Women's Basketball Falls At No. 9 UCLA, 77-54

Sunday, March 1

Los Angeles, CA

2:00 PM

University of Utah

13-16,6-12Pac-12

UCLA

25-4,14-4Pac-12

Utah

UCLA

3/1/2020 5:17 PM | Women's Basketball

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The University of Utah women's basketball team fell to the No. 9 UCLA Bruins on Sunday afternoon, 77-54. Utah is 13-16 overall this season and 6-12 to finish out regular season Pac-12 play.

In a game that saw 47 combined fouls and 28 turnovers, it was hard for either team to get offensive momentum, but the difference would come on the boards as UCLA out-rebounded the Utes 55-37. Of UCLA's 55 rebounds, 29 were offensive, including 20 offensive boards in the first half.

Both teams in the game would go on to take season-high free throw attempts with Utah going 21-of-32 (65.6%) and UCLA recording 26-of-32 (81.3%) from the free throw line.

The offensive struggles for the Utes started early, not hitting their first field goal of the game until the 2:45 mark of the first quarter. Utah was only able to knock down two field goals in the first quarter, shooting 20-percent from the floor to trail by 11 at the end of the period.

The Utes came out of halftime down 17, but would commit six of their nine, second half turnovers in the third quarter while only shooting 18-percent from the floor. Utah made it a 16-point game early in the third quarter, but that would be the closest the Utes would come for the remainder of the game.

Utah's bench scored 38 of its 54 total points against the Bruins with six of the seven players that came off the bench in today's game scoring at least two points. The Utes finished the game shooting 28-percent from the floor overall and 22-percent from the three.

LEADERS
Both of Utah's leading scorers against the Bruins came off the bench today with senior Kiana Moore and junior Julie Brosseau putting up 11 points each. Moore was 3-for-7 from the floor, knocking down two of Utah's five three-pointers.

Brosseau finished the game shooting 4-for-7 from the floor and 2-for-3 from the three-point line, also adding two assists. Daneesha Provo and Niyah Becker each turned in six points today with Lola Pendande leading the Utes in rebounds with seven.

STANDOUT STAT
The Utes knocked down five three-pointers today against the UCLA Bruins, breaking the school record for single-season made threes. Utah has 240 threes this season, passing the 239 three-pointers that the Utes recorded in 2018-19.

It is the first time since 2004-05 and 2005-06 that the Utes have had 200+ threes in back-to-back years. Utah scored 235 in 2004-05, which was a school record at the time, then broke it in 2005-06 with 238.

NOTABLE

Kiana Moore reached double-digits for the sixth time this season and the 22^nd time in her career with her 11 points today against the Bruins. It was the 14^th time this season she has knocked down at least one three-pointer and the second game in a row she has knocked down two.
Julie Brosseau reached double-digits for the sixth time this season, tying her second-highest point total at 11. Her 4-for-7 shooting ties for her highest shooting percentage this season when recording four or more made field goals, also going 4-for-7 against UCLA in January.

UP NEXT
Utah will enter the 2020 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament as the No. 8 seed, taking on No. 9 seed Washington on Thursday, March 5 in the Mandalay Bay Events Center at 3 p.m. MT. The game will air live on Pac-12 Networks with the winner of the game taking on No. 1 seed Oregon on Friday, March 6.