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Tuesday, February 11
Cincinnati, OH / Fifth Third Arena
5:00 PM
University of Utah
13-11,5-8Big 12
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Men's Basketball Falls Late Against Cincinnati on the Road
2/11/2025 9:04 PM | Men's Basketball
The Utah men’s basketball team dropped and tight contest on the road against Cincinnati on Tuesday, 85-75.
CINCINNATI – Despite a game-high 28 points from Gabe Madsen in his return to Cincinnati, the Utah men's basketball team dropped a tight contest against the Bearcats 85-75 down the stretch on Tuesday night inside Fifth Third Arena.
Cincinnati drew first blood on Tuesday night, but it was Madsen who drained the first bucket of the evening for Utah (13-11, 5-8 Big 12) coming off a screen for a pull-up 3-pointer in his return back to Fifth Third Arena. Ezra Ausar would then go on to flex his muscles in the paint for Utah, scoring eight of the next 10 points to bring the Utes within 14-13 of the home team at the under-12 (11:46).
After consecutive baskets from Lawson Lovering tied things up at 21-21, the Bearcats answered with back-to-back triples from Josh Reed to push the lead back up to 27-21 and force a Utah timeout with 5:25 left in the half.
Some back-and-forth ensued before back-to-back 3-pointers from Madsen and Keanu Dawes made it a one possession game for Utah (34-32) with 2:14 left on the clock. However, Cincinnati (15-9, 5-8 Big 12) continued its hot shooting from beyond the arc and drained its seventh and eighth 3-pointer of the evening to send the Utes into the locker room down 42-36.
Madsen came out firing on all-cylinders in the second-half, knocking down a pair of long balls just 2:31 minutes in to give Utah the 47-44 lead and forced a timeout from Cincinnati. Three more lead changes would ensue before a 6-0 spurt from the Bearcats forced Utah to call its second timeout with 11:09 left in the game down 64-57.
The former Bearcat would then hit his seventh and eighth 3-pointers of the night, tying a career-high, before Hunter Erickson would pull one free-throw line extended in front of the Utah bench to force a UC timeout and bring the Runnin' Utes within 68-66 with 8:13 left to go.
Mike Sharavjamts tied things up shortly thereafter with a put-back to tie it up at 68-68 with 7:27 remaining. However, the Utah offense stalled from that point forward and managed to hit just 3-of-12 from the field with 1-of-9 coming from 3-point range to close out the contest.
Madsen's 28 points was a new season-high and was just three points shy of his career-high of 31 points against Iowa last year in the NIT. Lovering, who had 12 first-half points, was held to just 2 points in the second-half on 1-of-3 shooting to finish with 14 points on an efficient 7-for-9 shooting night.
POSTGAME NOTES
UP NEXT
Utah returns home now to host a pair of games in just three days, starting with #17/20 Kansas on Saturday, Feb. 15, starting at 8 p.m. (MST) on ESPN. Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham returns to the Hill to call the action from the Jon M. Huntsman Center as the Runnin' Utes and Jayhawks square off for just the third time in program history.
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. Fans can also stay connected on their mobile devices or tablets with the Utah 360, the official app of Utah Athletics, through the Apple Store or Google Play.
Cincinnati drew first blood on Tuesday night, but it was Madsen who drained the first bucket of the evening for Utah (13-11, 5-8 Big 12) coming off a screen for a pull-up 3-pointer in his return back to Fifth Third Arena. Ezra Ausar would then go on to flex his muscles in the paint for Utah, scoring eight of the next 10 points to bring the Utes within 14-13 of the home team at the under-12 (11:46).
After consecutive baskets from Lawson Lovering tied things up at 21-21, the Bearcats answered with back-to-back triples from Josh Reed to push the lead back up to 27-21 and force a Utah timeout with 5:25 left in the half.
Some back-and-forth ensued before back-to-back 3-pointers from Madsen and Keanu Dawes made it a one possession game for Utah (34-32) with 2:14 left on the clock. However, Cincinnati (15-9, 5-8 Big 12) continued its hot shooting from beyond the arc and drained its seventh and eighth 3-pointer of the evening to send the Utes into the locker room down 42-36.
Madsen came out firing on all-cylinders in the second-half, knocking down a pair of long balls just 2:31 minutes in to give Utah the 47-44 lead and forced a timeout from Cincinnati. Three more lead changes would ensue before a 6-0 spurt from the Bearcats forced Utah to call its second timeout with 11:09 left in the game down 64-57.
The former Bearcat would then hit his seventh and eighth 3-pointers of the night, tying a career-high, before Hunter Erickson would pull one free-throw line extended in front of the Utah bench to force a UC timeout and bring the Runnin' Utes within 68-66 with 8:13 left to go.
Mike Sharavjamts tied things up shortly thereafter with a put-back to tie it up at 68-68 with 7:27 remaining. However, the Utah offense stalled from that point forward and managed to hit just 3-of-12 from the field with 1-of-9 coming from 3-point range to close out the contest.
Madsen's 28 points was a new season-high and was just three points shy of his career-high of 31 points against Iowa last year in the NIT. Lovering, who had 12 first-half points, was held to just 2 points in the second-half on 1-of-3 shooting to finish with 14 points on an efficient 7-for-9 shooting night.
POSTGAME NOTES
- With 28 points on Tuesday, Gabe Madsen passes current Cleveland Cavaliers associate head coach Johnnie Bryant (1,301; 2005-08) and Timmy Allen (1,323; 2018-21) on the all-time scoring list and sits at No. 22 by himself with 1,326 career-points at Utah
- Utah allowed 11 offensive rebounds in the opening frame that led to 10 points for the Bearcats
- Cincinnati won the battle of the boards 41-29 against the Utes
- Madsen was 8-for-15 from three before going 0-7 in the last 8:13 minutes of play
UP NEXT
Utah returns home now to host a pair of games in just three days, starting with #17/20 Kansas on Saturday, Feb. 15, starting at 8 p.m. (MST) on ESPN. Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham returns to the Hill to call the action from the Jon M. Huntsman Center as the Runnin' Utes and Jayhawks square off for just the third time in program history.
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. Fans can also stay connected on their mobile devices or tablets with the Utah 360, the official app of Utah Athletics, through the Apple Store or Google Play.
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Team Stats
Utah
UC
FG%
.477
.492
3FG%
.406
.500
FT%
.000
.737
RB
29
41
TO
10
11
STL
7
5
Game Leaders
Pts
28
FGM
10
3FGM
8
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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