Gabe Madsen Breaks Utah Three-Point Record En Route to Toppling No. 17/20 Kansas Saturday Night

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Gabe Madsen Breaks Utah Three-Point Record En Route to Toppling No. 17/20 Kansas Saturday Night

2/16/2025 12:49 AM | Men's Basketball

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Utah outrebounded No. 17 Kansas 46-36, including 16 offensive boards, in its 74-67 win over the Jayhawks at home.

SALT LAKE CITY – Special night for Utah guard Gabe Madsen as he hit a dagger 3-pointer with 1:58 left in the game to break the school's all-time record for career 3-pointers and hand #17/20 Kansas the 74-67 loss Saturday night inside a raucous Jon M. Huntsman Center.

Utah (14-11, 6-8 Big 12) came out of the gates ready to play, taking a quick 10-3 lead that was capped off by a thunderous alley-oop dunk by Ezra Ausar from Mike Sharavjamts to force an early Kansas timeout 3:16 minutes into the contest.

Kansas kept things close until the Utes built up a double-digit lead, 32-21, with 7:07 remaining in the first half after Madsen hit his fourth triple of the night. However, the Jayhawks battled back to tie things up at 32-32 at the 2:13 mark before Utah headed into the locker room with a narrow 39-37 lead.

Like the opening minutes of the game, Utah was locked in out of the break and slowly built up its lead once again behind an 8-2 spurt to go up 60-49 out of the 11:37 media break. However, a 7:17 minute scoring drought saw the Jayhawks (17-8, 8-6 Big 12) reel off an 11-0 run to tie things up at 60-60 with 4:31 to play – which forced a timeout by the Utes.

Utah would not back down, however, and answered right back with a 7-0 run that lasted 2:22 minutes capped off by signature step-back three from Madsen to give the Runnin' Utes an extended lead. That three by Madsen also happened to be the record-breaking 3-pointer for the 6-6 guard – and cementing himself into Utah basketball lore.

The Runnin' Utes would clamp down the rest of the way and closed out the game knocking down 5-of-6 from the foul line to secure the 74-67 upset over No. 17 Kansas.

Madsen finished with a game-high 24 points on 5-of-13 from deep. Ausar added 12 points and 8 boards of his own. Jake Wahlin picked up his first-career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 12 boards – three of which were on the offensive glass. Keanu Dawes also had a solid game off the bench for the Utes, pulling down 10 boards to go with his pair of points from the line.

POSTGAME NOTES

With 1:58 remaining in the game, Gabe Madsen became the program's all-time leader in 3-pointers made when he drained his fifth triple of the evening to pass Nick Jacobsen (2000-04; 287) for his 288th career 3-pointer at Utah
Utah moves to 71-166 (.300) all-time against AP ranked opponents after its 74-67 upset of #17 Kansas on Saturday
The Utes are now 41-45 (.477) all-time at home against AP ranked opponents after its win over #17 Kansas
It was also Utah's first win over a ranked opponent at home since defeating #14 BYU 73-69 on Dec. 9, 2023
The win was Utah's first win over an AP ranked conference opponent since Dec. 1, 2022, when it toppled No. 4 Arizona 81-66
Utah is now 6-10 (.375) all-time against No. 17 AP ranked opponents
Utah snaps a four-game losing-streak against No. 17 AP ranked opponents with its win over Kansas Saturday
Utah picked up its first win over a No. 17 AP ranked opponent since defeating Oklahoma 67-58 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 19, 2005
Jake Wahlin recorded his first-career double-double Saturday night with 10 points and 12 rebounds
Utah dominated #17 Kansas on the offensive glass 16-6
Utah also limited its turnovers to just 7 while forcing 12 miscues for the Jayhawks that led to a 22-7 differential in point off turnovers

UP NEXT
A quick turnaround awaits Utah as it has one day of prep for a surging Kansas State team that comes to town on Monday, Feb. 17, for a 7 p.m. (MST) tip-off on ESPN2. Roxy Bernstein will be on-site to call the action alongside Sean Farnham as the Runnin' Utes square off against assistant coach Josh Eilert's alma Mater inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center.

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