Utah Utes basketball notebook: Utes believe they can get on a winning track

"We don't have a lot of great shooters," he said. "Jiggy (Watkins) is scoring a large majority of our points and he's not a 3-point shooter. You look at a UMass team that shoots 20 percent and one guy went 5 for 5 and another 4 for 6. Those add up and build that negative ratio. It's defense and the fact that we don't make a lot of threes as a team. We're going to have to improve on that."

Hines has the most 3-pointers with 11 in 31 attempts, while Dijon Farr has the best percentage with 2 of 3.

UTE NOTES: After the Saturday afternoon game at Fresno State (2 p.m.), the Utes return home for four home games over a two-week stretch with games against Cal State Fullerton, BYU, Idaho State and Portland. … Surprisingly, the height-challenged Utes are outrebounding their opponents this year 32.3 to 32.2. …Josh Watkins not only leads the Utes in scoring at 18.8 points per game and in assists at 4.8 per game, but he is second in the Pac-12 in both categories. … In six games, the Utes have used four different starting lineups. Krystkowiak said he'll likely continue with the same one he used the last two games with Watkins and Hines at guards, Blake Wilkinson and Cedric Martin at forwards and Washburn at center.

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