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Women's Basketball
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Sunday, February 5
Salt Lake City, UT
12:00 PM
University of Utah
14-9, 3-9
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Washington State
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Photo by: Steve Wilson
Utah Falls Short in Comeback Effort
2/5/2017 3:37 PM | Women's Basketball
SALT LAKE CITY – After trailing by as many as 13 in the fourth quarter, Utah women's basketball cut the deficit to two in the final minute, but it wasn't enough to secure the comeback as the Utes fell 61-55 to Washington State Sunday afternoon at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
"I know our team wanted to win today and was ready to go, mentally ready to roll and then we didn't play great," head coach Lynne Roberts explained. "I thought Paige (Crozon) did a nice job of continuing to shoot, and we had that burst there in the fourth quarter and I was proud of them for that. We certainly had chances and credit to Washington State. They came in and did a nice job."
The Utes (14-9, 3-9) were led by senior wing Paige Crozon, who drilled a career-high five 3-pointers on her way to a season-high 25 points. She grabbed three rebounds and had two steals in 35 minutes.
"I was just trying to do what the team needed me to do to try to get a win and if we would have come up with more shots, it would have been a different story," Crozon said. "I felt like we needed to get going a little and my shots were falling. I was just trying to attack the rim and get to the bucket if I didn't have my shot and try to do what we could to get a win."
Junior forward Emily Potter was one point shy of a double-double tallying nine points and a team-high 12 rebounds, and swatted away five Washington State shots. Freshmen wing Megan Jacobs saw minutes at the point and dished out a career-high five assists while pulling down eight rebounds for the second time in as many games.
Utah held the advantage at the first quarter, but a low-scoring second quarter was too much for the Utes to overcome despite the late push in the fourth.
Washington State (10-13, 5-7) knocked two a pair of free–throws in the opening minute, but Utah took advantage of an inbound play under its own basket to tie the game, 2-2. Crozon made a steal and converted a fast-break layup to trail by one, 5-4.
Potter scored six straight points for Utah to claim the Utes' first lead of the game 9-8. Bean knocked down a jump shot for a three-point lead forcing the Cougars to call a timeout. Utah's defense held WSU scoreless for five minutes until Kayla Washington made a layup and Utes led 13-10 to end the first quarter.
After three-and-a-half minutes of scoreless action to open the second quarter, WSU connected on a 3-pointer to tie game, but Crozon answered back for the Utes to reclaim the lead 16-13. The Cougars scored five unanswered points before Potter tied it up at 18 apiece. Freshmen guard Kiana Moore scored her first points on a layup for a 20-18 lead, but WSU pulled ahead 22-20 at the first media timeout of the second.
The Cougars pulled out to a five-point lead, but junior wing Tilar Clark drove down the lane to cut into the lead, 25-22. Despite holding WSU to 29-percent shooting from the floor, Utah trailed 27-22 at the half.
Crozon was first on the board for the Utes to open the second half as both teams were scoring early with WSU leading 31-26. The Cougars proved to have the hotter hand in the third frame connecting on 3-of-4 from 3-point range as WSU went on a 7-0 run to take a 12-point lead, 38-26, at the third quarter media timeout.
Crozon hit two 3-pointers and connected on two foul shots to close the Cougars' lead to 40-34. Junior wing Wendy Anae scored the final three points in the quarter for Utah, but WSU continued to lead, 43-37.
Washington scored the first five points to open the fourth quarter, but the Utes responded with a 12-2 run.
Crozon connected on her fourth 3-pointer to make it a single-digit ball game, 55-47, and junior wing Malia Nawahine knocked down her lone 3-poiner of the game to climb within one possession, but a series of trips to the foul line for the Cougars helped secure their lead.
Utah finished the game with 22 turnovers, the highest since opening Pac-12 Conference action at UCLA, allowing WSU to score 16 points off those missed opportunities.
"The little things matter - valuing the ball, fundamentals, boxing out on free throws," Roberts said. "We were down two and didn't get the offensive board on a missed free throw with 50 seconds to go and that was the game. Everything matters especially in a close game. It is a process and we have to learn and the worst thing we can do is let frustration beat us moving forward."
