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Thursday, January 10
Salt Lake City, Utah
8:00 PM
University of Utah
7-8, 1-2
53
vs
69
Washington
11-4, 2-0
1
2
F
Washington
38
31
69
Utah
30
23
53
Photo by: Steve C. Wilson
Utes Fall to Washington at Home, 69-53
1/10/2019 11:23 PM | Men's Basketball
Johnson leads team with 12 points; Allen registers season-high 11 rebounds
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Runnin' Utes dropped its Pac-12 home-opener to the Washington Huskies, 69-53, Thursday night at the Huntsman Center.
Utah dropped to 7-8 overall on the season and 1-2 in Pac-12 play, while Washington improved to 11-4 overall and 2-0 in the league.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Neither team shot particularly well, but Washington managed to knockdown nine three-pointers on the way to its 16-point win. UW would end the night shooting .415 (27-65) from the field overall, which included a .409 (9-22) effort from beyond the arc, and that would turn out to be the difference.
Utah shot a season-low .333 (20-60) from the field and were just 6-of-30 (.200) from three-point range. The Huskies, after shooting just .378 from the field in the first half, would register a .464 effort in the second half.
Utah would erase an early first-half deficit down to four points, but UW scored the period's final four points to take an eight-point lead into the break. The Huskies opened the second half with seven straight points and later led by 13 points. The Utes would cut the double-digit deficit down to just five points following three-pointers from Sedrick Barefield and Both Gach, but UW's 10-0 run midway through the second period would prove to be too much.
Junior Jayce Johnson led the way with 12 points and sophomore Donnie Tillman added 10 points on the evening. It was Tillman's third-straight game to score in double-figures – the first time he has tallied 10 points or more in a three-game stretch since a seven-game run early in the season last year. Freshman Timmy Allen pulled down a season-high 11 rebounds, which also marked the first time he has posted double-digit boards in a game. He also tied for the team lead with five assists, sharing the team-high statistic with Barefield.
Utah out-rebounded the Huskies 44-38, and scored 14 second-chance points on the night, but UW countered as they forced 16 Utah turnovers that led to 18 points.
UP NEXT
The Utes will be back in action this Saturday, Feb. 12, closing out its two-game home stand with a match-up against Washington State. The Utes and Cougars will tip off at 6 p.m. from the Huntsman Center.
POSTGAME QUOTES
Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak
On playing a tough zone…
"I mean we experienced the really good zone, which we didn't encounter in Arizona, that was all man. [UW's] zone is leading our conference in blocked shots and steals, I thought that it's a fine line. The first half we had some breakdowns in guarding David Crisp, and then Carter slung in a couple of threes. The three-point line was the difference in the first half, we played pretty connected, but it's hard."
On defensive rotations…
"I don't think it's either or, I thought we made progress, but at the end of the day you have to be so connected and have all five guys defensively connected to where you have each other's back. I think about Crisps' three's, you can't go under, or he'll get it going. We've got to improve. We played some zone. I thought our zone was decent sometimes and our man was decent sometimes, but at the end of the day we have to score more points. I was more pleased tonight about our defensive effort than I was in Arizona. It's a different animal playing against that zone."
On playing the zone going forward…
"There's none of this quality. That's what Washington does. [UW head coach] Mike Hopkins comes from Syracuse and that's all they do. They recruit to some certain things, and it's hard to simulate. Tyler Rawson did excellent last year in the high post, and even now, we still had our opportunities. A lot of the guys out here hadn't seen that before. When you go to take shots and you have that much length flying at you, it's easy to see why they lead the conference in blocks and steals. I hope we don't play against a zone that dialed it. It was no secret what we were going to get. In the practice setting, it's just really hard to simulate that."
Washington head coach Mike Hopkins
On David Crisp's game during the first two conference games …
He has always been able to score. We have kind of talked about him running the team and doing those things. When David is confident, we run a few plays for him. He's a scorer. He was doing that every time they were trying to make a run. He would just come back with a dagger. The thing that was most impressive for me tonight was the four steals, the four assists and only one turnover. Then that was incredible with 37 minutes. He is just the heart and soul of our program and our team.
On controlling the game without the two leading scorers scoring …
It just says that we are growing and we're getting better. When you start getting contributions from seven, eight, nine guys, it is going to be a big thing moving forward. I'll you a kid that is really good that only played four minutes is Jamal Bey and he keeps getting better and better. The great thing about really great teams is it can be a different guy every night. The veterans are starting to get really confident with the young guys and vice versa. The biggest key to this game was defense. We held the 34th team on KenPom.com offensive efficiency. The big thing was the three-point line and we did that and we did it on the two. That was our activity.
