Utah Basketball Falls Late To Arizona State With GW Layup
Feb 26, 2022, 10:05 PM
(Photo courtesy of Evan Jones, Utah Athletics)
(Photo courtesy of Evan Jones, Utah Athletics)
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah men’s basketball team had a late rally come up short as they fell to Arizona State 63-61 on Saturday night.
Arizona State made a layup with six seconds left to pick up the win over Utah basketball. Marco Anthony led the Utes with 19 points. Branden Carlson poured in 15 points and six rebounds.
For Arizona State, Jay Heath scored 20 points, while Jalen Graham added 15 points.
LET'S DO THIS!!!!
📺https://t.co/Dw2rp59TXL pic.twitter.com/8BcWkd7ibv
— Utah Basketball (@UtahMBB) February 27, 2022
Tightly Contested First Half Between Utah Basketball, Arizona State
The game was tight throughout in the first 20 minutes. It changed leads four times with Utah holding the lead for 7:47 and their largest lead was four. ASU had the lead for 5:02 and their largest advantage was three points.
The game was tied eight times and no one had the lead for 7:11 of the first half. Arizona State took a 33-30 lead at the break. Marco Anthony had 11 points to lead the Utes. He scored seven of their first nine points of the game. Branden Carlson added six points.
Four ASU players scored in the first half, led by Jalen Graham with 10 points.
Utes Fall To Sun Devils In Game Of Runs
The first four minutes of the second half was much like the first half, which was close. Then Utah went over three minutes without a field goal and was in danger of the game getting out of hand with Arizona State taking a 47-38 lead with 13:24 remaining in the game.
Arizona State took advantage of the cold shooting from Utah and turned it into an 11-1 run. Utah went over four minutes without scoring a point.
Right after stopping that run, Utah went on a 7-0 run and ASU was scoreless for nearly three minutes. It was becoming a game of runs at that point with ASU going on a 6-0 run and taking a 58-45 lead with 7:07 left in the game.
Utah went on an 11-1 run from that point and was within three points, 59-56 with two minutes to go. Branden Carlson drilled a big three-pointer to tie the game with 1:04 to play.
ASU took the lead with two free throws before Branden Carlson found Marco Anthony for the two-handed dunk. Arizona State dribbled out most of the clock when Marreon Jackson made a layup with six seconds left. Rollie Worster’s sideline jumper rimmed out and the Sun Devils picked up the win.
Utah dropped their record to 11-18 overall and 4-15 in Pac-12 play. They will finish their regular season slate on Saturday, March 5 when they host Colorado at 7:30 p.m. MT on ESPNU.
Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for sports.ksl.com, Co-Host of Faith, Family and Football podcast with Clark Phillips III and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASports.
