No. 17 Arizona leads the University of Utah Utes 35-27 at the break. Freshman Lauri Markkanen led the Wildcats with nine points and five rebounds.
The Utes came out firing in the game’s opening minutes, taking a 10-6 lead on 5-6 shooting at the first media timeout with 15:06 left in the first half. The Utes connected on their first two shots out of the timeout, while the Wildcats struggled to get their offense going.
The Utes came at the Wildcats with a 2-3 defense and forced them to take shots late in the shot clock. Arizona started 5-11, but was only able to get one shot off from three-point range, a miss, due to their inability to penetrate and find an open shooter.