Utah dropped to 7-8 overall on the season and 1-2 in Pac-12 play, while Washington improved to 11-4 overall and 2-0 in the league.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Neither team shot particularly well, but Washington managed to knockdown nine three-pointers on the way to its 16-point win. UW would end the night shooting .415 (27-65) from the field overall, which included a .409 (9-22) effort from beyond the arc, and that would turn out to be the difference.
Utah shot a season-low .333 (20-60) from the field and were just 6-of-30 (.200) from three-point range. The Huskies, after shooting just .378 from the field in the first half, would register a .464 effort in the second half.
Utah would erase an early first-half deficit down to four points, but UW scored the period's final four points to take an eight-point lead into the break. The Huskies opened the second half with seven straight points and later led by 13 points. The Utes would cut the double-digit deficit down to just five points following three-pointers from Sedrick Barefield and Both Gach, but UW's 10-0 run midway through the second period would prove to be too much.
Junior Jayce Johnson led the way with 12 points and sophomore Donnie Tillman added 10 points on the evening. It was Tillman's third-straight game to score in double-figures – the first time he has tallied 10 points or more in a three-game stretch since a seven-game run early in the season last year. Freshman Timmy Allen pulled down a season-high 11 rebounds, which also marked the first time he has posted double-digit boards in a game. He also tied for the team lead with five assists, sharing the team-high statistic with Barefield.
Utah out-rebounded the Huskies 44-38, and scored 14 second-chance points on the night, but UW countered as they forced 16 Utah turnovers that led to 18 points.
UP NEXT
The Utes will be back in action this Saturday, Feb. 12, closing out its two-game home stand with a match-up against Washington State. The Utes and Cougars will tip off at 6 p.m. from the Huntsman Center.
POSTGAME QUOTES
Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak
On playing a tough zone…
"I mean we experienced the really good zone, which we didn't encounter in Arizona, that was all man. [UW's] zone is leading our conference in blocked shots and steals, I thought that it's a fine line. The first half we had some breakdowns in guarding David Crisp, and then Carter slung in a couple of threes. The three-point line was the difference in the first half, we played pretty connected, but it's hard."
On defensive rotations…
"I don't think it's either or, I thought we made progress, but at the end of the day you have to be so connected and have all five guys defensively connected to where you have each other's back. I think about Crisps' three's, you can't go under, or he'll get it going. We've got to improve. We played some zone. I thought our zone was decent sometimes and our man was decent sometimes, but at the end of the day we have to score more points. I was more pleased tonight about our defensive effort than I was in Arizona. It's a different animal playing against that zone."
On playing the zone going forward…
"There's none of this quality. That's what Washington does. [UW head coach] Mike Hopkins comes from Syracuse and that's all they do. They recruit to some certain things, and it's hard to simulate. Tyler Rawson did excellent last year in the high post, and even now, we still had our opportunities. A lot of the guys out here hadn't seen that before. When you go to take shots and you have that much length flying at you, it's easy to see why they lead the conference in blocks and steals. I hope we don't play against a zone that dialed it. It was no secret what we were going to get. In the practice setting, it's just really hard to simulate that."
Washington head coach Mike Hopkins
On David Crisp's game during the first two conference games …
He has always been able to score. We have kind of talked about him running the team and doing those things. When David is confident, we run a few plays for him. He's a scorer. He was doing that every time they were trying to make a run. He would just come back with a dagger. The thing that was most impressive for me tonight was the four steals, the four assists and only one turnover. Then that was incredible with 37 minutes. He is just the heart and soul of our program and our team.
On controlling the game without the two leading scorers scoring …
It just says that we are growing and we're getting better. When you start getting contributions from seven, eight, nine guys, it is going to be a big thing moving forward. I'll you a kid that is really good that only played four minutes is Jamal Bey and he keeps getting better and better. The great thing about really great teams is it can be a different guy every night. The veterans are starting to get really confident with the young guys and vice versa. The biggest key to this game was defense. We held the 34th team on KenPom.com offensive efficiency. The big thing was the three-point line and we did that and we did it on the two. That was our activity.
Team Stats
UW
UTAH
FG%
.415
.333
3FG%
.409
.200
FT%
.750
.583
RB
38
44
TO
8
16
STL
9
4
Game Leaders
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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