Runnin' Utes to Face Huskies in Seattle on Thursday

Thursday, February 15

Seattle, Wash.

7:00 PM

University of Utah

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Runnin' Utes to Face Huskies in Seattle on Thursday

2/13/2018 9:55 AM | Men's Basketball

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Utes coming off two-game sweep of Bay Area schools this past week

GAME 25 | Utah (15-9, 7-6) at Washington (17-8, 7-5)
Date/Tipoff: Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 | 6 p.m. PT
Location: Seattle, Wash. (Alaska Airlines Arena)
Television: Pac-12 Networks
TALENT: Darron Sutton (PxP), P.J. Carlisemo (Color)
Radio: Utah Radio Sports Network
TALENT: Bill Riley (PxP), Jimmy Soto (Color)

THE GAME
The Utah Runnin' Utes (15-9, 7-6) will travel to Washington for it final road trip of the 2017-18 regular season. The Utes will take on a pair of Pac-12 teams, first taking on the Washington Huskies this Thursday, Feb. 15. Tip-off between the Utes and Huskies is set for 6 p.m. PT at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle.

Utah will close out the road trip taking on the Washington Cougars this Saturday, Feb. 17, in Pullman, Wash. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. PT at Beasley Coliseum.

COVERING THE RUNNIN' UTES
Thursday's contest against the Huskies will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks. Darron Sutton will call the action and P.J. Carlesimo will be on-hand to offer color commentary for the broadcast.

Fans can also follow the action on-line by logging onto Pac-12.com/live or watching via smart phones and tablets using the Pac-12 Now App, which can be downloaded at the Apple Store, Google Play Store or Amazon Apps Store.

Additionally, the contest can be found on the Utah Sports Radio Network (ESPN 700). Bill Riley will provide play-by-play commentary, with the assistance of in-game analyst Jimmy Soto.

Live stats will be provided for the game with links found at www.UtahUtes.com.

LAST TIME OUT
Utah finished off a sweep of the Bay Area schools, downing the California Golden Bears, 77-43, this past Saturday evening at the Huntsman Center.

Utah led 19-12 with less than 10 minutes to play in the half before a 5-0 Cal run pulled the Bears back to within three-points, down 19-16. The Utes countered though, outscoring the Bears 21-6 over the final nine minutes of the period to take a 40-24 lead into halftime.

Utah scored 16 of the first 23 points scored in the second and did not look back en route to the 34-point victory. Utah, who defeated Cal by almost the exact same score at home last season (77-44), has now defeated Cal by an average of 33.5 points in the last two meetings at the Huntsman Center.

David Collette finished with a game-high 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting and Justin Bibbins chipped in with 15 points for the Utes. Sedrick Barefield notched his second-straight double-digit scoring effort, pouring in 13 points with a 3-of-4 effort from three-point range.

Collette was 6-of-6 in the first half. He had made 12 straight field goals dating back to the Stanford game. His first miss came at the 19:45 mark of the second half. Tyler Rawson tied a career-high, dishing out eight assists in the game.

Utah totaled 24 assists as a team to Cal's seven assists. The Utes assisted on 24 of its 28 field goals on the evening. Utah matched its season-high with the 24-assist effort. Utah finished the contest knocking down 13 total three-pointers, which ranks tied for third most in a game this season. The Utes have now drained at least 10 three-pointers in 12 games this season. Utah also went onto register a season-high 54.9 shooting percentage. It is the highest single-game shooting percentage since totaling a 55.3 shooting percentage against Colorado back on Feb. 23, 2017.

SCOUTING WASHINGTON
The Huskies are coming off back-to-back losses for the first time since falling to Stanford and Utah earlier in the Pac-12 season. UW fell in road games to both Oregon (65-40) and Oregon State (97-94, 2OT) this past weekend, snapping a four-game winning streak.

Despite the two losses over the weekend, UW is still tied for fourth-place in the Pac-12 standings with a conference record of 7-5. Washington is 17-8 overall on the season, which includes a 13-2 mark in games played at Alaska Airlines Arena. UW's only home losses came to Gonzaga (97-70) and Stanford (73-64). Since the loss to the Cardinal, UW has won three straight at home, which included top-25 wins over Arizona State (68-64) and Arizona (78-75).

Jaylen Nowell leads a quartet of players averaging in double figures for the Huskies, with a 16.5 points per game average. Noah Dickerson follows with 15.5 points per game and has a team-best 8.4 rebounds per game average. Matisse Thybulle ranks first in the Pac-12 and third in the nation with 77 steals on the season. He has also tallied a team-high 37 blocked shots.

UW shoots 46 percent from the field, 34.2 percent from three-point range and 68.8 percent from the charity stripe.

SERIES HISTORY WITH THE HUSKIES
Utah has won five straight against Washington and leads the all-time series 14-9 overall. Since joining the Pac-12, Utah is 9-3 against the Huskies, which includes an 8-2 mark in the previous 10 meetings. Utah is just 4-6 all-time when facing the Huskies in Seattle, but the Utes have won two straight at Alaska Airlines Arena. Utah's last loss to UW was a 77-68 defeat in Seattle back on March 7, 2015.

UP NEXT
The Utes will return home next week to close out the 2017-18 regular season with a three-game home stand. Utah will host the Los Angeles-based schools next week, first taking on UCLA next Thursday, Feb. 22. Tip-off between the Utes and Bruins is set for 7 p.m. MT at the Huntsman Center.