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The University of Utah Athletics
Women's Basketball Closes Thanksgiving Trip with Santa Clara
11/28/2009 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 28, 2009
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SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah women's basketball team closes out its Thanksgiving road trip against Santa Clara on Sunday, Nov. 29. The game can be heard on KALL 700 AM radio.
Utah (1-3) is coming off a strong performance in a 60-41 loss to No. 2 Stanford on Friday. Taryn Wicijowski scored 12 of her career-high 15 points in the second half to lead the Utes. Kalee Whipple added 13 points while Janita Badon was also in double figure scoring with 10 points.
The Cardinal was held to its lowest point total since scoring 58 points in a win over Cal in February. Stanford senior All-American center Jayne Appel was held to two points and six rebounds in 21 minutes.
"We're a work in progress," Utah coach Elaine Elliott said following the game. "We're going to get better as the season goes on. We might not be talking about a great record but all these games will be good for us later."
Santa Clara is 1-3 on the year, winning its season opener against Sonoma State before falling to Iowa, UCLA and Oregon. Lena Gipson, who led the West Coast Conference in rebounding last season, currently leads the team with 7.3 rebounds per game to go with 12.3 points per game. Alyssa Shoji is tops on the team with 13.0 points per game.
Utah leads the series against Santa Clara, 5-1, with the Utes winning last year in Salt Lake city, 73-53.
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