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Saturday, March 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
5:00 PM
University of Utah
17-13, 11-7
92
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UCLA
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Photo by: Steve C. Wilson
Runnin' Utes Close Out Regular Season with Victory Over Bruins
3/9/2019 9:28 PM | Men's Basketball
Seniors go out in style with 92-81 victory
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Runnin' Utes wrapped up the 2018-19 regular season with a 92-81 Pac-12 Conference win over the UCLA Bruins, Saturday evening at the Huntsman Center.
Utah finishes the regular season with an overall record of 17-13 and 11-7 in Pac-12 play, while UCLA falls to 16-15 on the year and 9-9 in the conference standings.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UCLA opened the evening with the game's first bucket, but it was all Utah after that. The Utes jumped out to a 10-point lead with less than four minutes off the clock and later pushed its lead to 27 before heading into the locker room up 51-31 at the halftime break. UCLA would push the intensity in the second half and got back within eight points at the 6:44 mark, but on Senior Night, the seniors took over and proved too much for the Bruins.
Sedrick Barefield scored a game-high 29 points on 11-of-22 shooting and Parker Van Dyke drained four three-pointers to finish off his career at the Huntsman Center with 12 points. Donnie Tillman totaled 14 points and Timmy Allen set the bar for the freshmen, with 17 points. Tillman and Novak Topalovic pulled down a team-high five rebounds each and Van Dyke led the way with five assists.
Utah shot 45.6 percent overall and 44.7 percent from three-point range, while knocking down 17 three-pointers to tie the all-time school record for a second time this season. The original mark of 17 three-pointers made in a game was set back in 2002 against UNLV. Utah tied that mark earlier this season back on Nov. 15 against Mississippi Valley State, while also doing so again tonight against the Bruins.
Utah totaled a season-low five turnovers and UCLA only managed to turn those miscues into six points. The Bruins did, however, win the battle of the boards – out-rebounding the Utes 40-37. Utah totaled 16 assists and UCLA dished out a total of 10 assists on the evening.
UP NEXT
Utah finished the regular season at 11-7 in Pac-12 play and in sole-possession of third place in the league standings. Utah earns the No. 3 seed in next week's Pac-12 Tournament and will have a first round-bye. The Utes will play the winner of the No. 6/No. 11 seed match-up on Thursday, March 14, at 8:30 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
GAME NOTES
- Utah managed to overachieve, according to the experts, once again – finishing in sole-possession of third place in the conference standings after being picked to finish eighth in the preseason poll. Under head coach Larry Krystkowiak, Utah has finished ahead of its preseason prediction in seven of eight seasons, while finishing tied in the same prediction the other season. Over the past three seasons, Utah was picked to finish either seventh or eighth. The Utes have finished fourth, tied for third and third, respectively.
- With Utah earning a first-round bye in next week's Pac-12 Tournament, the Utes become the only team to have earned a first-round bye the last five seasons.
- Utah, who finished 11-7 in Pac-12 play, has now won at least 10 conference games in five straight seasons.
- Sedrick Barefield scored 29 points on the evening, registering 20+ points for the eighth time this season. Barefield, who has posted double-digit scoring efforts in 15 straight games, tallied double-digit scoring efforts in all but one Pac-12 game this season.
- Barefield now has 1,116 career points while donning the Red and White, which ranks 33rd all-time in school history. He is two points shy of Shaun Green's total of 1,118 points and eight points shy of Andrew Bogut's total of 1,126 points.
- Parker Van Dyke knocked down four three-pointers on the night, giving him 72 three-pointers made on the season – moving him into the school's all-time top-10 list in single-season history. He currently ranks ninth all-time. Barefield has totaled 92 three-pointers on the season, which ranks third most in a season.
- Utah drained 17 three-pointers as a team, giving the Utes 10+ three-pointers in a game for the 14th time this season.
POSTGAME QUOTES
Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak
On securing the #3 seed in the Pac-12 tournament …
"Yeah, well there was a lot of combinations going down through today. Somebody told me there was 32 possible scenarios and we didn't talk about it much with our team and it just gets back to taking care of business and doing what we needed to do, I think we were going to be in one of the top spots. It's a proud day for our seniors and I thought we played a tremendous first half, probably our best half of basketball to start the game and we missed open looks in the second half. That was one of the big differences and they got out in transition and obviously they are the number one offensive team in the conference and they showed it in some stretches there. But it was fun for our seniors, it was a fun win for our program and now season two is over and season three gets started Thursday."
