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Tuesday, January 11
Salt Lake City
6:30 PM
University of Utah
79
vs
104
BYU
Runnin' Utes Drop Deseret First Duel Matchup
1/11/2011 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 11, 2011
Box Score | Quotes | Notes | Photo Gallery 
SALT LAKE CITY - Freshman wing J.J. O'Brien turned in his first career double-double but the University of Utah men's basketball (7-10, 0-3 MWC) lost a Deseret First Duel game 104-79 to Mountain West Conference rival BYU (17-1, 3-0 MWC) Tuesday at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
Utah held a 45-30 edge in rebounds and shot 44% from the field (26-of-58) as a team.
O'Brien posted his first career double-double with a career-high 13 points and 11 rebounds. He was 4-of-9 from the floor and became the first Ute, other than junior wing Will Clyburn, to turn in a double-double performance this season.
Clyburn poured in 23 points and added four rebounds. He has scored in double-figures in all 18 games and has scored more than 20 points eight times this season. The Detroit, Mich., native has led the Utes in scoring 11 times this season
Josh Watkins hit four of his nine field goal attempts for 19 points. He also went 11-of-12 from the foul line and tied his career-high with seven assists.
Sophomore Shawn Glover established his career high with 10 rebounds and contributed eight points to go with a career-high-tying three blocks.
Utah's junior center David Foster had three blocks and now has 48 this season and 168 over his career. He is now just 37 blocks shy of tying Luke Nevill's Utah career of 205 from 2005-09. He also had an impact on the glass, pulling down a career high 12 rebounds. Foster also totaled a season-high six points.
There were two ties early in the first half before Utah took its first lead of the contest after a Chris Kupets' 3-pointer. The teams were tied at nine points apiece before the Utes went on a 6-1 spurt to assume a 15-10 lead. BYU came back to force the fourth tie of the half at 17-17 but Utah came back with four unanswered points.
The Cougars regained the lead 30-25 after a 10-2 run, including a pair of 3-pointers. BYU's lead grew to as many as 10 points (43-33) and it would lead by as many as 11 points (53-42). Both teams shot 50% from the floor with Utah connecting on 16 of 32 shots while BYU was 19-of-38. The Utes held a commanding 25-11 edge on the boards. Watkins posted a team-high 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the floor, while O'Brien pulled down a team-high eight rebounds to go with a career-high eight points in the first half alone.
BYU stretched its lead to 14 points (61-47) after the first media timeout in the second half. Utah cut its deficit to eight points (63-55) after an 8-2 run. Unfortunately, BYU answered with a 9-2 run, highlighted by a pair of Noah Hartsock 3-pointers, to build its lead to 15 points at 72-57 at the 10:12 mark. The Cougars extended their largest lead to 29 points (90-61) after a 24-4 run.
BYU was led by Jimmer Fredette's 47 points to lead the Cougars, who shot 58.3% (14-of-24) from beyond the arc.
The Cougars now lead the all-time series with Utah at 126-125.
Utah still currently leads the 2010-11 Deseret First Duel 12-sport competition between the schools by a 16-11 score with tonight's contest at the Huntsman Center worth five points in the standings. The Utes continue MWC play at Wyoming on Saturday. Tipoff from Laramie is set for 1:30 p.m. MT.
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