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Wednesday, November 14
Seattle, Wash.
7:45 PM
University of Utah
77
at
83
Washington
Utes Fall To Washington, 83-77
11/14/2007 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 14, 2007
Final Stats | Quotes | Notes
SEATTLE --The University of Utah men's basketball team trailed Washington by 11 points early in the second half Wednesday night. But the Utes rallied and even held the lead with two minutes remaining in the contest. But the Huskies out-scored Utah 10-2 over the final 1:32 of the contest to pick up an 83-77 win in the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament.
Lawrence Borha missed an open 3-pointer that would have tied the game with 36 seconds remaining for Utah (2-1). Johnnie Bryant scored 18 points -- 14 in the second half -- before fouling out immediately after Borha's miss for the Utes.
Quincy Pondexter then hit two clinching free throws with 31.8 seconds left to send Washington, who went 19-13 and missed both the NCAA tournament and NIT last season, to New York for this tournament's semifinals Nov. 21 against Texas A&M.
The 15th-ranked Aggies beat UTEP 81-76 in College Station, Texas, Wednesday.
Brockman, an all-Pac-10 player last season who is taking over from now-NBA center Spencer Hawes as Washington's star, engaged in a throwback grudge match with Utah's 7-foot-1 center Luke Nevill. All night they traded arm bars across the shoulders, shoves in the back and banged into each other's guts to gain positions.
Brockman, five inches shorter than Nevill, shot over the Australian with turnaround jumpers and right-handed hooks. He released them so quickly that Nevill often remained on his heels and then helplessly watched the ball drop through the net.
Nevill fouled out with 4:39 left when Dentmon took an exaggerated fall while trying to box out Nevill. The play came on a turnover fastbreak that Luka Drca scored on to put Utah up 70-69.
But Brockman twice followed his own misses with rebounds before getting fouled and converting two free throws. That set up Dentmon's scooping, go-ahead score.
Washington led 51-41 after Brockman beat Nevill to the low blocks and converted the subsequent 3-point play with 16:33 left. But Utah went on a 10-0 run to tie it on a free throw by Borha.
Nevill started 4-for-4 from the field but did not score a basket over 14 1/2 minutes, from late in the first half until he got behind Brockman for a layup with 11:44 left to keep the Utes within 56-55, after they had trailed by 11.
Nevill picked up his fourth foul with 8:11 to go when he threw Brockman to the floor as Borha was making a 3-pointer to put Utah up 61-60.
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