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Thursday, January 10
Salt Lake City, Utah
8:00 PM
University of Utah
vs
Washington
Runnin' Utes Back Home to Host Washington
1/7/2019 4:31 PM | Men's Basketball
Utah heads into Thursday's contest 1-1 in Pac-12 play
| GAME 15: Utah (7-7, 1-1) vs. Washington (10-4, 1-0) |
| WHERE: Salt Lake City, Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center) |
| WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 |
| TIP-OFF: 8 p.m. MT |
| TELEVISION: FS1 / Fox Sports Go (Aaron Goldsmith and Steve Lavin) |
| RADIO: ESPN700 / Utah Radio Sports Network (Bill Riley and Jimmy Soto) |
FAST BREAKS
• Utah will return home for its first Pac-12 games of the season, hosting Washington on Thursday, Jan. 10, and then taking on Washington State on Saturday, Jan. 12.
• Utah opened Pac-12 play last weekend, splitting games in the desert, with a win over Arizona State and a loss to Arizona.
• The Utes are 66-62 all-time in Pac-12 play, which includes a 9-3 record against Washington and a 10-2 mark against Washington State. The Utes have gone 11-7 in league play the previous two seasons and have finished among the top four over the past four years.
• Senior Sedrick Barefield is coming off a pair of 20-point efforts, having scored 26 points against Arizona State and 24 points against Arizona, respectively.
• Sophomore Donnie Tillman tallied a pair of 20-point performances, as well, scoring a career-high 22 points at Arizona State and then following with a 21-point effort at Arizona.
THE GAME
Utah (7-7, 1-1 Pac-12) is set to host the Washington Huskies (10-4, 1-0 Pac-12) this Thursday, Jan. 10, and will wrap-up the week hosting the Washington State Cougars (7-7, 0-1 Pac-12) on Saturday, Jan. 12. The Utes and Huskies will tip-off at 8 p.m. MT on Thursday, while Saturday's contest against the Cougars is set for 6 p.m. MT.
COVERING THE RUNNIN' UTES
Thursday and Saturday's contests will both air on the Utah Athletics Radio Network (ESPN 700 AM) with Bill Riley and Jimmy Soto announcing. Thursday's game will be televised on Fox Sports 1 with Aaron Goldsmith calling the action and Steve Lavin providing color commentary. Saturday's match-up will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Guy Haberman calling play-by-play and Matt Muelhebach serving as an analyst.
SCOUTING WASHINGTON
The Huskies are 1-0 in Pac-12 play, coming off an 85-67 home-win over Washington State on Saturday. UW is 10-4 overall and has won three straight. The Huskies' last loss was a 73-61 defeat to Virginia Tech back on Dec. 15, 2018.
The Huskies are 0-2 in true road games this season, but 2-4 overall in contests played away from Seattle. UW's two road losses came to Auburn (88-66) and Gonzaga (81-79). Thursday's contest will mark the first Pac-12 road game for the Huskies.
Jaylen Nowell leads UW in scoring, as he averages 17.3 points per game. Noah Dickerson, who ranks second on the team with 14.5 points per game, leads his squad with 6.6 rebounds per game and a .533 shooting percentage. Nowell is right behind him shooting .532 on the year. Matisse Thybulle has tallied a team-leading 41 steals and 30 blocked shots on the season.
The Huskies rank seventh in the league shooting .453 from the field, 12th in the Pac-12 with a .322 three-point shooting percentage, and eighth in the league with a .720 free throw shooting percentage. UW ranks first in the league and fourth in the nation with 6.2 blocked shots per game.
UTAH vs. WASHINGTON SERIES HISTORY
Utah has swept the season-series from Washington the previous three seasons and brings in a six-game winning streak against the Huskies on Thursday. The Utes lead the all-time series 15-9, which includes a 9-3 mark since joining the Pac-12 Conference.
Utah's last loss to UW was a 77-68 defeat to the Huskies back on March 7, 2015, in Seattle. The Utes, who are 8-2 when playing the Huskies at home, have won five straight inside the Huntsman Center, with the last loss coming back on Jan. 7, 2012.
LAST TIME OUT
Utah opened Pac-12 play splitting games in the desert, picking up a 96-86 win at Arizona State this past Thursday, but then falling 84-81 in overtime to Arizona on Saturday.
Utah erased a 17-point deficit to the Sun Devils, coming all the way back to earn the 10-point victory. Sedrick Barefield led the way with 24 points and Donnie Tillman followed with a career-high 22-point effort. It marked the first time two players scored 20 points or more in a game since Justin Bibbins and Tyler Rawson tallied 25 points each against Northwestern State back on Dec. 20, 2017.
In a game that featured 15 ties and 12 different lead changes, Utah came up just short in Tucson, falling by three points to the Wildcats in overtime. Utah led by 10 points early in the first half, but Arizona clawed its way back to a 36-36 tie at the break. The Wildcats led by as many as six points in the second half, but a 13-3 Utah run midway in the period would eventually lead to the game being all-square at 72-72 at the end of regulation. After falling behind 78-74 in the overtime period, Utah would use a 7-2 run to take an 81-80 lead, but Arizona came up with the game's final four points to earn the victory. Barefield led the way again with 26 points and Tillman posted his first-career back-to-back 20-point game with 21 points on the afternoon.
UP NEXT
Utah will remain at home next week, but with just one contest on the schedule, hosting Colorado next Sunday, Jan. 20. The Utes and Buffs are scheduled to tip-off at 4 p.m. from the Huntsman Center.
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