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Saturday, December 9
Salt Lake City
3:00 PM MT
University of Utah
62
vs
58
Nevada
Utah Women's Basketball Battles With Nevada
12/9/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 9, 2000
Salt Lake City - The University of Utah women's basketball team continued its win streak with a 62-58, victory over Nevada at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Sat., Dec. 9. The Utes improve to 8-0 overall, 0-0 in the Mountain West Conference. Nevada drops to 3-4 overall.
Utah struggled to make shots late in the second half, but managed to pull out the win. Both Nevada and the Utes turned the ball over 21 times and Utah shot well under its field goal and three-point field goal percentage. The Utes out-rebounded the Wolf Pack, 38-31 and racked up 14 assists, 10 steals and seven blocks.
For the Utes, senior Kristina Andersen posted her first double-double of the season, racking up 15 points and 10 boards. Andersen shot 4-of-5 from the field, making both 3-point attempts and went 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. Junior Lauren Beckman tallied 13 points and nine rebounds and teammate Amy Ewert added 10 points. Beckman went 3-of-8 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line. Sophomore Whitney Sutak added 11 points in 24 minutes, scoring eight points in the second half alone. Utah went 18-of-48 (38 percent) from the field, 6-of-19 (32 percent) from three-point range and 20-of-31 (65 percent) from the free-throw line.
For the Wolf Pack, Angie Heer notched 20 points, scoring 11 points in the second half. Heer went 7-of-14 from the field and 5-of-9 from behind the arc. Teammate Kate Smith totaled 16 points and shot 6-of-13 from the field and 4-of-8 from the free-throw line. Ashlee Orndorff led the Wolf Pack with nine boards. Nevada shot 41 percent from the field (21-of-51), 38 percent from behind the arc (6-of-16) and 63 percent from the free-throw line (10-of-16).
"I liked us a lot better about three games ago, and I am not pleased with how we are playing right now," said Head Coach Elaine Elliott. "We made too many mistakes on defense, there was a lack of focus on our part and we need to improve our mental game. Basically, it is the mental part of the game and I think we take turns stepping up. Leadership is a problem, I am not getting enough communication from my seniors and that hurts us. They've got to step up, we didn't look good tonight and we didn't look good last night either. We have been playing about five minutes a game of true intense basketball and they'll find out that its not enough." said Elliott.
AFTER THIS: The Utes take on the Oregon Ducks on Sat., Dec. 16 at 3:00 p.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. 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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