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Women's Basketball
vs Western Colorado (EXHIBITION)
Thursday, December 28
Salt Lake City
7:00 PM MT
University of Utah
79
vs
40
SMU
No. 23 Ranked Utah Women's Basketball Still Unbeaten
12/28/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 28, 2000
Salt Lake City - The University of Utah women's basketball team continued its win streak with an impressive 79-40, win over Southern Methodist at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Thurs., Dec. 28. The Utes improve to 11-0 overall, 0-0 in the Mountain West Conference. Southern Methodist drops to 5-5 overall.
Utah opened the game with a 14-2 run with 14:51 left in the first half. The Utes forced 18 SMU turnovers and tallied a season high 25 assists, four blocks and nine steals. Utah edged the Mustangs on the boards, 51-38 and racked up 20 points off SMU turnovers. The Utes notched 26 points in the paint and 39 points from the Utah bench.
For the Utes, senior Lori Red-Castagnetto came off the bench to lead the team with 14 points and nine rebounds. Red-Castagnetto went 5-of-10 from the field, 2-of-2 from behind the arc and 2-of-4 from the free-throw line. Teammates Amy Ewert, Lindsay Herbert and Whitney Sutak each tallied 12 points in the game. Utah went 30-of-67 (45 percent) from the field, 9-of-24 (38 percent) from three-point range and 67 percent (10-of-15) from the free-throw line.
SMU saw three players score in double-figures. Anika Calvert scored 12 points for the Mustangs, while teammate D-dra Rucker posted 11 points. Katie Remke added 10 points and seven rebounds. SMU shot 23 percent from the field (14-of-61), 22 percent from the 3-point line (4-of-18) and went 80 percent from the free-throw line (8-of-10).
"The big issue going into this game was the long break we took over the holidays," said Head Coach Elaine Elliott. "Given the break, I thought we did more good things then bad." said Elliott.
AFTER THIS: 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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