"We were frantic and our guys didn't handle it very well," said Boylen. "I've said before, we have to play defense until our offense kicks in."

It did kick in over the first four minutes of the second half then the Utes scored nine straight points on two hooks by Nevill, a layup by Borha, a drive by Luka Drca and a free throw by Carlon Brown.

Then after a basket by the Bears' Kevin Thompson, Utah ran off 11 straight points, including five by Tyler Kepkay and four by Tillie, to push the lead to 46-20 with 12:02 left.

Morgan State was led by Thompson's 14 points, but had no one else with more than six. For the game, the Bears shot an abysmal 28.3 percent from the field and were 0-for-10 from 3-point range.

"We didn't play well, but I'm not taking anything away from them at all," said Morgan State coach Todd Bozeman. "I thought in the second half we let it get away from us." We've never had a game where we didn't make 3s. I thought we had some open looks, but that's how it goes."

The Utes return home today and will get ready for another trip this week at Missouri State on Friday. Their next home game is Dec. 3 against Oregon.

TOURNAMENT NOTES: Utah's win over Morgan State came in the first-ever meeting between the two schools. Bozeman, Morgan State's coach, formerly coached at Cal for three years before receiving an eight-year ban from coaching because of NCAA indiscretions. ... In the first game Saturday, Green Bay defeated Marshall 72-66. On Sunday Green Bay will play Morgan State, while Mississippi plays Marshall ... Utah was originally scheduled to play today, but when one of the major-college teams dropped out, the Utes were asked to play Rollins College, a Division II school, and declined. ... Luke Nevill was named the tournament MVP and Lawrnce Borha was named to the all-tournament team ... This was the first of four straight weekends the Utes will be out of town. This week, they play at Missouri State on Friday. The following Saturday, they're at Idaho State and the following Saturday they're at Oklahoma.

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