Utes Win Again On The Road, Beat USC
Feb 6, 2019, 11:13 PM
Courtesy of Utah Athletics
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Utah Utes men’s basketball team kept up their winning ways on the road with a 77-70 victory over USC.
With the win, the Utes advanced to 12-10 overall and 6-4 in conference play. Against Pac-12 opponents the Utes have are 4-1 on the road and 2-3 at home.
Utes Start Fast, Hold On For Win
The game was tied at 7-all five minutes into the contest when the Utes took over and all but buried the Trojans. Utah reeled off an enormous 30-10 run that was punctuated by a made 3-pointer by Both Gach. Going into the halftime break, Utah seemingly had it in the bag with a 37-23 lead.
Halftime Utes up 37 to 23#GoUtes🏀🔴 | #Pac12Hoops pic.twitter.com/gsEU75FXmk
— Utah Basketball (@UtahMBB) February 7, 2019
That was until late in the second half. Working to cut into the Utah lead, USC whittled it down to seven at 66-59 on a dunk by Nick Rakocevic. Utah’s Parker Van Dyke responded with the biggest shot of the game on the next possession, a 3-pointer that ended the momentum for the Trojans. They would work the lead down to seven again, but never got any closer in the comeback attempt.
PVD with a big-time 3!!! Utes leading by 10 with 1:49 to play.
UTAH 69 | USC 59
Catch the game on 📺 @Pac12Network#GoUtes🏀🔴 | #Pac12Hoops pic.twitter.com/YfDsIN9Xz0
— Utah Basketball (@UtahMBB) February 7, 2019
Four Utes finished in double figure scoring in the victory. Both Gach led the way with 15 points while Jayce Johnson turned in a 13-point, 13-rebound double-double.
USC’s Jonah Matthews was the game’s high scorer with 18 points.
Next Up
The Utes will remain in the Golden State for a contest against UCLA on Saturday at 3 p.m. The game will be broadcast on FOX.
