Utah falls to BYU in hoops on Saturday

Jeffrey Swinger-USA TODAY Sports It started really well for the Utes as they took on BYU in Provo, but things unwound for the Utes as the first half wore on. Utah took a 14-9 lead out of the first media break and really had some excellent ball movement and finding the right guy, with multiple open threes and dunks. Then Utah gave up a 15-2 run to BYU and the Utah offense really went cold, which it is prone to do, while the defense couldn’t guard a chair for a while. While Utah went cold, BYU hit nine of 10 shots, and was getting anything they wanted. Ultimately, it was that run in the first half that really put in the distance between the two that the Cougars needed, because Utah wasn’t able to did out of that hole.

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