Completed Event: Women's Basketball at Eastern Kentucky on March 19, 2026 , Loss , 58, to, 72
Final Score
Women's Basketball
58
at Eastern Kentucky
72
The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Hosts BYU for Deseret First Duel Title
2/27/2009 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 27, 2009
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SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah women's basketball team battles in-state rival Brigham Young on `Pack the House' and `Dollar Day' for the Deseret First Duel title on Saturday, Feb. 27. The game is available on The Mtn. with commentary from Andrea Lloyd and Mike Evans, while Chris Tunis provides the play-by-play on the radio at 1280 AM.
Tickets and selected concessions are all $1 for `Dollar Day.' In addition, students can sign up to win a $500 tuition wavier.
The winner of Wednesday's game between BYU and Utah earns five points in the Deseret First Duel rivalry series between Utah and BYU. Utah currently leads the 65.5-point series 29-8. The Utes need 33 points to clinch the victory for the year, which they can achieve with a victory in today's game. The Utes won the first game of the women's basketball series.
With Utah's loss to UNLV on Wednesday, TCU (11-3) and San Diego State (10-3) closed in a little on the Mountain West Conference lead, as each team won their Wednesday games. The Horned Frogs and Aztecs play each other on Saturday. The Utes and TCU play each other on March 7. Utah split two games with the Aztecs.
Although the 17-8 Cougars started the season strong, the team has struggled as of late, going 7-6 in the MWC and dropping three of their last four. BYU's last win was over UNLV on Feb. 21, by a point (53-52). Mindy Nielson leads the Cougars with 10.6 points per game while Cassie King is averaging a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game.
The Utes won the first meeting between these two teams, 63-55 in Provo on Jan. 28. The game was tied, 27-27, at halftime before Utah pulled out to an 11 point lead with 13 minutes left (44-33). BYU battled to the end though, pulling to within three with less than a minute left. Utah ended the game on a five-point run for the final score.
Also this week, Morgan Warburton was named as one of 30 mid-season candidates for the 2009 Naismith Trophy. The Naismith Trophy is given annually to the women's college player of the year.
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