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The University of Utah Athletics
Friday, November 10
Salt Lake City, Utah
8:00 PM
University of Utah
83
vs
62
Prairie View A&M
Barefield Leads Runnin' Utes to 83-62 Season-Opening Victory Over PVAMU
11/10/2017 11:46 PM | Men's Basketball
Barefield scores game-high 22 points
SALT LAKE CITY – Junior Sedrick Barefield scored a game-high 22 points, while leading the Utah Runnin' Utes (1-0) to an 83-62 season-opening win over the Prairie View A&M Panthers (0-1) Friday evening at the Huntsman Center.
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Barefield was 6-of-6 from the field in the first half and led the Utes with 16 points as Utah took a 39-31 lead into the intermission. Utah opened the first half outscoring the Panthers 19-8, but PVAMU would end up outscoring the Utes 23-20 over the final 13 minutes of the frame. PVAMU would later cut its 11-point deficit all the way down to three points, trailing 34-31 with 1:44 left to play, but Barefield knocked down the final two shots, including a three-pointer, for the Utes and gave the home squad an eight-point lead at the break.
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Utah came out clicking on all cylinders and opened the second half with a 19-0 run. PVAMU would not score its first bucket of the second half until the 13:13 mark, but would end up going on a 12-4 run to get back within 19 points, down 62-43. Utah later registered its largest lead of the night following a pair of free throws from newcomer Justin Bibbins, which pushed the score to 79-54 in favor of the Utes. PVAMU managed to score eight of the game's final 12 points down the stretch, but all of their points came from the free throw line. PVAMU's last field goal of the second half came with 3:44 still left on the clock.
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 Barefield finished the game going 8-for-12 from the field, which included a 1-for-3 effort from downtown. He was also 5-of-6 from the free throw line. Tyler Rawson led the way beyond the arc, connecting on 3-of-6 from downtown. David Collette was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and 7-of-10 from the free throw line.
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The Utes will be back in action this coming Monday, Nov. 13, hosting Mississippi Valley State. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. MT and the contest will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks.
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GAME NOTES
• Utah moved to 7-0 all-time in season-openers under coach Krystkowiak.
• The Utes pushed its record to 2-0 all-time against the Panthers.
• Barefield's 16 first-half points set a new career-high for points through the first 20 minutes of play, surpassing his previous mark of 11 first-half points, which he scored against PVAMU last season (12/17/16).
• Barefield tallied at least 20 points for the just the second time in his career and for the first time since scoring 32 points against San Francisco (12/22/16).
• Collette's 17 points on the evening was his largest output since notching 22 points last season against Washington State (2/9/17).
• Rawson's 16-point effort was the third-largest point total of his career. It was the first time that he scored at least 16 points in a game since scoring 20 at Stanford (2/4/17) last season.
• Bibbins scored nine points on 2-of-4 shooting and had four assists in his debut with the Utes.
• Bibbins, Barefield and Rawson tied for the team lead with four assists each. Rawson led the team with nine boards.
• Donnie Tillman tallied a team-best two blocked shots on the evening.
• Utah finished the game shooting 51.8 percent from the field, 25.0 percent from three-point range and 66.7 percent from the charity stripe.
• The Utes limited PVAMU to just a 38.6 field goal shooting percentage. The Panthers shot 22.2 percent from the three-point arc and just 51.9 percent from the free throw line.
• Both teams scored 20 points each on turnovers. Utah had 19 turnovers, while PVAMU finished the game with 18 total.
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POSTGAME QUOTES
Utah vs. PVAMU | November 10, 2017
- Head Coach Larry Krystkowiak
On coming out of halftime…
I thought that this was one of those games where the offensive turnovers really put a lot of stress on us. We had a timeout late in the first half and we talked about it, and from that point on it was pretty solid. We only had seven turnovers in the second half, and that's not really our style. We've been practicing for six weeks, and we have a certain style, we don't use a lot of pressure and run around in passing lanes creating steals. I think that team was top twenty last year in steals and creating turnovers, so we kind of knew what we were in for. There were just a lot of mindless turnovers, the only way I could describe it, is that it just sucks the life out of you. We talked about it, they're a mature group, we made a few adjustments with their press and then came out and had a lot better of a second half.
