Utes Pick Up Road Win at Stanford, 70-66

Thursday, January 24

Stanford, Calif.

7:00 PM

University of Utah

10-8

Stanford

9-10

Utah

Stanford

1/24/2019 10:15 PM | Men's Basketball

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Utah wins at Maples Pavilion for first time since 1971

PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Utah Runnin' Utes erased a six-point second half deficit and defeated the Stanford Cardinal on the road, 70-66, Thursday evening at Maples Pavilion. Utah moved to 10-8 overall and 4-2 in the Pac-12 Conference, while Stanford dropped to 9-10 overall and 2-5 in league play.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Utah would let a five-point first half lead get away as Stanford opened the second half with a 12-4 run. The Cardinal would later push its lead to 47-41 before a lay-up from Charles Jones and a three-pointer from Both Gach pulled the Utes back within a point. Stanford again got up by six, 54-48, but another bucket from Jones and back-to-back three-pointers from Sedrick Barefield put Utah up 56-54.

Stanford followed with a 4-0 run, but Utah got the lead back with a 7-2 run and never looked back on the way to winning at Maples Pavilion for the first time since 1971. The Utes snapped a six-game losing streak to Stanford in Palo Alto overall.

Utah moved to 21-13 against Stanford all-time, while winning at Maples for just the third time in the history of the series. It marks the first win for Utah over a Stanford program at Maples Pavilion since the Utes joined the Pac-12 Conference.

PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Sedrick Barefield led the way for the Utes finishing the game with a team-high 18 points on 5-of-9 shooting overall and a 4-of-5 effort from three-point range. He was a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line, with all four charity stripe attempts coming with less than 39 seconds to play.

Jayce Johnson registered a team-high 11 rebounds and was a point shy from recording a double-double with nine points. Donnie Tillman (11 points) and Parker Van Dyke (10 points) both finished with double-digit scoring efforts in the game.

UP NEXT
Utah will wrap-up play in the Bay Area with a road game at California on Saturday, Jan. 26. Tip-off between the Utes and Golden Bears is set for 5 p.m. PT and the contest will be televised on ESPNU.