Tulsa Falls at Utah on Saturday Afternoon, 69-64

Saturday, December 1

Salt Lake City, Utah

4 PM

Tulsa

5-3

Utah

4-3

Tulsa

Utah

Photo by: Dave Crenshaw

Tulsa Falls at Utah on Saturday Afternoon, 69-64

12/1/2018 6:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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SALT LAKE CITY — Jeriah Horne scored a season-high 15 points, but Utah went on a late 10-2 run and then held on for a 69-64 win over visiting Tulsa on Saturday afternoon at the Huntsman Center.

Horne went 6-of-12 from the floor, hit three 3-pointers and scored all 15 of his points in the second half for the Golden Hurricane (5-3). Sterling Taplin added a dozen points, while Lawson Korita finished with 11 points.

TU was held to 36.2-percent shooting, but outscored the Utes (4-3), 30-20, in the paint and held a 45-38 advantage on the glass.

Sedrick Barefield scored all 15 of his team-high points in the second half, while Both Gach also had 15 points for the Utes.

Utah shot 42-percent for the game and went 12-of-24 from the floor with seven 3-pointers in the second half to thwart each Tulsa rally.

Both defenses were locked in during the first half as the Utes took a 23-17 lead to intermission.

After the teams traded baskets to start the game, Utah went on an 11-2 run for a 15-6 cushion, its largest lead of the half. Gach led the way during the run with all eight of his first-half points during the stretch.

Tulsa allowed just two baskets over the final 8:55 of the half, but struggled to score against the Utes' length. The Hurricane got 12 points in the paint, however, the squad was 0-for-15 from behind the arc in the first 20 minutes.

Five minutes into the second half, a Korita 3-pointer and jumper from Horne pulled the Hurricane within 34-30. But the Utes hit back-to-back triples to again extend the lead.

Midway through the period, Tulsa used the long-ball to go on a 12-4 stretch that trimmed the deficit to 50-57 with 6:46 left. Horne hit two treys before a steal and layup from Chris Barnes. Korita hit a free throw and a DaQuan Jeffries 3-pointer capped the spurt.

But again, the Utes responded. This time, it was a 10-2 run to regain a double-digit lead with just 2:46 remaining.

From there, Tulsa cut the deficit to five points twice, but could get no closer as the Utes closed out the 69-64 win at the free-throw line.

Tulsa will return to the Donald W. Reynolds Center for a pair of games next week against Big 12 Conference foes, beginning with a 7 p.m. matchup against Oklahoma State (4-3) on Wednesday, Dec. 5.

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