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Men's Basketball
66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
The University of Utah Athletics
Utes Back Home to Host Oregon on Thursday
1/13/2016 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 13, 2016
GAME 17 | UTAH Utes (12-4, 1-2) vs. OREGON Ducks (13-3, 2-1)
When: Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 | 8 p.m. (MST)
Where: Huntsman Center | Salt Lake City
Television: Pac-12 Networks | Ted Robinson (PxP), Don MacLean (Analyst)
Radio: Utah Sports Radio Network (ESPN 700) | Bill Riley (PxP), Jimmy Soto (Analyst)
Live Stats: UtahUtes.com
Complete Utah Basketball Game Notes
FAST BREAKS
> Utah is coming off its first Pac-12 Conference win of the 2015-16 campaign, following a 56-54 road victory at Colorado last Friday.
> Oregon has won two straight games and is coming off a 71-58 victory against Stanford in Eugene on Sunday.
> Oregon leads the all-time series 14-9.
> The Utes are 31-44 all-time in Pac-12 Conference games after going 13-5 mark in league play last season. Utah is 1-2 in conference play this season.
> Utah moved to 3-1 following a loss this season and are now 26-15 overall in games following a defeat, which dates back to the 2013-14 season.
> Junior Lorenzo Bonam paced the Utah offense last Friday, scoring a team-high 17 points, which included scoring the winning bucket for the Utes.
> The Utes return home to the Huntsman Center for the first time in 2016 after opening Pac-12 play with three straight road games. Utah went 8-0 at home during non-conference play this season.
THE GAME
The Utah Runnin' Utes (12-4, 1-2) will make its return home to the friendly confines of the Jon M. Huntsman Center this Thursday, Jan. 14, to host the Oregon Ducks (13-3, 2-1) in the team's Pac-12 home-opener. Tip-off between the Utes and Ducks is set for 8:06 p.m. MST.
COVERING THE UTES
Thursday's contest will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks. Ted Robinson will call the action, while Don MacLean provides color commentary for the game. Lewis Johnson will offer in-game reports from the sideline.
Fans can also follow the game on-line at www.Pac-12.com/live or via smart phone/tablet by downloading the Pac-12 Now App.
The game can be also be found on the Utah Sports Radio Network (ESPN 700). Bill Riley will provide play-by-play, with the assistance of in-game analyst Jimmy Soto.
Live stats will be provided for Friday's contest, with links to GameTracker found on-line at www.CUBuffs.com.
WHITEOUT
Fans are encouraged to wear white as the Runnin' Utes host Oregon in their Pac-12 home opener. Click below for a link to the bookstore with whiteout items: Utah Bookstore
LAST TIME OUT
Utah picked up its first conference win of the season, downing Colorado 56-54 last Friday in Boulder.
After leading 26-24 at halftime, Utah came out of break going just 2-of-11 from the field, while the Buffs opened the second making eight of its first nine shots to take a seven-point lead, 41-34.
CU later led by as many as nine points with 10:28 left to play, but that is when Utah took over. Senior Jordan Loveridge connected on back-to-back three-pointers and sophomore Kyle Kuzma found an open-lane-dunk to pull Utah back within three, down 46-43. Junior Lorenzo Bonam had not scored at all in the second half until a pair of free throws with 6:11 left to play.
Utah closed out the game with a 13-4 run to escape Coors Events Center with a two-point victory. Bonam went on to score nine of Utah's final 13 points, which included the game-winning lay-up with 1.1 seconds left to play.
UTAH IN PAC-12 PLAY
Now in its fifth season of Pac-12 play, the Utes are 31-44 overall against conference foes. Utah tallied its best record in the league play after posting a 13-5 record in 2014-15.
Utah is 22-14 all-time in Pac-12 games played at home and 9-30 in conference games played on the road.
COMING OFF A LOSS
Utah moved to 3-1 in games after a loss this season, picking up wins against Temple, Savannah State and now Colorado. The lone loss came to California two weeks ago after suffering a defeat to Stanford.
Utah is 26-15 overall in games following a loss dating back to the 2013-14 season.
BONAM'S BRILLIANCE ON DISPLAY
Junior Lorenzo Bonam led the Utes with 17 points in the win at Colorado this past Friday, pouring in a career-high seven field goals on the night.
Bonam's 17-point effort was the junior college transfer's second-highest point total in a Utah uniform, following his 20-point effort against Texas Tech back on Nov. 19.
The Inkster, Mich., native set-up Utah's game-winning score with a stolen pass from the Buffs with 24 seconds left to play in regulation. Following a timeout, Bonam set-up a pick-and-roll play, then drove left of the basket where he scored the game-winning bucket.
Bonam's game-winner was later featured on ESPN Sports Center's Top-10 plays of the night.
POELTL'S MIDSEASON AWARDS
Sophomore Jakob Poeltl was named to both NBC Sports and Bleacher Report's Midseason All-America teams. The 7-0 forward was tabbed a second-teamer on both lists.
RPI WATCH
Heading into the week, Utah's RPI ranking was No. 21. The Utes moved up 11 spots from No. 32 in last week's rankings, following its Pac-12 Conference road win at Colorado this past Friday.
The Utes are 3-3 against teams ranked in the RPI top-50 and 6-4 overall against teams in the RPI top-100.
Utah has the third-highest RPI ranking among Pac-12 teams, following only Oregon (No. 10) and USC (No. 18).
WINNING ON THE ROAD
With its win at Colorado this past Friday, the Utes snapped a four-game road losing streak that dated back to the final regular-season contest last season.
Utah is 8-8 in road games dating back to last season, which includes a 6-6 mark in Pac-12 contests.
AT THE CHARITY STRIPE
Despite attempting a season-low nine free throws this past Friday in Colorado, the Utes managed to convert a season-high 88.9 percent of its shots, finishing the game going 8-of-9 from the free throw line.
Utah heads into the week ranked second in the Pac-12 in free throw shooting percentage (.724), while senior Jordan Loveridge ranks No. 9 in the conference with a .788 percentage from the charity stripe.
UP NEXT
Utah returns to the road next week with a two-game swing against both Washington schools.
The Utes will travel to Pullman, Wash., next Thursday, Jan. 21 to face Washington State and will close out the week against Washington on Sunday, Jan. 24.
Utha will return home to host California (Jan. 27) and Stanford (Jan. 30) the following week.
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