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Utah Sees Big Lead Disappear in Loss to New Mexico
2/8/2007 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 8, 2007
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah women's basketball team saw New Mexico miss its first nine field-goal attempts Thursday night at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The Utes took advantage, breaking out to a 13-2 lead. Utah built a lead of 22-6 with less than eight minutes remaining in the first half.
It looked as though Utah (14-9, 7-3 MWC) would cruise to a season sweep of the Lobos. But New Mexico (16-7, 6-4 MWC) had other ideas. The Lobos' Katie Montgomery scored a career-high 29 points, including 22 in the second half. In that second period, New Mexico rode Montgomery's hot hand to a 57-36 advantage, erasing a 16-point second-half deficit. The Lobos' huge second half led to a 73-65 comeback win for New Mexico.
After building an early 16-point advantage in the first half, Utah allowed New Mexico to claw its way back into the game at intermission. The Utes led by 15 points, 28-13, with four minutes remaining until halftime. But the Lobos outscored the Utes scored the final four points of the half, pulling with in 11 at halftime, 28-17.
Utah maintained its double-digit advantage for the first 10 minutes of the second half. The Utes even built their edge back up to 16 points, with 12:30 remaining in the contest. A Heidi Carlsen (Sr., St. George, Utah) three-pointer in the right corner gave Utah a 46-30 advantage.
But Montgomery was starting to heat up for New Mexico. She answered Carlsen's triple with one of her own, sparking a 10-3 run. Utah still had a double-digit lead with 7:13 remaining when Marie Warner (Jr., Hamilton, Ont.) hit a pair of free throws for Utah to make it 55-45.
Once again, New Mexico went on a big run. The Lobos 13-1 over the next three minutes. Montgomery had five points in the outburst, while Amy Beggin made a steal and score with 4:01 remaining to give New Mexico its first lead of the contest, 58-57.
The Utes answered with four straight free throws from Kalee Whipple (Fr., Hiko, Nev.). The charity tosses put Utah on top by three, 61-58, with 3:16 left. But the Utes missed their next four field-goal attempts. Meanwhile, two Julie Briody free throws pulled New Mexico back within one. Montgomery followed with her fourth three-pointer of the game to give the Lobos a 63-61 lead, one they would not relinquish.
New Mexico got a pair of free throws from Dionne Marsh and Montgomery with less than one minute remaining to grab a 67-61 edge before Utah scored again. The Utes were scoreless for 2:46 while the Lobos scored eight straight points to take control of the contest. New Mexico converted 10-of-10 from the free-throw line in the final minute to ice the eight-point victory. The Lobos were 31-of-34 from the stripe in the contest.
Montgomery's 22-point second half equaled her previous career-high for a game. Briody added 16 and Marsh tacked on 13 for New Mexico. Warner scored a career-high 23 points off the bench for Utah. Morgan Warburton (Soph., Helper, Utah) added 17 for the Utes.
Utah is back in action again Saturday afternoon, hosting Colorado State in the Huntsman Center at 3 p.m. Saturday's contest will feature Ute All-American Kim Smith becoming the first woman in Utah history to have her number retired. A halftime ceremony will be held to commemorate this historic occasion.
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