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Women's Basketball
vs Western Colorado (EXHIBITION)
Saturday, December 16
Salt Lake City
3:00 PM MT
University of Utah
63
vs
48
Oregon
Utah Women's Basketball Upsets No. 13 Ranked Oregon
12/16/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 16, 2000
Salt Lake City - The University of Utah women's basketball team continued its win streak with an impressive 63-58, upset victory over No. 13 ranked Oregon at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Sat., Dec. 16. The Utes improve to 9-0 overall, 0-0 in the Mountain West Conference. Oregon drops to 4-3 overall.
Utah opened the game with a 18-2 run until 10:58 left in the first half. The Utes forced 21 Oregon turnovers and tallied 22 assists, five blocks and six steals. Utah edged the Ducks on the boards, 34-32 and racked up 21 points off Oregon turnovers.
For the Utes, junior Lindsay Herbert tied a career-high 19 points and four rebounds. Herbert went 6-of-9 from the field, 1-of-2 from behind the arc and recorded a career-high 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. Lauren Beckman notched 12 points and led the team with seven boards. Beckman was 4-of-11 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. Teammate Kristina Andersen added 12 points and a career-high seven assists. Utah went 24-of-56 (43 percent) from the field, 3-13 (23 percent) from three-point range and a school record 92 percent (12-of-13) from the free-throw line.
Oregon saw only one player score in double-figures. Jamie Craighead notched 13 points, making 5-of-8 from the field and 3-of-4 from behind the arc. Teammate Lindsey Dion added eight points and Brianne Meharry and Kourtney Shreve led the team with five rebounds each. Oregon shot 35 percent from the field (18-52), 33 percent from behind the arc (5-of-15) and was percent from the free-throw line (7-of-7).
"I am very pleased," said Head Coach Elaine Elliott. "Our kids played very emotionally, very intense and I am happy with the effort that we saw out there tonight in all respects. There was not an area of the game that I was disappointed in, they carried out the game plan to perfection and played with a lot of heart." said Elliott.
AFTER THIS: On Mon., Dec. 18, Utah hits the road, facing the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, Ore. at 7:05 p.m. (PST). The Utes are back at home on Thurs., Dec. 28, matching up with Southern Methodist at 7:00 p.m. Utah travels to Stanford, Calif. on Sat., Dec. 30, taking on the Stanford Cardinal at 2:00 p.m. (PST). After the first of the year, Utah is back at home, facing Loyola Marymount on Tues., Jan. 2, at 7:00 p.m. On Sun., Jan. 7, Utah opens MWC play in Albuquerque, N.M. (MST). The Utes will match-up with the Lobos at 12:00 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN2. Utah will travel to Las Vegas, Nev. facing the UNLV Rebels on Thurs., Jan. 11 at 7:35 p.m. (PST). On Sat., Jan. 13, the Utes will meet San Diego State at 7:00 p.m. (PST) in San Diego, Calif.
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