National Basketball Association
Utah 83, Arizona St. 41
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, February 26, 2015
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials:
# Kevin Brill, # Tony Padilla, # Mike Scyphers
Attendance:
14185
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No. 12 Utah 83, Arizona State 41: Delon Wright had
12 points, five rebounds and four assists as the Utes walloped the visiting
Sun Devils to post their most lopsided Pac-12 victory in their three-plus
seasons in the conference.
Kenneth Ogbe scored 11 points and Chris Reyes and Dakarai Tucker added nine points
apiece for Utah (22-5, 12-3 Pac-12), which never trailed in bouncing back from
Sunday’s loss at Oregon with its 18th straight home win. The Utes – who
also received eight points, six rebounds and six blocks from 7-foot freshman
Jakob Poeltl – shot 63.3 percent from field, including 8-of-14 3-pointers, and swatted away 11 shots in
completing the sweep of the regular-season series.
Gerry Blakes and Willie Atwood each scored 12 to
pace Arizona State (15-13, 7-8), which saw its three-game win streak come to a halt. Savon Goodman added seven points and a team-high six rebounds for the Sun
Devils, who hit season lows in scoring and field-goal percentage (28) while
committing 14 turnovers.
Utah scored the game’s first eight points and
didn’t look back, taking a 41-9 lead into halftime and finishing the opening 20
minutes with more blocked shots (10) than Arizona State had points. The Sun
Devils actually pulled within 15-7 after back-to-back Goodman buckets with 9:53
remaining in the first half, but the Utes closed the stanza with a 26-2 run.
Arizona State, which shot 15.4 percent from the
floor in the opening 20 minutes, was only able to get as close as 30 points in
the second half. Utah led by as much as 46 points at 70-24
following a 3-pointer from reserve Isaiah Wright with 6:15 remaining and turned
its sights toward Saturday’s rematch against conference-leading Arizona.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Only one of Utah’s 16 home wins
this season – a 69-68 overtime victory over Wichita State – has been decided by
14 or fewer points. … Arizona State has had more or as many turnovers than the
opposition in 13 of its 15 Pac-12 games this season. … Poeltl now owns the Utah
freshman blocked-shot record with 51.
Top Game Performances
Arizona St. |
|
Utah |
Willie Atwood 12 |
Scoring |
Delon Wright 12 |
Chance Murray 3 |
Assists |
Isaiah Wright 6 |
Savon Goodman 6 |
Rebounds |
Jakob Poeltl 6 |
Willie Atwood 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Kenneth Ogbe 6 |
Savon Goodman 2 |
Steals |
Delon Wright 3 |
N/A |
Blocks |
Jakob Poeltl 6 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Arizona St.
|
41 |
28.0 |
3-16 |
10-13 |
6 |
20 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
Utah
|
83 |
63.3 |
8-14 |
13-20 |
16 |
29 |
11 |
8 |
9 |