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12/25/2016 1:23 PM | Men's Basketball
Collette scores 17 points; Zamora and Daniels add 16 points each
HONOLULU (AP) - David Collette scored 17 points on 8-of-8 shooting as Utah defeated Stephen F. Austin 74-66 to claim fifth place in the Diamond Head Classic on Sunday.
JoJo Zamora and Devon Daniels had 16 each and Lorenzo Bonam added 12 for the Utes (9-3), who never trailed and shot 58.5 percent (24 of 41) from the field.
Utah scored 30 points off of 23 turnovers by the Lumberjacks (5-7).
Gabe Bealer's 3-pointer from the right corner off an assist from Collette gave Utah its largest lead at 49-35 and capped a 10-2 run with 12:26 left to play.
Stephen F. Austin got as close as 55-51 following a pair of free throws by Chase Winchester with 5:13 remaining.
Leon Gilmore III had 13 points, Ty Charles 11 and Ivan Canete 10 for the Lumberjacks.
Utah opened the game with a 9-0 run, but went scoreless for a stretch of more than five minutes while Stephen F. Austin used a 14-5 run to get within 20-18.
The Utes took a 32-26 lead into halftime.
It was just the second meeting between the schools and the first since Utah beat Stephen F. Austin 57-50 in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
BIG PICTURE
Utah: The Utes committed more turnovers than they had assists for the third consecutive game. They had 18 turnovers to 17 assists Sunday and turned it over a combined 57 times against 45 assists in their three Diamond Head Classic games.
Stephen F. Austin: The Lumberjacks are now 1-11 against current members of the Pac-12, with the lone win coming on Dec. 2, 1988 against Washington State in a neutral-site game in Akron, Ohio.
NEXT UP
Utah will open Pac-12 play Sunday, when it hosts Colorado.
Stephen F. Austin will face Houston Baptist in its Southland Conference opener Saturday.