Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round) on March 10, 2026 , Loss , 66, to, 73
Final Score
Men's Basketball
66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Closes Out Washington Swing at UW on Sunday
1/23/2016 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 23, 2016
GAME 20 | UTAH Utes (14-5, 2-3) at WASHINGTON Huskies (13-5, 5-1)
When: Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016 | 5:30 p.m. (PST)/ 6:30 p.m. (MST)
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena | Seattle, Wash.
Television: ESPNU | Roxy Bernstein (PxP), Corey Williams (Analyst)
Radio: Utah Sports Radio Network (ESPN 700) | Bill Riley (PxP), Jimmy Soto (Analyst)
Live Stats: GoHuskies.com
Complete Utah Basketball Game Notes
FAST BREAKS
> Utah is coming off a 92-71 win over Washington State in Pullman this past Thursday.
> Washington recorded a 95-83 win against Colorado at Alaska Airlines Arena on Wednesday.
> The Utes notched back-to-back conference road wins for the first time since last season when the Utes defeated Colorado in Boulder on Feb. 7 and then downing Oregon State in Corvallis on Feb. 19.
> Utah's 92-point effort was the team's most points scored in a conference game since joining the Pac-12, surpassing last season's 86-point effort against the Cougars in Salt Lake City (Jan. 21, 2015).
> Seniors Jordan Loveridge and Brandon Taylor are coming off 20-plus point efforts this past Thursday. Loveridge notched 22 points, while Taylor poured in a season-high 21 points in Utah's victory over the Cougars.
> The Utes were 11-of-12 from the free throw line on Thursday, finishing the contest with a season-high 91.7 percent effort from the charity stripe.
THE GAME
The Utah Runnin' Utes (14-5, 3-3) will close out its two-game road swing through the Evergreen state this Sunday, Jan. 24, taking on the Washington Huskies (13-5, 5-1).
Tip-off between the Utes and Huskies is set for 5:30 p.m. PST/6:30 p.m. MST at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle.
COVERING THE UTES
Sunday's contest will be televised live on ESPNU. Roxy Bernstein will call the action, while Corey Williams provides color commentary for the game.
Fans can also follow Sunday's game online at www.espn.go.com/watchespn or via smart phone/tablet by downloading the Watch ESPN App.
Additionally, the game can 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 Sunday's contest, with links to GameTracker found on-line at www.GoHuskies.com.
LAST TIME OUT
The Utes notched its second straight win this past Thursday, downing Washington State 92-71 at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman. Utah opened the contest with a quick dunk from sophomore Jakob Poeltl and never looked back en route to the 21-point victory. The Utes led by as many as 27 points and never trailed in the game.
Senior Jordan Loveridge recorded a game-high 22 points to notch his first 20-point effort since pouring in 21 points against San Diego State back on Nov. 16, and fellow senior Brandon Taylor posted a season-high 21 points. Both Loveridge and Taylor drained five three-pointers each.
Poeltl added 14 points, while junior Chris Reyes tallied seven points and a team-high six rebounds.
The Utes limited WSU's Josh Hawkinson to 16 points and just eight rebounds. It was just the fourth time all season that Hawkinson has played a game without recording a double-double.
The Utes, who finished shooting 55 percent from the field and 50 percent from downtown, notched 50 percent or better from both the field and three-point line for the third time this season.
STRIVE FOR 75
Senior Jordan Loveridge recorded a double-digit scoring effort for the 75th time in his career with his 22 points at Washington State on Thursday. The West Jordan native also notched his 13th 20-point game in the process.
DIALED IN FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE
Utah went 11-for-12 from the free throw line on Thursday, finishing the game with a season-high 91.7 percent effort from the charity stripe. It marked the team's best free throw percentage in a game since going 25-for-27 and finishing with a .926 free throw percentage against Savannah State back on Nov. 23, 2013.
Sophomore Kyle Kuzma went 5-for-5 from the free throw line - his first 1.000 percent effort from the charity stripe in his career when shooting at least five free throws.
BREAKING 90 IN CONFERENCE PLAY
Utah's 92-point effort against Washington State on Thursday was not only the Utes' most points scored in a Pac-12 game, but it also marked the first time that Utah scored 90 points or more in a conference game since a 94-88 overtime win over BYU back on Jan. 27, 2009, when the program was a member of the Mountain West Conference.
FOR THE RECORD
Senior Brandon Taylor moved up to No. 37 on Utah's all-time scoring list with 1,097 career points. Senior Jordan Loveridge continues to remain at No. 20 all-time with 1,378 career points.
Taylor moved up one spot to No. 4 with 209 career three-pointers made and he cracked the top-10 this past Thursday after collecting his 352nd career assist. He is currently tied at No. 10 on the assist list.
RPI WATCH
As of Jan. 23, Utah's RPI ranking at NCAA.com was No. 25, while coming in at No. 24 on ESPN's RPI rankings. Utah began the week ranked No. 29 in RPI by the NCAA.
Pac-12 RPI Rankings (NCAA):
7. Oregon
15. USC
23. Arizona
24. Colorado
25. Utah
47. UCLA
48. Stanford
50. California
UTAH IN PAC-12 PLAY
Now in its fifth season of Pac-12 play, the Utes are 33-45 overall against conference foes. Utah tallied its best record in the league play after posting a 13-5 record in 2014-15.
Utah is 23-15 all-time in Pac-12 games played at home and 10-30 in conference games played on the road.
UTAH ON THE ROAD
The Utes picked up back-to-back road wins for the first time since midseason last year, when Utah downed Colorado in Boulder (2/7/15) and then Oregon State in Corvallis (2/19/15).
Utah is now 9-8 in road games dating back to last season, which includes a 7-6 mark in Pac-12 contests.
THREE UTES NAMES TO AWARD WATCH LISTS
Senior Brandon Taylor was one of 20 players named to the Julius Erving Award watch and senior Jordan Loveridge was one of 20 players named to the Karl Malone Award watch list in an announcement from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, back on Oct. 13.
Sophomore Jakob Poeltl was named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list on Oct. 16, while also being named to both the Naismith and Oscar Robertson National Player of the Year Award watch lists on Dec. 2.
Poeltl has also been named to the John R. Wooden Award watch list, which was released earlier this season. He is Utah's second player to be named to the Wooden preseason list in as many years, following in the footsteps of Delon Wright, who was a Wooden Award finalist last season.
POELTL NAMED A TWO-TIME PAC-12 POW
Sophomore Jakob Poeltl has been named the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week twice this season, earning the honor on Nov. 23 and Dec. 21.
Poeltl joins Delon Wright as the only other player in school history to earn a Pac-12 weekly award twice in a career, but he is the first player to do so in the same season.
UP NEXT
Utah returns home next week to host both Bay Area schools, first taking on California next Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 9 p.m. and then closing out the week against Stanford on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 3 p.m.
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