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Women's Basketball
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The University of Utah Athletics
Friday, January 5
Tempe, AZ
7:00 PM
University of Utah
11-3,1-1Pac-12
58
at
41
Arizona State
8-6,0-2Pac-12
1
2
3
4
F
Utah
18
10
22
8
58
Arizona St.
7
7
19
8
41
No. 15 Utah downs Arizona State 58-41
1/5/2024 10:44 PM | Women's Basketball
TEMPE, Ariz. – The No.15 Utah women's basketball team picked up a 58-41 win over Arizona State Friday evening.
Utah was led by Kennady McQueen who had 12 points, six rebounds and five assists. Jenna Johnson was also a big contributor for the Utes with 10 points and six boards. Utah's performance on the boards gave the Utes the edge in the game with 52 rebounds including 17 offensive boards that led to 12 second chance points.
Utah is now 11-3 overall on the season and 1-1 in Pac-12 play.
GAME SUMMARY
Utah and ASU started the game keeping the score close. The score was tied at 7-7 when Alissa Pili drained a pair of free throws that sparked an 11-0 run to end the quarter. Arizona State was held scoreless for over five minutes as Utah pulled ahead for an 18-7 lead at the end of the first.
Utah had a slow second quarter but maintained ending the half on a 6-0 run to take a 28-14 lead.
The Utes found a spark in the third quarter starting things on an 8-0 run. The Sun Devils were able to answer with a 13-0 run while Utah was on a three minute scoring drought. Ines Vieira knocked down a big three to break the Utes drought. Utah only allowed one more field goal from the Sun Devils in the third quarter ending on a 12-3 run. Utah had a 50-33 lead going into the final quarter of play.
The fourth quarter slowed in momentum for both teams with each team only scoring eight points. Utah had already done the damage and walked away with a 58-41 win over Arizona State.
LEADERS
Utah had two Utes in double figures and were led by McQueen's 12 points. McQueen also had the game high assist with five. Johnson also had double figure scoring with 10 points. She also pulled down six rebounds for the Utes. Dasia Young led the Utes on the boards pulling down seven rebounds.
COMPARISON
Utah ended the game shooting 37.5 percent from the field while ASU shot 21.4 percent. Arizona State shot 29.4 percent from the three while Utah ended the game shooting just 20.0 percent from three. Utah ended the game shooting 83.3 percent from the line while the Sun Devils shot 28.6 percent from the line.
Utah had 52 rebounds to ASU's 37. Utah had 38 points in the paint to ASU's 20. Utah also had 12 points from second chances while the Sun Devils only had five.
HEAR FROM THE UTES
Lynne Roberts, Head Coach
Overall thoughts
"On defense we were fine. Arizona State runs an unorthodox style and I think we were fine. Offense we were horrible. It was a season low in points. Luckily, we played with a little more life in the second half. I thought we were ready to play today and we just came out uninspired. We've got to clean up some things because Arizona is gonna give us a fight."
On the grind of the season
"We've been close and could have won all three games that we've lost. We are still looking for that big win to spark us. This league is all about momentum and I feel like we haven't hit ours yet. I'm looking forward to playing well and putting together a complete game of basketball."
#22 Jenna Johnson, forward
On Utah's performance
"I feel like the last few games we've struggled. It's hard to be in someone else's atmosphere and competing on the road. Tonight it was nice to come in with a settled mindset 'we're on the road, let's get a win.' It was nice to handle that. At halftime, Coach [Lynne] Roberts was really honest and told us we have to come out differently and get back to Utah basketball and I think we finally found that in the third quarter."
On the team's strength
"Losing three games we're frustrated as competitors. When you look at who we've lost to it gives some perspective. We can look at it and know we're still a good team. We haven't had a game where we've had to prove ourselves yet so we are itching for that big breakthrough win. We're still trying to figure out as a team how to put a full game together and fire on all cylinders."
NOTABLES
The Utes are now 11-3 overall on the season and 1-1 in Pac-12.
