Wednesday, February 26
Stanford, CA
8:00 PM
University of Utah
15-13,6-10Pac-12
62
at
70
Stanford
19-9,8-7Pac-12
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
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| Utah | 22 | 40 | 62 |
| Stanford | 34 | 36 | 70 |
Photo by: Alina Rogers
Furious Rally Falls Short for Men's Basketball at The Farm.
2/26/2020 11:09 PM | Men's Basketball
A late rally in the second half by the Utah men’s basketball team fell just short down the stretch at Stanford.
STANFORD, Calif. – A combined 24 points from Timmy Allen and Both Gach fueled a second half rally by the University of Utah men's basketball team, but it was not enough as Stanford escaped the furious rally from the Utes in the final 3:01 minutes of action at Maples Pavilion 70-62.
Utah came out of the second half firing on all cylinders with Allen finding Branden Carlson for a two-handed jam. From there, the Utes brought the Cardinal lead down to six three different times before Stanford's 7-0 run brought it back up to double-digits on one of Tyrell Terry's seven 3-pointers at the 13:37 mark.
Down, but not out of the fight, Utah (15-13, 6-10 Pac-12) stormed back once again and cut the Stanford lead back down to single-digits out of the 6:18 media timeout. A team effort defensively, including Branden Carlson's career-tying eight blocks, saw the Stanford lead cut down to 63-60 with 3:01 remaining when Rylan Jones found a diving Gach for the lay-in.
Utah had three opportunities to tie the game from beyond the arc but wasn't able to connect on either. That 0-for-3 effort, a missed lay-up followed by a missed jumper saw Stanford (19-9, 8-7 Pac-12) ice the game at the free-throw line and pull away with the win over Utah.
The first half was not how the Utes wanted things to start on the road, turning the ball over a total of 12 times – nine of which came in the first 8:08 of action led to 15 Stanford points before finishing with a 23-7 edge over Utah in points off turnovers. As much as Utah was turning the ball over, it headed into the locker room just down 34-22 to Stanford thanks to a 6-0 run to end the half. Carlson had five of his eight blocks in the first half.
Allen led the Utes with 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists – including 13 in the second half. Gach broke out of his slump and chipped with 15 points and five rebound on 6-of-11 shooting while Carls0n finished with 12 points, four boards and eight blocks.
BY THE NUMBERS
Utah is now 22-14 all-time against the Cardinal after the loss and 3-10 when playing in Palo Alto … Carlson's eight blocks moves his total to 41, tying Keith Van Horn (1993-94) for third among single-season blocks for freshmen … Wednesday was the first time Gach broke the double-digit mark since scoring 24 against Oregon at home on Jan. 4 … despite the loss, Utah was able to win the battle of the boards, 30-28.
QUOTEABLE
Head Coach Larry Krystkowiak
On the tough start to the game…
"We just absolutely got punched in the mouth defensively. We played hard; offensively, we look like a junior high team to start the game. Give a lot of credit Stanford with their intensity. They play like a team that was on the bubble and you know, all those turnovers, 15 points in the first half. I think nine of our first 11 possession were turnovers."
UP NEXT
The Utes now head across the bridge to Berkeley, Calif., for a match-up against California on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 4 p.m. (MT) on the Pac-12 Network with Ted Robinson calling the game and Don MacLean as the analyst inside Haas Pavilion.
Utah came out of the second half firing on all cylinders with Allen finding Branden Carlson for a two-handed jam. From there, the Utes brought the Cardinal lead down to six three different times before Stanford's 7-0 run brought it back up to double-digits on one of Tyrell Terry's seven 3-pointers at the 13:37 mark.
Allen ?? Carlson for the 2 handed?? to start the 2nd half!!!
— Utah Basketball?? (@UtahMBB) February 27, 2020
?? 24 | ?? 34
??@Pac12Network#GoUtes???? pic.twitter.com/1RJZyaO4dH
Down, but not out of the fight, Utah (15-13, 6-10 Pac-12) stormed back once again and cut the Stanford lead back down to single-digits out of the 6:18 media timeout. A team effort defensively, including Branden Carlson's career-tying eight blocks, saw the Stanford lead cut down to 63-60 with 3:01 remaining when Rylan Jones found a diving Gach for the lay-in.
Make that BLOCK #?8? for @ballerbranden35!! Ties his previous season-high and now 2 shy of tying single-game record.
— Utah Basketball?? (@UtahMBB) February 27, 2020
?? 48 | ?? 57
??@Pac12Network#GoUtes???? pic.twitter.com/Aen5U11v8d
Utah had three opportunities to tie the game from beyond the arc but wasn't able to connect on either. That 0-for-3 effort, a missed lay-up followed by a missed jumper saw Stanford (19-9, 8-7 Pac-12) ice the game at the free-throw line and pull away with the win over Utah.
The first half was not how the Utes wanted things to start on the road, turning the ball over a total of 12 times – nine of which came in the first 8:08 of action led to 15 Stanford points before finishing with a 23-7 edge over Utah in points off turnovers. As much as Utah was turning the ball over, it headed into the locker room just down 34-22 to Stanford thanks to a 6-0 run to end the half. Carlson had five of his eight blocks in the first half.
.@JBrench23 now 3-for-3 from deep!! ??????
— Utah Basketball?? (@UtahMBB) February 27, 2020
??@Pac12Network#GoUtes???? pic.twitter.com/AD7XFpKhZP
Allen led the Utes with 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists – including 13 in the second half. Gach broke out of his slump and chipped with 15 points and five rebound on 6-of-11 shooting while Carls0n finished with 12 points, four boards and eight blocks.
BY THE NUMBERS
Utah is now 22-14 all-time against the Cardinal after the loss and 3-10 when playing in Palo Alto … Carlson's eight blocks moves his total to 41, tying Keith Van Horn (1993-94) for third among single-season blocks for freshmen … Wednesday was the first time Gach broke the double-digit mark since scoring 24 against Oregon at home on Jan. 4 … despite the loss, Utah was able to win the battle of the boards, 30-28.
QUOTEABLE
Head Coach Larry Krystkowiak
On the tough start to the game…
"We just absolutely got punched in the mouth defensively. We played hard; offensively, we look like a junior high team to start the game. Give a lot of credit Stanford with their intensity. They play like a team that was on the bubble and you know, all those turnovers, 15 points in the first half. I think nine of our first 11 possession were turnovers."
UP NEXT
The Utes now head across the bridge to Berkeley, Calif., for a match-up against California on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 4 p.m. (MT) on the Pac-12 Network with Ted Robinson calling the game and Don MacLean as the analyst inside Haas Pavilion.
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/ Men's BasketballTeam Stats
Utah
Stan
FG%
.490
.456
3FG%
.200
.440
FT%
.800
.778
RB
30
28
TO
17
9
STL
1
10
Game Leaders
Pts
17
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
1
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