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Thursday, January 11
Salt Lake City, UT
7:00 PM
University of Utah
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Runnin' Utes Crush Bruins at Home 90-44
1/11/2024 10:59 PM | Men's Basketball
The Utah men’s basketball team dominated the UCLA Bruins at home on Thursday, 90-44.
SALT LAKE CITY – Backed by a double-double from Branden Carlson, the Utah men's basketball team dominated UCLA in the second-half on its way to a lop-sided 90-44 victory Thursday night inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
The win snaps a seven-game losing streak against UCLA for the Utah, its first since defeating the Bruins 93-81 on March 9, 2019 at home. Utah's 46-point victor was its largest margin of victory against UCLA all-time as well as its largest margin of victory since joining the Pac-12. The previous largest margin of victory came against Arizona State back on Feb. 26, 2015, an 83-41 affair in SLC. The Utes also handed the Bruins their second-largest margin of defeat in program history.
Utah (12-4, 3-2 Pac-12) struck first against the Bruins and took an early 9-3 lead before UCLA tied things up with a 6-0 run. Back-to-back buckets from Keba Keita jump-started an 8-0 run for the Utes as they held that lead for the rest of the half before heading into the locker room on top 33-23.
UCLA (6-10, 1-4 Pac-12) opened up the second frame with four-straight points to get within 33-27, but that was as close as it got after that as Utah blitzed the Bruins with an unbelievable 49-6 run that lasted 13:03 minutes despite UCLA calling three different timeouts during that stretch. The Runnin' Utes had eight different players score during that run that completely took UCLA out of the game before the buzzer rang with Utah on top 90-44.
Cole Bajema and Keita tied for a team and game-high 14 points with Bajema knocking down 4-of-7 from 3-point range. Branden Carlson picked up his first double-double of the season and 13th-career of his career Thursday night, scoring 12 points with 14 boards to go with 3 blocks. The 14 rebounds were a new career-high for Carlson. Gabe Madsen chipped in with 11 points and five boards while Deivon Smith added 11 points of his own while dishing out 8 assists. Lawson Lovering was just shy of being the sixth Ute to reach double-figures, scoring 9 points on 3-of-4 shooting with 5 rebounds.
BY THE NUMBERS
Utah is now 8-5 all-time at home against the Bruins and 7-4 inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center with the win … Utah out-rebounded UCLA 50-28 for its second game with 50-plus boards while the +22 differential in rebounds tied for the season-high (UC Riverside) … the Utes held UCLA to just 31.5-percent from the floor – the third-lowest shooting clip this season by an opponent … Utah turned 13 UCLA turnovers into 19 points while converting its 14 offensive boards into 19 points as well … Utah also won the battle of the paint, outscoring the Bruins 38-18 … the 13 made 3-pointers from six different players was a season-high and the seventh time Utah has drained 10-plus in a game this season … with his 3 blocks, Branden Carlson is now 9 blocks shy of becoming the all-time leader at Utah with 15 games remaining in the regular-season.
UP NEXT
The Runnin' Utes now hit the road for a quick trip out on the Farm for a Sunday afternoon match against the Stanford Cardinal inside Maples Pavilion. Ted Robinson and Casey Jacobsen will have the call as Utah looks to go for its third-straight win over Stanford on the road beginning at 3 p.m. (MT) on Pac-12 Networks.
For the latest news and information on the Runnin' Utes men's basketball program, fans can stay connected online at www.UtahUtes.com and on social media by following @UtahMBB on Facebook, X and Instagram.
The win snaps a seven-game losing streak against UCLA for the Utah, its first since defeating the Bruins 93-81 on March 9, 2019 at home. Utah's 46-point victor was its largest margin of victory against UCLA all-time as well as its largest margin of victory since joining the Pac-12. The previous largest margin of victory came against Arizona State back on Feb. 26, 2015, an 83-41 affair in SLC. The Utes also handed the Bruins their second-largest margin of defeat in program history.
Utah (12-4, 3-2 Pac-12) struck first against the Bruins and took an early 9-3 lead before UCLA tied things up with a 6-0 run. Back-to-back buckets from Keba Keita jump-started an 8-0 run for the Utes as they held that lead for the rest of the half before heading into the locker room on top 33-23.
UCLA (6-10, 1-4 Pac-12) opened up the second frame with four-straight points to get within 33-27, but that was as close as it got after that as Utah blitzed the Bruins with an unbelievable 49-6 run that lasted 13:03 minutes despite UCLA calling three different timeouts during that stretch. The Runnin' Utes had eight different players score during that run that completely took UCLA out of the game before the buzzer rang with Utah on top 90-44.
Cole Bajema and Keita tied for a team and game-high 14 points with Bajema knocking down 4-of-7 from 3-point range. Branden Carlson picked up his first double-double of the season and 13th-career of his career Thursday night, scoring 12 points with 14 boards to go with 3 blocks. The 14 rebounds were a new career-high for Carlson. Gabe Madsen chipped in with 11 points and five boards while Deivon Smith added 11 points of his own while dishing out 8 assists. Lawson Lovering was just shy of being the sixth Ute to reach double-figures, scoring 9 points on 3-of-4 shooting with 5 rebounds.
BY THE NUMBERS
Utah is now 8-5 all-time at home against the Bruins and 7-4 inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center with the win … Utah out-rebounded UCLA 50-28 for its second game with 50-plus boards while the +22 differential in rebounds tied for the season-high (UC Riverside) … the Utes held UCLA to just 31.5-percent from the floor – the third-lowest shooting clip this season by an opponent … Utah turned 13 UCLA turnovers into 19 points while converting its 14 offensive boards into 19 points as well … Utah also won the battle of the paint, outscoring the Bruins 38-18 … the 13 made 3-pointers from six different players was a season-high and the seventh time Utah has drained 10-plus in a game this season … with his 3 blocks, Branden Carlson is now 9 blocks shy of becoming the all-time leader at Utah with 15 games remaining in the regular-season.
UP NEXT
The Runnin' Utes now hit the road for a quick trip out on the Farm for a Sunday afternoon match against the Stanford Cardinal inside Maples Pavilion. Ted Robinson and Casey Jacobsen will have the call as Utah looks to go for its third-straight win over Stanford on the road beginning at 3 p.m. (MT) on Pac-12 Networks.
For the latest news and information on the Runnin' Utes men's basketball program, fans can stay connected online at www.UtahUtes.com and on social media by following @UtahMBB on Facebook, X and Instagram.
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