UP NEXT
Utah will take a trip to Arizona to continue Pac-12 action Sunday, January 7 at noon. Utah will return home to host Stanford on Jan. 12 and Cal on Jan. 14.
FOLLOW THE UTES
Fans can follow along on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
Utah was led by Kennady McQueen who had 12 points, six rebounds and five assists. Jenna Johnson was also a big contributor for the Utes with 10 points and six boards. Utah's performance on the boards gave the Utes the edge in the game with 52 rebounds including 17 offensive boards that led to 12 second chance points.
Utah is now 11-3 overall on the season and 1-1 in Pac-12 play.
GAME SUMMARY
Utah and ASU started the game keeping the score close. The score was tied at 7-7 when Alissa Pili drained a pair of free throws that sparked an 11-0 run to end the quarter. Arizona State was held scoreless for over five minutes as Utah pulled ahead for an 18-7 lead at the end of the first.
Utah had a slow second quarter but maintained ending the half on a 6-0 run to take a 28-14 lead.
The Utes found a spark in the third quarter starting things on an 8-0 run. The Sun Devils were able to answer with a 13-0 run while Utah was on a three minute scoring drought. Ines Vieira knocked down a big three to break the Utes drought. Utah only allowed one more field goal from the Sun Devils in the third quarter ending on a 12-3 run. Utah had a 50-33 lead going into the final quarter of play.
The fourth quarter slowed in momentum for both teams with each team only scoring eight points. Utah had already done the damage and walked away with a 58-41 win over Arizona State.
LEADERS
Utah had two Utes in double figures and were led by McQueen's 12 points. McQueen also had the game high assist with five. Johnson also had double figure scoring with 10 points. She also pulled down six rebounds for the Utes. Dasia Young led the Utes on the boards pulling down seven rebounds.
COMPARISON
Utah ended the game shooting 37.5 percent from the field while ASU shot 21.4 percent. Arizona State shot 29.4 percent from the three while Utah ended the game shooting just 20.0 percent from three. Utah ended the game shooting 83.3 percent from the line while the Sun Devils shot 28.6 percent from the line.
Utah had 52 rebounds to ASU's 37. Utah had 38 points in the paint to ASU's 20. Utah also had 12 points from second chances while the Sun Devils only had five.
HEAR FROM THE UTES
Lynne Roberts, Head Coach
Overall thoughts
"On defense we were fine. Arizona State runs an unorthodox style and I think we were fine. Offense we were horrible. It was a season low in points. Luckily, we played with a little more life in the second half. I thought we were ready to play today and we just came out uninspired. We've got to clean up some things because Arizona is gonna give us a fight."
On the grind of the season
"We've been close and could have won all three games that we've lost. We are still looking for that big win to spark us. This league is all about momentum and I feel like we haven't hit ours yet. I'm looking forward to playing well and putting together a complete game of basketball."
#22 Jenna Johnson, forward
On Utah's performance
"I feel like the last few games we've struggled. It's hard to be in someone else's atmosphere and competing on the road. Tonight it was nice to come in with a settled mindset 'we're on the road, let's get a win.' It was nice to handle that. At halftime, Coach [Lynne] Roberts was really honest and told us we have to come out differently and get back to Utah basketball and I think we finally found that in the third quarter."
On the team's strength
"Losing three games we're frustrated as competitors. When you look at who we've lost to it gives some perspective. We can look at it and know we're still a good team. We haven't had a game where we've had to prove ourselves yet so we are itching for that big breakthrough win. We're still trying to figure out as a team how to put a full game together and fire on all cylinders."
NOTABLES
The Utes are now 11-3 overall on the season and 1-1 in Pac-12.
UP NEXT
Utah will take a trip to Arizona to continue Pac-12 action Sunday, January 7 at noon. Utah will return home to host Stanford on Jan. 12 and Cal on Jan. 14.
FOLLOW THE UTES
Fans can follow along on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
Team Stats
Utah
ASU
FG%
.375
.270
3FG%
.208
.294
FT%
.833
.286
RB
52
37
TO
14
13
STL
4
6
Game Leaders
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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