Runnin’ Utes fall flat, drop first street sport in 82-70 loss to Solar Devils

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TEMPE, Ariz. — It simply wasn’t Utah’s night time.

Outdoors of forcing Arizona State right into a shot clock violation on the primary possession of the sport and a fast dunk on the opposite finish by Lawson Lovering, Utah struggled to piece collectively any consistency late Thursday night time at Desert Monetary Enviornment.

Arizona State received sizzling from behind the arc and made 12 3-pointers en path to an 82-70 win to remain undefeated in convention play.

Utah (11-3, 2-1 Pac-12) could not hit photographs at a constant fee, turned the ball over an excessive amount of (15), and could not restrict the Solar Devils (9-5, 3-0 Pac-12) on the opposite finish of the ground to permit a normally mediocre taking pictures workforce right into a 50% efficiency towards the Utes.

In brief, Utah received outplayed and did not look the half within the workforce’s first street sport since November.

However regardless of the struggles, Utah managed to maintain it to not more than a two-possession deficit for a lot of the night time — it was 55-53 with 10:55 left within the second half — till Arizona State ultimately pulled away and constructed up a 17-point lead with 1:31 left in regulation.

Arizona State managed 15 factors off 15 Utah turnovers, shot 43% from 3-point vary, and had 18 quick break factors within the profitable effort.

However greater than that, Jose Perez and Frankie Collins made Utah’s night time extraordinarily tough in a mixed 44-point effort. The 2 veteran gamers had seven of the workforce’s 12 3-pointers, whereas Collins added seven rebounds, six assists and three steals.

Perez led the Solar Devils with 26 factors on 4-of-5 taking pictures from behind the arc, and had 4 rebounds and three assists within the dwelling win.

For Utah, Branden Carlson led the scoring effort with 19 factors, together with two made 3-pointers, on an evening when Utah shot under 40% for a lot of the night time till ending at 41% from the sphere.

Utah guard Deivon Smith added 13 factors — his first double-figure efficiency at Utah — and 4 rebounds, and showcased his dynamic play a number of instances all through the night time. However his effort wasn’t sufficient to will the visiting workforce to a win.

Every time Utah tried to recover from the scoring hump, Utah discovered a technique to commit a turnover, miss a straightforward layup, or discovered one other technique to give the ball again to Arizona State regardless of a primary half that had 11 lead modifications.

Utah will look to regroup in a ranked matchup in Tucson towards No. 10 Arizona Saturday (6 p.m. MST, Pac-12 Networks).

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