This one was over early, as the Utes ran LSU out of the Huntsman Center on Monday night to advance to the 3rd round of the NIT by a socre of 95-71. Utah jumped out to a 17-7 lead, and a 30-11 lead afte the first quarter and at that point LSU had no chance. LSU did have a 10-0 run spanning the 2nd and 3rd quarters cutting Utah’s lead from 25 to 15, but after that Utah kept the lead to around 20+ points the remainder of the game.
Utah was balanced, with 5 Utes in double figures, with 17 from Barefield, 16 from Bibbins, 13 from Bealer and 12 a peice from Rawson and Colllette.