SALT LAKE CITY — From role player to hero, Utah’s Parker Van Dyke has done it all.
On Thursday, Van Dyke was everything Utah needed in a down-to-the-wire finish against the visiting UCLA Bruins in an important conference matchup with potential postseason implications on the line for both teams.
Van Dyke scored a career high 18 points in an 84-78 win over the Bruins to give Utah its fifth consecutive win — the most since Utah’s regular season finish in 2015 when the team won its last seven games — and another resume-building win to help convince the NCAA committee that it is worthy of an NCAA Tournament bid.