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Monday, November 18
Salt Lake City, Utah
7:00 PM
University of Utah
3-1,0-0Big 12
118
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50
McNeese
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118
Utah Bounces Back with 118-50 Victory Over McNeese
11/18/2024 10:56 PM | Women's Basketball
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah women's basketball team bounced back with a big 118-50 win over McNeese Monday night.
Utah's 118 points marks for the second highest points scored in a game falling shy of the 124-point record set during the 2022-23 season against Oklahoma State (11/16/22).
GAME SUMMARY
The Utes started out the first quarter slow but that didn't last long as the momentum shifted when Matyson Wilke came in off the bench to hit back-to-back three pointers. Utah was sparked to life and pulled out for a 15 point lead to end the first quarter. Utah shot 80% from the three in the initial quarter of play going 4-of-5 from beyond the arc.
Utah started the second quarter on a 9-0 run and never let up, putting up 38 points before the quarter ended. The Utes went into the half with a 35 point lead, the biggest lead going into halftime so far this season. Utah's defense locked in during the first half holding McNeese to 29 percent from the field with the help of four Ute blocks, two of which came from Mayé Touré. Utah also had 10 steals in the first half with two steals coming from five different players.
The Utes never let up in the second half putting up 37 points in the third quarter and was just one point shy of the century mark going into the final quarter of play with a score of 99-48.
Utah moved the ball around in the fourth quarter with seven players making a basket from six assists, two of which came from Inês Vieira. The Utes held McNeese to just two points in the final quarter of play to give Utah the 118-50 victory over the Cowgirls.
LEADERS
Utah had five Utes score in double figures and were led by Gianna Kneepken's season-high 24 points. Kneepkens knocked down four from beyond the arc and recorded two assists and two steals. Mayé Touré surpassed 20 points for the second time this season with 21 points.
Matyson Wilke's 19 points was a career-high performance as she went 6-of-8 from the field with 4-of-6 from three point range. Wilke also tied her career high assists with six on the night.
Jenna Johnson and Reese Ross both hit double figures with Ross putting up 16 and Johnson adding 12.
Ross and Touré each pulled down eight rebounds for Utah with Johnson and Kennady McQueen adding six a piece. Inês Vieira had seven assists to help out the Utes' offensive efforts.
COMPARISON
Utah shot 60.3 percent from the field while holding McNeese to 25.8 percent. Utah went 59.1 percent from deep making 13-of-22 while NcNeese would go 21.1 percent shooting 4-of-19. The Utes found a rhythm on the free throw line shooting for 79.3 percent going 23-of-29 while the Cowgirls shot for 87.5 percent going 14-of-16 from the line.
Utah had 27 assists and 47 rebounds while McNeese had eight assists and 30 rebounds. The Utes forced the Cowgirls into 25 turnovers while having 16 of their own.
NOTABLES
Utah's 118 points marks the second highest points scored in a game. The record sits at 124 points which has happened twice in school history with the last time coming Nov. 16, 2022 vs. Oklahoma State.
Mayé Touré's 21 points puts her at 999 career points. She is just one point shy of breaching 1,000 career points.
Jenna Johnson's six rebounds puts her at 495 career rebounds just five shy from breaking 500.
HEAR FROM THE UTES
Head Coach Lynne Roberts
Overall statement . . .
"That was a good 'get right' game in terms of our shooting and scoring. Everyone contributed and everyone did their job. We played with a lot more swagger. No game is perfect and as a coach my job is to nitpick but I'm not going to do that tonight. We played as hard as we could. We shot much better than we did against Northwestern and I'm proud of how the team bounced back."
On Reese Ross' efforts . . .
"Reese [Ross] is her own worst enemy. This year she's accepted what her role is. She's playing with more control and she's just trying to do her job. She's practicing this way too. I'm proud of her maturity on and off the court."
Matyson Wilke, guard, junior
On the bounce back coming into this game . . .
"This week our focus was on executing our roles. Coming off the bench my job is to bring energy any way I can. Last week, I didn't do my job of making open shots. We have a lot of talent on this team and they draw a lot of double teams and my job is to make those open threes and I didn't do that last week. I've worked a lot this week to get my mindset right in doing my job and trusting my teammates to do theirs."
Mayé Touré, forward, graduate senior
On her performance and comfortably. . .
"I really love my teammates and we are all working for the same thing. They're all really great people so that helps our chemistry and performance. I think it's cute I can perform this way in games like this but I want to be more consistent in big games as well."
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Utah's 118 points marks for the second highest points scored in a game falling shy of the 124-point record set during the 2022-23 season against Oklahoma State (11/16/22).