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On how the team responded to the full court press…
Once we figured it out, I think there was about four minutes left in the first half, and we really addressed it. There was a lot of mindless jumping in the air and not controlling the ball. We've got a drill that we like to use in our practice, but we haven't used it yet, this was a team that traditionally played a lot of zone, so we spent a lot of time this week on zone. They didn't play much zone, so it was more of a different look, because at this point of the season you don't really know a team's identity yet. I think that they smelled a little bit of blood when we turned the ball over, but again, once we talked about it and made a few adjustments, it was far better. I thought that we settled from the three-point line, we took a couple of early ones, not very pleased about free throws either.
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On playing Barefiled most of the night even with the lop-sided score…
Sedrick had a great game. I'm not all about numbers, but he was one of the guys that when we went with some of the substitutes, they didn't do a great job of handling it. Justin also had some foul trouble, so we wanted to keep the ball in Sedrick's hands, and he made some good decisions. We didn't really have anybody stepping off of the bench that really looked like they were capable of handling the full court press, and I didn't want to feel the way I did in the first half in the second half. It was a good learning experience; this was one of those things in the course of a long season where you're exposed to a lot of things. I'm hoping that we grew a little bit in terms of our mindset, I think we will have a nice little memory of what took place when we played this team tonight, and hopefully we won't have to face that again.
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- Junior Guard Sedrick BarefieldÂ
On the change in the second half…Â
Coach K talked to us about taking care of the ball, making better decisions and really locking in on defense. We knew what we were doing wrong. I think we made adjustments as far as handling the press and doing what we were supposed to do on defense. I think that speaks for why they didn't score in that stretch.
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On being more comfortable this year compared to last…Â
I would really say my teammates. They help me feel comfortable. They believe in me, I believe in them, vice versa. I would say them and my coaches. They are allowing me to be aggressive and trust me a little bit more. I think that speaks for it.
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On feeling pressure to score since top scorers are gone from last year … Â
No, not really because I know guys on this team can make shots. I've always wanted to do what the team needs to win whether it's taking five shots and getting everybody involved or taking ten shots. It's whatever the team needs.
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- Senior Forward Tyler Rawson
On how the team has adjusted with a lot of new players …Â
I feel like we have a good group of guys that really mesh together. It all started with Europe. We were able to bond and really get to know each other. Coach has done a great job of bringing guys in. Our future recruiting classes are going to be nice. We just all get along, simple as that.
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On the turnovers in the first half and moving forward …Â
That is why we schedule these games early. We learn how to deal with the pressure and with the newer guys, it can feel like exposure. Moving forward into Pac-12 play, it's under our belt and we know how to handle it if teams want to do that against us. Moving forward, I think it is beneficial to us.
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Barefield was 6-of-6 from the field in the first half and led the Utes with 16 points as Utah took a 39-31 lead into the intermission. Utah opened the first half outscoring the Panthers 19-8, but PVAMU would end up outscoring the Utes 23-20 over the final 13 minutes of the frame. PVAMU would later cut its 11-point deficit all the way down to three points, trailing 34-31 with 1:44 left to play, but Barefield knocked down the final two shots, including a three-pointer, for the Utes and gave the home squad an eight-point lead at the break.
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Utah came out clicking on all cylinders and opened the second half with a 19-0 run. PVAMU would not score its first bucket of the second half until the 13:13 mark, but would end up going on a 12-4 run to get back within 19 points, down 62-43. Utah later registered its largest lead of the night following a pair of free throws from newcomer Justin Bibbins, which pushed the score to 79-54 in favor of the Utes. PVAMU managed to score eight of the game's final 12 points down the stretch, but all of their points came from the free throw line. PVAMU's last field goal of the second half came with 3:44 still left on the clock.
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 Barefield finished the game going 8-for-12 from the field, which included a 1-for-3 effort from downtown. He was also 5-of-6 from the free throw line. Tyler Rawson led the way beyond the arc, connecting on 3-of-6 from downtown. David Collette was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and 7-of-10 from the free throw line.
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The Utes will be back in action this coming Monday, Nov. 13, hosting Mississippi Valley State. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. MT and the contest will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks.
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GAME NOTES
• Utah moved to 7-0 all-time in season-openers under coach Krystkowiak.
• The Utes pushed its record to 2-0 all-time against the Panthers.
• Barefield's 16 first-half points set a new career-high for points through the first 20 minutes of play, surpassing his previous mark of 11 first-half points, which he scored against PVAMU last season (12/17/16).
• Barefield tallied at least 20 points for the just the second time in his career and for the first time since scoring 32 points against San Francisco (12/22/16).
