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Women's Basketball
vs Western Colorado (EXHIBITION)
Saturday, January 22
Salt Lake City
3:35 PM MT
University of Utah
77
at
52
Colorado St
Utah Remains Undefeated in MWC Action
1/22/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 22, 2000
The University of Utah women's basketball team shut-down the Colorado State Rams by 25 points (77-52) at home, claiming its fourth straight MWC win. Utah improves to 13-4 overall, 4-0 in the MWC. CSU drops to 11-4 overall, 1-1 in the MWC.
Sophomore Lauren Beckman led Utah with 17 points and eight rebounds, making 8-of-11 from the field. Beckman also recorded three blocks. Junior Kristina Andersen had 14 points, shooting 4-of-10 from the field, 2-of-3 from behind the arc and a perfect 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. Andersen also posted eight rebounds. Lori Red was a perfect 3-of-3 from three-point range, totaling 13 points in the game. Erin Gibbons added 12 points and six assists. Tiana Fuertes had six assists and four steals in the game. As a team, Utah shot 48 percent >from the field (27-of-56), 69 percent from behind the arc (9-of-13) and 67 percent (14-of-21) from the free-throw line.
For the Rams, Heather Haanen led the team with 15 points. Haanen was 3-of-4 from three-point range and totaled five boards in the game. Ashley Augspurger had 10 points and led the team with nine rebounds. Teammates Elizabeth English added eight points, while Jacque Johnson had seven points. Colorado State shot 26 percent from the field (16-of-61), just 24 percent from the 3-point line (6-of-25) and 64 percent from the free-throw line (14-of-22).
"We had a great start and we really interested in playing this game. It was a great challenge for us to be ready to play this game, because we knew they could do a lot of things well. We did an excellent job early on defensively, we hit some shots and kept the pressure on them >from three-point range. Our offense was really stable tonight," said Elliott.
AFTER THIS:
On Fri., Jan. 28, the Utes travel to Provo, Utah to take on in-state rival BYU at 7:00 p.m. (MST). Utah travels to Albuquerque, N.M. to face the Lobos of New Mexico at 7:00 p.m. (MST). On Sat., Feb. 5, the Utes take on Air Force at 2:00 p.m. (MST) in Colorado Springs, Colo. Utah is back at home on Thurs., Feb. 10 when they take on San Diego State at 5:15 p.m. (MST). On Sat., Feb. 12, the Utes face UNLV at home at 3:00 p.m. (MST). Utah hits the road on Thurs., Feb. 17 to take on the Cowgirls of Wyoming at 7:00 p.m. (MST). On Sat., Feb. 19, the Utes will play at Colorado State at 2:00 p.m. (MST).
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