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The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, March 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
5:00 PM
University of Utah
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UCLA
Men's Basketball Set to Close 2018-19 Regular Season at Home
3/8/2019 10:47 AM | Men's Basketball
Utah will host UCLA in regular season finale
| GAME 30: Utah (16-13, 10-7) vs. UCLA (16-14, 9-8) |
| WHERE:Â Salt Lake City, Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center) |
| WHEN:Â Saturday, March 9, 2019 |
| TIP-OFF:Â 5 p.m. MT |
| TELEVISION:Â Pac-12 Netoworks / Pac-12 LIVE (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean, and Lewis Johnson |
| RADIO:Â ESPN700 / Utah Radio Sports Network (Bill Riley and Jimmy Soto) |
FAST BREAKS
• Utah wraps up the regular season on Saturday, hosting the UCLA Bruins in the season finale at the Huntsman Center.
• Utah is coming off an 83-74 home win over USC, Thursday evening at the Huntsman Center.
• UCLA dropped its second to last game of the season, falling on the road to Colorado, 93-69, in Boulder.
• Utah is in sole possession of third-place in the Pac-12 standings and a win on Saturday would secure the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament. A win and a loss by Arizona State, Utah would still earn the No. 3 seed, but would finish the season tied for second-place overall with the Sun Devils.
• Utah will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday, in a postgame presentation following the contest against UCLA. The men's basketball team, along with the Utah Athletics department, will honor seniors Sedrick Barefield, Parker Van Dyke and Novak Topalovic, along with Beau Rydalch, who is set to graduate later this spring semester.
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THE GAME
Utah (16-13, 10-7 Pac-12) will close out the 2018-19 regular season this Saturday, March 9, hosting the UCLA Bruins (16-14, 9-8 Pac-12) in the season finale. Tip-off between the Runnin' Utes and Bruins is set for 5 p.m. MT at the Huntsman Center.
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COVERING THE RUNNIN' UTES
Saturday'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 the Pac-12 Networks, with Roxy Bernstein calling play-by-play, Don MacLen serving as the color analyst, and Lewis Johnson on the sidelines.
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SCOUTING UCLA
The Bruins snapped a three-game losing streak with its loss to Colorado on Thursday. UCLA, who had won four of the past five games overall heading into Thursday, fell to the Buffs 93-68. UCLA was limited to just a 35 percent effort from the field, while CU shot nearly 50 percent on the evening. The Buffs managed to drain a total of 34 field goals in the game, while UCLA poured in just 23 buckets overall.
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The Bruins averaged 78.3 points per game, while giving up 77.2 points to opposing squads. UCLA shoots 46 percent from the field, 35 percent from beyond the three-point arc and 63 percent from the charity stripe. The Bruins average 41.2 rebounds per game, while limiting the opposition to 36.5 boards per outing.
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Kris Wilkes leads UCLA with 17.2 points. Wilkes is coming off a 19-point effort at Colorado. Meanwhile, Jaylen Hands averages 13.9 points and Moses Brown totals 10.2 points per game. Brown leads the team on the boards with 8.5 rebounds per game and he has also tallied a team-best 60 blocked shots on the season. Hands has dished out a team-best 190 assists and ranks first in the league with 6.5 assists per game - just a tick under 1.5 more assists per game than the next player on the list (Remy Martin, ASU - 5.1).
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UTAH vs. UCLA SERIES HISTORY
With its win over UCLA earlier in the season, Utah moved to 9-10 all-time against the Bruins, which includes a 4-7 record on the road, 4-3 mark at home and a 1-0 record in neutral court contests. The Utes have won two straight dating back to last season, but both teams are an even 5-5 in the last 10 meetings. The Utes have won three of the past four meetings in Salt Lake City, including last season's 84-78 victory at the Huntsman Center.
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LAST TIME THE UTES AND BRUINS MET
The Utah Runnin' Utes came all the way back from 22 points down and Parker Van Dyke's three-pointer – as time expired – helped lift the Utes over the UCLA Bruins, 93-92, at Pauley Pavilion back on Feb. 9.
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Trailing by 22 points, with just 13:27 to play, the Utes would go onto outscore the Bruins 48-25 and earn a one-point come-from-behind victory when Van Dyke drained a three-pointer at the buzzer. It would turn out to be Utah's only lead in the entire game.
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Utah's defense would hold UCLA without a field goal for six-plus minutes down the stretch, while Utah managed to knock down all four of its final shots – including lay-ups from Riley Battin and Timmy Allen, a three-pointer from Both Gach, and Van Dyke's game-winning dagger.
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Van Dyke was 5-of-10 from three-point range, which included knocking down the game-winning shot, and finished with 15 points. Allen led the team with 22 points, while Battin scored a career-high 18 points in the game. Sedrick Barefield finished with 19 points, giving Utah four players in double figures. Jayce Johnson led the way with 10 rebounds, posting double-digit boards for the fourth straight game and what was the fifth time in the last six contests.
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LAST TIME OUT
Four Utah starters scored in double figures to lead the Runnin' Utes past the USC Trojans, 83-74, Thursday evening at the Huntsman Center. Utah moved to 16-13 overall and 10-7 in Pac-12 play, while USC dropped to 15-15 on the season and 8-9 in the league standings.
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Parker Van Dyke scored a team-high 20 points, connecting on six of Utah's 11 three-pointers and Timmy Allen chipped in with 19 points. Sedrick Barefield poured in 17 points, while pulling down a career-high seven rebounds, and Donnie Tillman scored 10 points. Both Gach scored 10 points off the bench to give Utah five players in double-figures overall.
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Utah shot 52.5 percent from the field overall, which included a 40.7 percent from behind the three-point arc. USC managed to shoot 55.6 percent overall and 41.2 percent from downtown, but the Utes managed to out-rebound the Trojans 32-23, while also scoring 17 second-chance points to USC's one-point. Novak Topalovic tied Barefield for the team-high, pulling down seven boards as well.
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UP NEXT
When the dust settles Saturday night, Utah will find out what seed it has earned in next week's Pac-12 Tournament, that will be played at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. A top-four seed and the Utes would earn a first-round bye in the tournament and not play until Thursday. The official bracket of the Pac-12 Tournament will be release sometime Saturday evening at the conclusion of the regular season.
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