On watching his seniors hit big three's towards the end of the game …
"Yeah and I think a couple threes that Riley hit when the game was kind of in the balance and at the tipping point. Obviously, the seniors played a big part, in not only this game, but our season. We had Brandon Morley and Riley, some guys who haven't been playing a whole lot of minutes, came in at huge times and I think about Morley's offensive rebound and put back and those plays and then Riley's plays. That's what we have talked about, the strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf, and not everybody has had the type of statistical season that they need, but certainly tonight a couple guys did their deal and when you get into Vegas, as you are aware, you can't win multiple games without those guys stepping up so it is kind of a testament to those guys for sticking to it and when their opportunity came they made the most of it."
UCLA interim head coach Murry Bartow
Thoughts on the game …
"I have been a part of a lot of senior nights and I'd have to look back but I am not sure I have ever lost a senior night or I think very few. We knew we were going to get Utah's very best tonight and if we would have played them a month ago in here without Moses Brown it would have been incredibly hard to win, but a month later on senior night with them here at home, we just got too far down. I thought our guys fought hard in the second half but it's hard when you're down 20."
On Jalen Hill's game …
"I thought he played great. I thought he played with incredible energy. You could tell before the game, really yesterday, when I spoke to him, that this game really meant a lot to him. So, we really knew that he would come in and play with great energy and that's what he did."
On what the Pac-12 tournament will brin g…
"Well I think there is a lot of teams capable of winning the tournament and we will have to see. I don't know that I can make any predictions. I know that we will play hard, compete, and fight. I love these guys and I am proud that they've won nine games. I'd like to have more than nine wins, but I think they've fought incredibly hard under some incredibly adverse situations and conditions. I think Tyus Edney has busted his tail and done a great job. I think Duane Broussard has busted his tail and done a great job. I think Kory Barnett and the other guys, Kory Alford, I am incredibly proud of our staff and I think our guys have a lot of fight left in them. We will take tomorrow off and we will practice hard Monday, make the trip to Vegas on Tuesday. Hopefully we can play a great game on Wednesday. It's game-to-game and we just need to figure out a way to win that first game and figure out a way to get to the second day."
Utah finishes the regular season with an overall record of 17-13 and 11-7 in Pac-12 play, while UCLA falls to 16-15 on the year and 9-9 in the conference standings.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UCLA opened the evening with the game's first bucket, but it was all Utah after that. The Utes jumped out to a 10-point lead with less than four minutes off the clock and later pushed its lead to 27 before heading into the locker room up 51-31 at the halftime break. UCLA would push the intensity in the second half and got back within eight points at the 6:44 mark, but on Senior Night, the seniors took over and proved too much for the Bruins.
Sedrick Barefield scored a game-high 29 points on 11-of-22 shooting and Parker Van Dyke drained four three-pointers to finish off his career at the Huntsman Center with 12 points. Donnie Tillman totaled 14 points and Timmy Allen set the bar for the freshmen, with 17 points. Tillman and Novak Topalovic pulled down a team-high five rebounds each and Van Dyke led the way with five assists.
Utah shot 45.6 percent overall and 44.7 percent from three-point range, while knocking down 17 three-pointers to tie the all-time school record for a second time this season. The original mark of 17 three-pointers made in a game was set back in 2002 against UNLV. Utah tied that mark earlier this season back on Nov. 15 against Mississippi Valley State, while also doing so again tonight against the Bruins.
Utah totaled a season-low five turnovers and UCLA only managed to turn those miscues into six points. The Bruins did, however, win the battle of the boards – out-rebounding the Utes 40-37. Utah totaled 16 assists and UCLA dished out a total of 10 assists on the evening.
UP NEXT
Utah finished the regular season at 11-7 in Pac-12 play and in sole-possession of third place in the league standings. Utah earns the No. 3 seed in next week's Pac-12 Tournament and will have a first round-bye. The Utes will play the winner of the No. 6/No. 11 seed match-up on Thursday, March 14, at 8:30 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
GAME NOTES
- Utah managed to overachieve, according to the experts, once again – finishing in sole-possession of third place in the conference standings after being picked to finish eighth in the preseason poll. Under head coach Larry Krystkowiak, Utah has finished ahead of its preseason prediction in seven of eight seasons, while finishing tied in the same prediction the other season. Over the past three seasons, Utah was picked to finish either seventh or eighth. The Utes have finished fourth, tied for third and third, respectively.
