Runnin' Utes Fall to Arizona State in Road Battle

Saturday, February 28

Tempe, AZ / Desert Financial Arena

1:30 PM

University of Utah

10-19,2-14Big 12

Arizona State

15-14,6-10Big 12

Utah

Arizona St.

Runnin' Utes Fall to Arizona State in Road Battle

2/28/2026 4:05 PM | Men's Basketball

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Keanu Dawes scored 16 points in Utah’s road loss to the ASU Sun Devils

By: Austin Eames

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah men's basketball team came up short against the Arizona State Sun Devils, falling 73-60 inside Desert Financial Arena Saturday afternoon.

Early in the contest, Utah (10-19, 2-14 Big 12) put together a 7-2 advantage over the Sun Devils behind strong offense from the duo of Terrence Brown and Keanu Dawes.

As the period progressed, Dawes continued to go to work on the offensive end—opening a 7-0 scoring run for Utah with a high-flying slam dunk at the 15:51 mark—a run that continued until a steal-and-score from forward Seydou Traore forced an Arizona State (15-14, 6-10 Big 12) timeout and made it 14-5 in favor of the Utes with 15:03 to go.

The Sun Devils came out of the timeout with a renewed sense of energy, unleashing a 13-5 run over the next five minutes of action to flip the script and take a 19-18 lead with 9:40 left in the stanza.

From there, Arizona State continued to push the pace, taking a 34-24 advantage over the Runnin' Utes into the halftime break.

Down 43-30 with 16:19 left in the game, Utah's offense started to click as the team fired off a 9-0 run capped by a transition three from Don McHenry at 13:33. The McHenry triple, assisted by Lucas Langarita in his first game back from injury, brought Utah within 43-39 and forced another ASU timeout.

Minutes later, after ASU pushed its lead to 57-44 with 9:34 to go, Utah responded with another scoring spurt—a 7-0 run thanks largely in part to Dawes, who net five points, including a three-pointer that made it 57-51 with 7:54 to play.

Despite the effort from Dawes and the Utes, Arizona State maintained its poise down the stretch, preserving its lead until the final buzzer and earning a 73-60 home victory over Utah.

Dawes led Utah with a team-high 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. McHenry joined his teammate Dawes in double-digit territory with 14 points of his own.

BY THE NUMBERS

Utah outrebounded the Sun Devils by a margin of 35-31
- This included nearly doubling ASU's OREB figure, 13-7
Utah also outmatched ASU in fast break points, 14-9

UP NEXT
Utah returns home to the friendly confines of the Jon M. Huntsman Center one last time for its final home game of the 2025-26 campaign as it plays host to another familiar foe in Colorado on Tuesday, March 3. Chris Sylvester is on the call with former Runnin' Utes assistant coach Joe Cravens as Utah looks to close out the home schedule with a win starting at 7 p.m. (MST) on ESPN+.

TICKET DEALS
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