Utes bomb outmanned Tigers

Savannah State is nothing like the aforementioned teams — an independent in its second year in Division I, it's coached by Edwin Daniels, who played for Majerus when he was an assistant at Marquette in the mid-1970s.

The Utes quickly jumped ahead 18-4 as the Utes kept lobbing the ball over the smaller Tigers into the nearly 7-foot Bogut, who scored 11 straight. The lead reached 38-9 before the Utes settled for a 43-16 halftime margin.

The only thing that kept the game from being a 50-point-plus rout was the generous officials, who kept sending the Tigers to the free-throw line, where they made 19-of-29, compared to Utah's 17-of-27. For the game, the Tigers hit an abysmal 18.2 percent from the field, the lowest ever by a Ute opponent.

Besides Bogut's 17 and Frost's 13 points, sophomore center Chris Jackson had one of his better outings as a Ute, finishing with 10 points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots.

Savannah State didn't have a single player in double figures as Thomas Simpson and Darien Taylor led the way with seven points apiece.

UTE NOTES: Freshman Josh Olsen had another solid game with nine points on 3-of-4 from 3-point range . . . This marked the second-straight game the Utes held their opponent to 39 points . . . Jonas Langvad had four points and three steals in 12 minutes off the bench . . . Bogut, who is one of the top rebounders in the nation with 11.9 per game, only had two boards . . . Utah had a season-high 24 assists and a season-low 12 turnovers . . . The announced attendance was 10,345 . . . Perhaps the biggest cheer of the night was reserved for 5-10 walk-on Mike Mesdaghi, who hit a baseline jumper with 1:46 left to make it 82-39.

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