Utah returns to the road after a 1-2 homestand. The Utes take on California Friday at 7 p.m. MT then No. 8/9 Stanford Sunday at 2 p.m. MT. Both games will be aired on the Pac-12 Network or you can listen on ESPN700 with Tyson Ewing. Live stats will be on utahutes.com.
"I know our team wanted to win today and was ready to go, mentally ready to roll and then we didn't play great," head coach Lynne Roberts explained. "I thought Paige (Crozon) did a nice job of continuing to shoot, and we had that burst there in the fourth quarter and I was proud of them for that. We certainly had chances and credit to Washington State. They came in and did a nice job."
The Utes (14-9, 3-9) were led by senior wing Paige Crozon, who drilled a career-high five 3-pointers on her way to a season-high 25 points. She grabbed three rebounds and had two steals in 35 minutes.
"I was just trying to do what the team needed me to do to try to get a win and if we would have come up with more shots, it would have been a different story," Crozon said. "I felt like we needed to get going a little and my shots were falling. I was just trying to attack the rim and get to the bucket if I didn't have my shot and try to do what we could to get a win."
Junior forward Emily Potter was one point shy of a double-double tallying nine points and a team-high 12 rebounds, and swatted away five Washington State shots. Freshmen wing Megan Jacobs saw minutes at the point and dished out a career-high five assists while pulling down eight rebounds for the second time in as many games.
Utah held the advantage at the first quarter, but a low-scoring second quarter was too much for the Utes to overcome despite the late push in the fourth.
Washington State (10-13, 5-7) knocked two a pair of free–throws in the opening minute, but Utah took advantage of an inbound play under its own basket to tie the game, 2-2. Crozon made a steal and converted a fast-break layup to trail by one, 5-4.
Potter scored six straight points for Utah to claim the Utes' first lead of the game 9-8. Bean knocked down a jump shot for a three-point lead forcing the Cougars to call a timeout. Utah's defense held WSU scoreless for five minutes until Kayla Washington made a layup and Utes led 13-10 to end the first quarter.
After three-and-a-half minutes of scoreless action to open the second quarter, WSU connected on a 3-pointer to tie game, but Crozon answered back for the Utes to reclaim the lead 16-13. The Cougars scored five unanswered points before Potter tied it up at 18 apiece. Freshmen guard Kiana Moore scored her first points on a layup for a 20-18 lead, but WSU pulled ahead 22-20 at the first media timeout of the second.
The Cougars pulled out to a five-point lead, but junior wing Tilar Clark drove down the lane to cut into the lead, 25-22. Despite holding WSU to 29-percent shooting from the floor, Utah trailed 27-22 at the half.
Crozon was first on the board for the Utes to open the second half as both teams were scoring early with WSU leading 31-26. The Cougars proved to have the hotter hand in the third frame connecting on 3-of-4 from 3-point range as WSU went on a 7-0 run to take a 12-point lead, 38-26, at the third quarter media timeout.
Crozon hit two 3-pointers and connected on two foul shots to close the Cougars' lead to 40-34. Junior wing Wendy Anae scored the final three points in the quarter for Utah, but WSU continued to lead, 43-37.
Washington scored the first five points to open the fourth quarter, but the Utes responded with a 12-2 run.
Crozon connected on her fourth 3-pointer to make it a single-digit ball game, 55-47, and junior wing Malia Nawahine knocked down her lone 3-poiner of the game to climb within one possession, but a series of trips to the foul line for the Cougars helped secure their lead.
Utah finished the game with 22 turnovers, the highest since opening Pac-12 Conference action at UCLA, allowing WSU to score 16 points off those missed opportunities.
"The little things matter - valuing the ball, fundamentals, boxing out on free throws," Roberts said. "We were down two and didn't get the offensive board on a missed free throw with 50 seconds to go and that was the game. Everything matters especially in a close game. It is a process and we have to learn and the worst thing we can do is let frustration beat us moving forward."
Utah returns to the road after a 1-2 homestand. The Utes take on California Friday at 7 p.m. MT then No. 8/9 Stanford Sunday at 2 p.m. MT. Both games will be aired on the Pac-12 Network or you can listen on ESPN700 with Tyson Ewing. Live stats will be on utahutes.com.
Team Stats
WSU
UTAH
FG%
.367
.345
3FG%
.583
.250
FT%
.556
.688
RB
35
45
TO
12
22
STL
11
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
25
FGM
8
3FGM
5
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
3
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