It was a rough night for the Utes down in Vegas against UNLV. The Utes hung tight in the 1st half, on the shoulders of Tyler Rawson and Donnie Tillman. Those two did all they could to keep the game within reach, but it was a barrage early in the 2nd half that did the Utes in, when UNLV upped the lead to 26.
Utah’s problems all started in the paint, when UNLV’s big man Brandon McCoy caused issues for the Utes on both sides of the floor. McCoy, a likely one and done player, made things very uncomfortable for the Utes on offense.