Utes lead Washington State Cougars at halftime

Published: Thursday, Jan. 5 2012 8:12 p.m. MST

View 24 photos »

Utah Utes guard Kareem Storey (5) and Washington State Cougars guard Dominic Ballard (21) get tangled up during NCAA basketball action in Salt Lake City Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. The Utes won in overtime.

Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Summary

Coming off the 40-point shellacking at Colorado five days earlier, the Utah basketball team looks like a different team in its Pac-12 home opener against Washington State.

SALT LAKE CITY — Coming off the 40-point shellacking at Colorado five days earlier, the Utah basketball team looks like a different team in its Pac-12 home opener against Washington State Thursday night.

The Utes lead the Cougars 29-23 at halftime, thanks to 50 percent field-goal shooting. Josh Watkins leads the Utes with 10 points, while Dijon Farr has eight points on 4-of-7 from the field.

Brock Motum leads Washington State with 11 points and six rebounds.

Motum scored the first nine points of the game as the Cougars took an early 14-12 lead. However, after back-to-back baskets by Farr, and a 20-footer by Kareem Storey, the Utes took the lead for good for the rest of the half.

WSU outrebounded Utah 18 to 11 in the first half, but the Utes had just three turnovers to eight for the Cougars.

Popular Comments

See all 4 comments »

Rock Of The Marne

Phoenix, AZ

Edgrady I think you meant to say the WCC. The conference nobody has heard of.

10:25 p.m. Jan. 5, 2012
Top comment

Chris B

Salt Lake City, UT

Fantastic win! I loved the energy of the team. Against a good 9-5 WSU team too. With a few lucky bounces this team could hit 9-10 wins this year, which would be a great step 1!