Utes Fall to Stanford at Maples Pavilion

Saturday, February 4

Stanford, Calif.

2:30 PM

University of Utah

15-8, 6-5Pac-12

Stanford

12-11,4-7Pac-12

Utah

Stanford

Photo by: Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports

2/4/2017 7:03 PM | Men's Basketball

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Rawson scores career-high 20 points in defeat

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Junior Kyle Kuzma registered his 14^th double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds, but it was not enough as the Utah Utes (15-8, 6-5) fell to the Stanford Cardinal (12-11, 4-7) in a road contest at Maples Pavilion on Saturday.

Junior Tyler Rawson came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points and junior David Collette added 12 points for the Utes, but Stanford's Reid Travis led a quartet of Cardinal players scoring in double figures with a game-high 26 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field.

Stanford shot 54.5 percent from the field throughout the game, which included going 18-of-28 (.643) in the second half. The Utes notched a 44 percent effort from the field, but were just 13-of-22 (.591) from the free throw line on the afternoon.

"I don't know [that] it was our execution as much as we have some hard-headedness from guys who are going to go beat people by themselves," he said. "We don't have that kind of team; we don't have a star on our team. When we move the basketball and play for each other, some good things happen."

Utah led 23-18 with 7:43 left to play in the first half, but the Cardinal closed out the remainder of the period outscoring the Utes, 14-8, on the way to taking a 32-31 lead into halftime.

Both teams would trade buckets to open the second half before a 6-0 run pushed Stanford's lead to 46-41 with 14:03 left to play. A pair of three-pointers from Rawson got the Utes back to within three points and then just a few moments later, both Sedrick Barefield and Parker Van Dyke drained shots from the arc to give Utah a 56-54 lead.

After going up 58-54 on a jumper from Kuzma, Stanford would go on a 16-4 run over the next 5:11 to take a 70-62 lead. The Cardinal would close the final three minutes-plus connecting on seven of its 10 free throw attempts on the way to the six-point victory.

GAME NOTES

• Kuzma registered his 14^th double-double of the season and is now just two double-doubles shy of tying Jakob Poeltl's mark (16) for most double-doubles recorded in a single season since 2009-10.
• Collette has now scored 10 points or more in all 13 games he has played in for the Utes.
• Utah tallied a total of 17 assists on the afternoon. The Utes have posted 15+ assists in 12 of 23 games this season.
• Rawson, who set a new career-high with his 20-point effort, becomes the sixth different Utah player to score at least 20 points in a game this season. Rawson, JoJo Zamora and Barefield are the only Utes to score 20+ points while coming off the bench.

UP NEXT
Utah returns home to the friendly confines of the Huntsman Center next week for a pair of home games against both Washington schools. The Utes host Washington State this coming Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. MST. Utah and Washington will square off on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 2:30 p.m. MST.