Utes Down Northwestern St. 86-55
12/18/1999 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 18, 1999
The University of Utah women's basketball team out-scored Northwestern State by 31 points to win the game, 86-55 at the Boise State Tournament on Fri., Dec. 18.
Junior Kristina Andersen led the team with 15 points and eight rebounds. Lori Red, Lindsay Sodja and freshman Carley Marshall each added 14 points. Teammate Lauren Beckman posted 10 points and Katherine McColl totaled six boards. Utah unloaded its bench late in the second half with all players seeing time. All but two scored points in the game for Utah. The Utes shot 50 percent from the field and from behind the three-point line. Utah was an efficient 22-of-26 >from the free-throw line (85%). Utah improves to 6-2 overall, 0-0 in the MWC. Northwestern State drops to 5-2 overall, 0-0 in conference play
For Northwestern State, Jennifer Graf posted 16 points, making 5-of-11 >from the field and 6-of-9 from the free-throw line. Graf led the Lady Demons in rebounds with eight. Kia Converse added 15 points in the effort. The Lady Demons shot 28 percent from the field, just 17 percent from three-point range and 57 percent from the free-throw line.
'It was nice to have a good offensive start and this was the first game all season that we've been really sharp early on in the game. We defended well, but also showing the ability to put the ball on the floor and score at the offensive end and that was nice to see,' said Elliott.
Up Next:
Utah will compete for the championship in the Boise State Tournament on Sat., Dec. 19 at 3:00 p.m. (MST). The Utes will take on the University of San Francisco on Wed., Dec. 22, at home at 7:00 p.m. Utah will play Stanford at home on Dec. 29 at 7:00 p.m. On Jan. 4, the Utes travel to Dallas, Texas to take on the SMU Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. (CST). Utah travels to Moraga, Calif. on Jan. 6 to take on St. Mary's at 7:30 p.m. (PST). The Utes open their conference schedule on Thurs., Jan 13 in San Diego, Calif., against the Aztecs at 7:00 p.m. (PST). On Sat., Jan. 15, Utah travels to Las Vegas, Nev. To take on UNLV at 7:35 p.m. (PST). Utah is back in action at home when they take on MWC opponent Wyoming, Thurs., Jan. 20 at 7:00 p.m. (PST).