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Thursday, November 22
Fullerton, Calif.
9:30 PM
University of Utah
2-2
79
vs
90
Hawai'i
4-1
1
2
F
Hawaii
39
51
90
Utah
31
48
79
Utes Fall to Hawaii in Opening Round of Wooden Legacy
11/23/2018 1:19 AM | Men's Basketball
Battin and Tillman lead the way with 16 points each for the Utes
FULLERTON, Calif. – Freshman Riley Battin and sophomore Donnie Tillman led the Utah Runnin' Utes with 16 points each, but it was not enough as Utah (2-2) fell in the opening round of the Wooden Legacy, dropping the contest 90-79 to the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (4-1) Thursday evening at Titan Gym.
With the loss, Utah moves on to the consolation bracket and will next face the Grand Canyon Lopes (3-2), who fell to Seton Hall, 82-75, earlier on Thursday. The Utes and Lopes will tip-off against each other on Friday, Nov. 23, at 6 p.m. PT. The contest will be aired live on ESPN3/WatchESPN.
GAME SUMMARY
Hawaii shot .528 (28-53) from the field overall and built managed to build a lead by as many as 23 points with less than 10 minutes to play. Utah chipped away and clawed its way back to just a 10 point deficit with 2:22 to play, down 72-62, but the Rainbow Warriors were able to push its lead back to 13 points and the Utes comeback attempts fell short.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Battin and Tillman led the way for the Utes, scoring 16 points each and freshman Both Gach chipped in with 10 points. Battin scored all of his points off the bench going 6-for-10 from the field overall, 2-for-4 from three-point range and was a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line. Tillman pulled down a team-high nine rebounds, while senior Sedrick Barefield dished out a team-best five assists.
Hawaii was led by Brocke Stepteau, who tallied a game-high 24 points. Four of Hawaii's five starters scored in double figures and had five players score 10 points or more overall.
GAME NOTES
· Utah is playing in its fourth ESPN event (4-6 record in those).
· The Utah bench had 49 points tonight, just one point shy of the 50 the Ute reserves had in their last game.
· Donnie Tillman scored 16 points, the second most he has ever scored in a game (which also came against Hawai'i in last year's meeting).
· Freshman Riley Battin began his collegiate career with a total of 17 points in his first three games, then had 16 in tonight's contest.
GAME QUOTES
Head Coach Larry Krystkowiak
(On how his team responded to being down in the game): "Well certainly, when you get punched and you're laying on the tarmac with your hands and feet in the air, it certainly feels better to watch our guys compete and free up their minds and get back into the ballgame. We've got some guys that play hard that are out on the court and we switched a lot of the pick-and-roll and kept things kind of simple. Some of this education is for the coaches too, it's for myself to see what we're made of and guys stepping up. It was a little bit enlightening in some of those categories for our development."
(On Hawai'i's defense in the first half): "It was really good pick-and-roll. They blitzed us hard on all the pick and-roll coverage and some of the stuff we worked on this week. We didn't really execute they were well prepared for most of our play calls and they just played hard. They played like the underdog that they were and played with an edge and momentum."
With the loss, Utah moves on to the consolation bracket and will next face the Grand Canyon Lopes (3-2), who fell to Seton Hall, 82-75, earlier on Thursday. The Utes and Lopes will tip-off against each other on Friday, Nov. 23, at 6 p.m. PT. The contest will be aired live on ESPN3/WatchESPN.
GAME SUMMARY
Hawaii shot .528 (28-53) from the field overall and built managed to build a lead by as many as 23 points with less than 10 minutes to play. Utah chipped away and clawed its way back to just a 10 point deficit with 2:22 to play, down 72-62, but the Rainbow Warriors were able to push its lead back to 13 points and the Utes comeback attempts fell short.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Battin and Tillman led the way for the Utes, scoring 16 points each and freshman Both Gach chipped in with 10 points. Battin scored all of his points off the bench going 6-for-10 from the field overall, 2-for-4 from three-point range and was a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line. Tillman pulled down a team-high nine rebounds, while senior Sedrick Barefield dished out a team-best five assists.
Hawaii was led by Brocke Stepteau, who tallied a game-high 24 points. Four of Hawaii's five starters scored in double figures and had five players score 10 points or more overall.
GAME NOTES
· Utah is playing in its fourth ESPN event (4-6 record in those).
· The Utah bench had 49 points tonight, just one point shy of the 50 the Ute reserves had in their last game.
· Donnie Tillman scored 16 points, the second most he has ever scored in a game (which also came against Hawai'i in last year's meeting).
· Freshman Riley Battin began his collegiate career with a total of 17 points in his first three games, then had 16 in tonight's contest.
GAME QUOTES
Head Coach Larry Krystkowiak
(On how his team responded to being down in the game): "Well certainly, when you get punched and you're laying on the tarmac with your hands and feet in the air, it certainly feels better to watch our guys compete and free up their minds and get back into the ballgame. We've got some guys that play hard that are out on the court and we switched a lot of the pick-and-roll and kept things kind of simple. Some of this education is for the coaches too, it's for myself to see what we're made of and guys stepping up. It was a little bit enlightening in some of those categories for our development."
(On Hawai'i's defense in the first half): "It was really good pick-and-roll. They blitzed us hard on all the pick and-roll coverage and some of the stuff we worked on this week. We didn't really execute they were well prepared for most of our play calls and they just played hard. They played like the underdog that they were and played with an edge and momentum."
Team Stats
UH
UTAH
FG%
.528
.441
3FG%
.375
.269
FT%
.893
.690
RB
31
33
TO
8
11
STL
3
1
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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