• Collette's 17 points on the evening was his largest output since notching 22 points last season against Washington State (2/9/17).
• Rawson's 16-point effort was the third-largest point total of his career. It was the first time that he scored at least 16 points in a game since scoring 20 at Stanford (2/4/17) last season.
• Bibbins scored nine points on 2-of-4 shooting and had four assists in his debut with the Utes.
• Bibbins, Barefield and Rawson tied for the team lead with four assists each. Rawson led the team with nine boards.
• Donnie Tillman tallied a team-best two blocked shots on the evening.
• Utah finished the game shooting 51.8 percent from the field, 25.0 percent from three-point range and 66.7 percent from the charity stripe.
• The Utes limited PVAMU to just a 38.6 field goal shooting percentage. The Panthers shot 22.2 percent from the three-point arc and just 51.9 percent from the free throw line.
• Both teams scored 20 points each on turnovers. Utah had 19 turnovers, while PVAMU finished the game with 18 total.
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POSTGAME QUOTES
Utah vs. PVAMU | November 10, 2017
- Head Coach Larry Krystkowiak
On coming out of halftime…
I thought that this was one of those games where the offensive turnovers really put a lot of stress on us. We had a timeout late in the first half and we talked about it, and from that point on it was pretty solid. We only had seven turnovers in the second half, and that's not really our style. We've been practicing for six weeks, and we have a certain style, we don't use a lot of pressure and run around in passing lanes creating steals. I think that team was top twenty last year in steals and creating turnovers, so we kind of knew what we were in for. There were just a lot of mindless turnovers, the only way I could describe it, is that it just sucks the life out of you. We talked about it, they're a mature group, we made a few adjustments with their press and then came out and had a lot better of a second half.
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On how the team responded to the full court press…
Once we figured it out, I think there was about four minutes left in the first half, and we really addressed it. There was a lot of mindless jumping in the air and not controlling the ball. We've got a drill that we like to use in our practice, but we haven't used it yet, this was a team that traditionally played a lot of zone, so we spent a lot of time this week on zone. They didn't play much zone, so it was more of a different look, because at this point of the season you don't really know a team's identity yet. I think that they smelled a little bit of blood when we turned the ball over, but again, once we talked about it and made a few adjustments, it was far better. I thought that we settled from the three-point line, we took a couple of early ones, not very pleased about free throws either.
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On playing Barefiled most of the night even with the lop-sided score…
Sedrick had a great game. I'm not all about numbers, but he was one of the guys that when we went with some of the substitutes, they didn't do a great job of handling it. Justin also had some foul trouble, so we wanted to keep the ball in Sedrick's hands, and he made some good decisions. We didn't really have anybody stepping off of the bench that really looked like they were capable of handling the full court press, and I didn't want to feel the way I did in the first half in the second half. It was a good learning experience; this was one of those things in the course of a long season where you're exposed to a lot of things. I'm hoping that we grew a little bit in terms of our mindset, I think we will have a nice little memory of what took place when we played this team tonight, and hopefully we won't have to face that again.
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- Junior Guard Sedrick BarefieldÂ
On the change in the second half…Â
Coach K talked to us about taking care of the ball, making better decisions and really locking in on defense. We knew what we were doing wrong. I think we made adjustments as far as handling the press and doing what we were supposed to do on defense. I think that speaks for why they didn't score in that stretch.
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On being more comfortable this year compared to last…Â
I would really say my teammates. They help me feel comfortable. They believe in me, I believe in them, vice versa. I would say them and my coaches. They are allowing me to be aggressive and trust me a little bit more. I think that speaks for it.
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On feeling pressure to score since top scorers are gone from last year … Â
No, not really because I know guys on this team can make shots. I've always wanted to do what the team needs to win whether it's taking five shots and getting everybody involved or taking ten shots. It's whatever the team needs.
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- Senior Forward Tyler Rawson
On how the team has adjusted with a lot of new players …Â
I feel like we have a good group of guys that really mesh together. It all started with Europe. We were able to bond and really get to know each other. Coach has done a great job of bringing guys in. Our future recruiting classes are going to be nice. We just all get along, simple as that.
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On the turnovers in the first half and moving forward …Â
That is why we schedule these games early. We learn how to deal with the pressure and with the newer guys, it can feel like exposure. Moving forward into Pac-12 play, it's under our belt and we know how to handle it if teams want to do that against us. Moving forward, I think it is beneficial to us.
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