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Saturday, December 5
Salt Lake City, UT
12:00 PM
University of Utah
7-1
96
vs
79
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Purdue Fort Wayne
7-3
1
2
F
IPFW
36
43
79
Utah
39
57
96
Utah Downs IPFW 96-79 Behind Poetl's 21 Points
12/5/2015 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 5, 2015 
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Jakob Poeltl scored 21 points as Utah defeated Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 96-79 on Saturday.
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The Utes weren't at their best, but the Mastodons just didn't have the same caliber of athletes to keep up. Utah has won four in a row and Saturday's win completes a perfect three-game home stand.
There was no answer for Poeltl, who finished with six rebounds, six assists and one block. Jordan Loveridge scored 18 points, shot 7 for 11 from the field and buried four 3-point attempts.
Lorenzo Bonam scored six straight Utah points as the Utes used a 15-3 second-half run to take a 12-point lead that was too much for IPFW to recover from.
Mo Evans carried the Mastodons with a career-high 26 points, including 18 in the first half. Joe Reed added 14 points and five rebounds for IPFW.
The Mastodons were on fire early as the Utes defense took most of the first half to show any energy. IPFW jumped out to an 18-11 lead with a heavy dose of Evans, while shooting 77.8 percent from the field.
The Utes answered with a 16-4 run as the defense started to get stops. Utah couldn't pull away, though, and Evans hit a triple from straight away to beat the halftime buzzer and cut the Utes lead to 39-36 at the break.
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TIP-INS
Utah: Kenneth Ogbe started for the second consecutive game. ... The Utes shot 53.3 percent in the first half and allowed the Mastodons to shoot 44.4 percent. ... Bonam played just three minutes last game, but played 21 with 15 points and four assists Saturday.
UP NEXT
Utah travels to face Wichita State on Saturday.
Team Stats
IPFW
UTAH
FG%
.449
.623
3FG%
.481
.438
FT%
1.000
.565
RB
30
36
TO
11
10
STL
8
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
10
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
7
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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