GAME SUMMARY
The Utes started out the first quarter slow but that didn't last long as the momentum shifted when Matyson Wilke came in off the bench to hit back-to-back three pointers. Utah was sparked to life and pulled out for a 15 point lead to end the first quarter. Utah shot 80% from the three in the initial quarter of play going 4-of-5 from beyond the arc.
Utah started the second quarter on a 9-0 run and never let up, putting up 38 points before the quarter ended. The Utes went into the half with a 35 point lead, the biggest lead going into halftime so far this season. Utah's defense locked in during the first half holding McNeese to 29 percent from the field with the help of four Ute blocks, two of which came from Mayé Touré. Utah also had 10 steals in the first half with two steals coming from five different players.
The Utes never let up in the second half putting up 37 points in the third quarter and was just one point shy of the century mark going into the final quarter of play with a score of 99-48.
Utah moved the ball around in the fourth quarter with seven players making a basket from six assists, two of which came from Inês Vieira. The Utes held McNeese to just two points in the final quarter of play to give Utah the 118-50 victory over the Cowgirls.
LEADERS
Utah had five Utes score in double figures and were led by Gianna Kneepken's season-high 24 points. Kneepkens knocked down four from beyond the arc and recorded two assists and two steals. Mayé Touré surpassed 20 points for the second time this season with 21 points.
Matyson Wilke's 19 points was a career-high performance as she went 6-of-8 from the field with 4-of-6 from three point range. Wilke also tied her career high assists with six on the night.
Jenna Johnson and Reese Ross both hit double figures with Ross putting up 16 and Johnson adding 12.
Ross and Touré each pulled down eight rebounds for Utah with Johnson and Kennady McQueen adding six a piece. Inês Vieira had seven assists to help out the Utes' offensive efforts.
COMPARISON
Utah shot 60.3 percent from the field while holding McNeese to 25.8 percent. Utah went 59.1 percent from deep making 13-of-22 while NcNeese would go 21.1 percent shooting 4-of-19. The Utes found a rhythm on the free throw line shooting for 79.3 percent going 23-of-29 while the Cowgirls shot for 87.5 percent going 14-of-16 from the line.
Utah had 27 assists and 47 rebounds while McNeese had eight assists and 30 rebounds. The Utes forced the Cowgirls into 25 turnovers while having 16 of their own.
NOTABLES
Utah's 118 points marks the second highest points scored in a game. The record sits at 124 points which has happened twice in school history with the last time coming Nov. 16, 2022 vs. Oklahoma State.
Mayé Touré's 21 points puts her at 999 career points. She is just one point shy of breaching 1,000 career points.
Jenna Johnson's six rebounds puts her at 495 career rebounds just five shy from breaking 500.
HEAR FROM THE UTES
Head Coach Lynne Roberts
Overall statement . . .
"That was a good 'get right' game in terms of our shooting and scoring. Everyone contributed and everyone did their job. We played with a lot more swagger. No game is perfect and as a coach my job is to nitpick but I'm not going to do that tonight. We played as hard as we could. We shot much better than we did against Northwestern and I'm proud of how the team bounced back."
On Reese Ross' efforts . . .
"Reese [Ross] is her own worst enemy. This year she's accepted what her role is. She's playing with more control and she's just trying to do her job. She's practicing this way too. I'm proud of her maturity on and off the court."
Matyson Wilke, guard, junior
On the bounce back coming into this game . . .
"This week our focus was on executing our roles. Coming off the bench my job is to bring energy any way I can. Last week, I didn't do my job of making open shots. We have a lot of talent on this team and they draw a lot of double teams and my job is to make those open threes and I didn't do that last week. I've worked a lot this week to get my mindset right in doing my job and trusting my teammates to do theirs."
Mayé Touré, forward, graduate senior
On her performance and comfortably. . .
"I really love my teammates and we are all working for the same thing. They're all really great people so that helps our chemistry and performance. I think it's cute I can perform this way in games like this but I want to be more consistent in big games as well."
OFFICIAL MOBILE APP OF UTAH ATHLETICS – UTAH 360
The official mobile app of Utah Athletics is Utah 360. Download it today to unlock exclusive video content, news and information, schedules, rosters, stats, and access to buy and manage tickets. The app is available in both the Apple Store (download) and Google Play (download). Add it today, access your game tickets and download them to your smartphone's wallet to make yourself game-day ready.
FOLLOW THE UTES!
Fans can follow along during the 2024-25 season on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
That's a career high of 1?9? points in a game for @MatyWilke!#GoUtes
— Utah Women's Basketball (@UTAHWBB) November 19, 2024
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Team Stats
McN
Utah
FG%
.258
.603
3FG%
.211
.591
FT%
.875
.793
RB
30
47
TO
25
16
STL
6
15
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
24
FGM
8
3FGM
4
FTM
4
Pts
21
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
19
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
3
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Players Mentioned
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