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Thursday, February 14
Salt Lake City, Utah
7:00 PM
University of Utah
vs
Arizona
Runnin' Utes at Home on Thursday to Host Arizona
2/11/2019 4:57 PM | Men's Basketball
Utes and Wildcats set to tip-off at 7 p.m. from the Huntsman Center
| GAME 24: Utah (13-10, 7-4) vs. Arizona (14-10, 5-6) |
| WHERE: Salt Lake City, Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center) |
| WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 |
| TIP-OFF: 7 p.m. MT |
| TELEVISION: ESPNU / WatchESPN (Dave Pasch and Bill Walton) |
| RADIO: ESPN700 / Utah Radio Sports Network (Bill Riley and Jimmy Soto) |
FAST BREAKS
• Utah is back home to host both Arizona (Thursday, Feb. 14) and Arizona State (Saturday, Feb. 16) this week. The Utes and Wildcats will tip-off at 7 p.m. MT on Thursday, while Saturday's contest against the Sun Devils is set to being at 8 p.m. MT.
• Utah is coming off a road sweep of both USC and UCLA this past weekend. It marks the second-ever road sweep of both L.A. squads and the first since the 2015-16 campaign.
• Utah became just the second Pac-12 school to sweep all four California schools on the road in the same season, matching Arizona who did it back in 2014-15 and 2016-17.
• Utah had to come all the way back from 22 points down at UCLA on Saturday, marking the largest comeback victory in the Larry Krystkowiak era - surpassing the previous mark of a 17-point deficit at Arizona State earlier this season.
• Parker Van Dyke, who scored all 15 of his points in the second half at UCLA, hit the game-winning, buzzer-beating, three-pointer on Saturday, and the play would go on to being No. 1 in ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays of the Day.
THE GAME
Utah (13-10, 7-4 Pac-12) is back in action at home this week and will host the Arizona Wildcats (14-10, 5-6 Pac-12) this Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Huntsman Center. Tip-off between the Utes and Wildcats is set for 7 p.m. MT in Salt Lake City.
COVERING THE RUNNIN' UTES
Thursday's contest will air on the Utah Athletics Radio Network (ESPN 700 AM) with Bill Riley and Jimmy Soto announcing. The game will be televised on ESPNU, with Dave Pasch calling play-by-play and Bill Walton serving as the color analyst.
SCOUTING ARIZONA
The Wildcats are 14-10 overall and 5-6 in the Pac-12 Conference, which ranks them in a tie for seventh place in the league standings with both Colorado and Stanford ... Arizona has dropped five straight and six of its last seven games overall ... the Wildcats had won six straight from Dec. 19 through Jan. 12, but its only win since then was an 82-71 home victory over Oregon State on Jan. 19 ... the current five-game losing streak is Arizona's longest since the 1983-84 season, when the Wildcats dropped six straight from Dec. 1 through Dec. 23 ... Arizona is 3-4 on the road overall, which includes a 2-3 record against Pac-12 teams ... UA has dropped three straight road games with its last win coming at California on Jan. 12 ... the Wildcats hang their hat on not turning the ball over and currently ranks second in the Pac-12 having committed just 277 turnovers on the year ... the Wildcats lead the league and rank 25th in the nation with a +3.6 turnover margin ... Arizona averages 72.4 points per game, while giving up just 69.0 points to opposing squads ... UA shoots .424 from the field, .338 from three-point range and .733 from the free throw line ... Brandon Randolph has a team-best 14.1 points per game average, while Chase Jeter's 7.0 rebounds per game is a team-high for the season ... Jeter ranks fifth in the Pac-12 with a .595 field goal shooting percentage ... Justin Coleman has a team-high 84 assists, but Brandon Williams can dish the rock as well, as he has 78 assists on the year ... Coleman and Ryan Luther lead the team with 23 steals.
UTAH vs. ARIZONA SERIES HISTORY
Arizona won the first meeting between the two teams earlier this season, downing the Utes 84-81 in overtime back on Jan. 5, in Tempe. It marked four straight losses to Arizona, with Utah's last win coming back on Feb. 27, 2016 - a 70-64 victory over the Wildcats in Salt Lake City. The win is Utah's only win over Arizona since the Utes joined the Pac-12 in 2011-12. Arizona leads the all-time series, 34-29, which includes a 13-1 mark over the Utes since the inagural Pac-12 Conference season. Utah, however, is 20-11 when facing the Wildcats in Salt Lake City.
LAST TIME OUT
Utah rebounded from a 22-point deficit to come all the way back and defeat the UCLA Bruins at Pauley Pavilion this past Saturday. With 12:10 left to play in the second half, Utah trailed 69-47, but Utah countered with a 5-0 run and eventually outscored the Bruins 46-23 the rest of the way. Down 92-90 with 5.9 seconds left on the clock, Sedrick Barefield brought the ball up the court, but after taking on a double-team, he would pass it back to Parker Van Dyke, who would throw it up and knock down the game-winner as time expired.
It marked Utah's first buzzer-beating victory since Feb. 19, 2011, when Chris Hines banked in a three-pointer as time expired to defeat New Mexico, 62-60. Down 60-59 with 17 seconds left to play, UNM missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw and Utah pushed the ball up-court. The Utes lost control of the ball at the top of the key with the final seconds ticking off before Hines gained control and got off an off-balance shot that hit the glass and dropped through for the game winner.
DON'T CALL IT (ANOTHER) COMEBACK
Not to be outdone from its 17-point come-from-behind victory at Arizona State earlier this season, Utah would come all the way back from 22 points down at UCLA on Feb. 9, to register the school's largest comeback in the Larry Krystkowiak era. Utah trailed 69-47 with 12:10 left to play in the second half, but managed to outscore the Bruins 46-23 down the stretch and Parker Van Dyke would knock down the game-winner with a three-pointer as time expired to give Utah a 93-92 victory.
The 22-point come-from-behind win is now the largest comeback under Krystkowiak, after the Utes previously set that mark earlier this season when they trailed the Sun Devils by 17 points on the road back on Jan. 3. Down 28-11 with 9:40 left to play in the first half, Utah came all the way back to defeat the Sun Devils 96-86 in Tempe.
Prior to the ASU win, Utah's largest deficit overcome in the Krystkowiak era was when the Utes were 15 points down against Idaho State back on Dec. 10, 2013. Trailing 35-20 with 3:27 to play in first half of that contest, the Utes would come all the way back to win that game 74-66.
UP NEXT
Utah will end this week's two-game home stand hosting the Arizona Sun Devils, this Saturday, Feb. 16. The Utes and Sun Devils will tip-off at 8 p.m. MT, with the contest to be televised live on FS1.
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