- With Utah earning a first-round bye in next week's Pac-12 Tournament, the Utes become the only team to have earned a first-round bye the last five seasons.
- Utah, who finished 11-7 in Pac-12 play, has now won at least 10 conference games in five straight seasons.
- Sedrick Barefield scored 29 points on the evening, registering 20+ points for the eighth time this season. Barefield, who has posted double-digit scoring efforts in 15 straight games, tallied double-digit scoring efforts in all but one Pac-12 game this season.
- Barefield now has 1,116 career points while donning the Red and White, which ranks 33rd all-time in school history. He is two points shy of Shaun Green's total of 1,118 points and eight points shy of Andrew Bogut's total of 1,126 points.
- Parker Van Dyke knocked down four three-pointers on the night, giving him 72 three-pointers made on the season – moving him into the school's all-time top-10 list in single-season history. He currently ranks ninth all-time. Barefield has totaled 92 three-pointers on the season, which ranks third most in a season.
- Utah drained 17 three-pointers as a team, giving the Utes 10+ three-pointers in a game for the 14th time this season.
POSTGAME QUOTES
Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak
On securing the #3 seed in the Pac-12 tournament …
"Yeah, well there was a lot of combinations going down through today. Somebody told me there was 32 possible scenarios and we didn't talk about it much with our team and it just gets back to taking care of business and doing what we needed to do, I think we were going to be in one of the top spots. It's a proud day for our seniors and I thought we played a tremendous first half, probably our best half of basketball to start the game and we missed open looks in the second half. That was one of the big differences and they got out in transition and obviously they are the number one offensive team in the conference and they showed it in some stretches there. But it was fun for our seniors, it was a fun win for our program and now season two is over and season three gets started Thursday."
On watching his seniors hit big three's towards the end of the game …
"Yeah and I think a couple threes that Riley hit when the game was kind of in the balance and at the tipping point. Obviously, the seniors played a big part, in not only this game, but our season. We had Brandon Morley and Riley, some guys who haven't been playing a whole lot of minutes, came in at huge times and I think about Morley's offensive rebound and put back and those plays and then Riley's plays. That's what we have talked about, the strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf, and not everybody has had the type of statistical season that they need, but certainly tonight a couple guys did their deal and when you get into Vegas, as you are aware, you can't win multiple games without those guys stepping up so it is kind of a testament to those guys for sticking to it and when their opportunity came they made the most of it."
UCLA interim head coach Murry Bartow
Thoughts on the game …
"I have been a part of a lot of senior nights and I'd have to look back but I am not sure I have ever lost a senior night or I think very few. We knew we were going to get Utah's very best tonight and if we would have played them a month ago in here without Moses Brown it would have been incredibly hard to win, but a month later on senior night with them here at home, we just got too far down. I thought our guys fought hard in the second half but it's hard when you're down 20."
On Jalen Hill's game …
"I thought he played great. I thought he played with incredible energy. You could tell before the game, really yesterday, when I spoke to him, that this game really meant a lot to him. So, we really knew that he would come in and play with great energy and that's what he did."
On what the Pac-12 tournament will brin g…
"Well I think there is a lot of teams capable of winning the tournament and we will have to see. I don't know that I can make any predictions. I know that we will play hard, compete, and fight. I love these guys and I am proud that they've won nine games. I'd like to have more than nine wins, but I think they've fought incredibly hard under some incredibly adverse situations and conditions. I think Tyus Edney has busted his tail and done a great job. I think Duane Broussard has busted his tail and done a great job. I think Kory Barnett and the other guys, Kory Alford, I am incredibly proud of our staff and I think our guys have a lot of fight left in them. We will take tomorrow off and we will practice hard Monday, make the trip to Vegas on Tuesday. Hopefully we can play a great game on Wednesday. It's game-to-game and we just need to figure out a way to win that first game and figure out a way to get to the second day."
Team Stats
UCLA
UTAH
FG%
.475
.456
3FG%
.300
.447
FT%
.679
.684
RB
40
37
TO
9
5
STL
4
5
Game Leaders
Pts
29
FGM
11
3FGM
5
FTM
2
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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