low in points for UNLV, which dropped its fifth road game in the last six.
Odartey Blankson led UNLV (12-8, 3-5) with 13 points and Romel Beck and J.K. Edwards each chipped in 11, but the Rebels shot just 28 percent in the second half.
Acting coach Kerry Rupp won his third consecutive game since Utah head coach Rick Majerus left the team last week to care for his heart condition. With the win, Utah stayed one game behind Air Force in the conference standings.
The Utes led by as many as 18, but the Rebels cut it to 11 after Beck's free throws with 4:33 to play. UNLV couldn't get any closer as the Rebels converted just one field goal in the last five minutes until James Peters had a layup with eight seconds left.
The Utes made 19-of-21 free throws and scored their last 10 points from the line.
With a 42-35 lead, the Utes, who are ranked second in scoring defense in NCAA Division I, turned up the defensive pressure. In the midst of a 8-3 run, the Rebels went scoreless for a stretch of 5:21. Bogut's pair of free throws and driving layup put Utah ahead, 50-36 with 12 minutes remaining.
The Rebels came into the game, averaging a conference-best 74.3 points a game, but the Utes extended their streak of not allowing an opponent to score over 80 points in regulation to 118 games.
Reversing a recent pattern of slow starts, the Utes ran at every opportunity to the begin the game and jumped to a 17-10 lead on a tip-in by Tim Frost, who had 13 points. Utah never trailed after the game's first 2:30 and led 36-30 at halftime.
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