National Basketball Association
Utah 69, Wichita St. 68
When: 11:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials:
# David Hall, # John Higgings, # Randy McCall
Attendance:
14319
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Utah 69, No. 10 Wichita State 68 (OT): Delon Wright sank the go-ahead basket with 13.4 seconds left and Brandon Taylor scored 17 points as the host Utes snapped the Shockers’ 35-game regular-season winning streak.
Wright and Dakarai Tucker scored 13 points apiece for Utah (6-1), which won its fifth straight game. Jakob Poeltl contributed 12 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots for the Utes, who blew an 11-point lead in the second half before recovering to play strong in overtime.
Ron Baker scored 15 points and Tekele Cotton added 14 for Wichita State (4-1), which lost its first regular-season game since it fell to Creighton on March 2, 2013. Fred VanVleet scored 13 points but missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 7.5 seconds left and the Shockers trailing by one.
Utah led by four in the overtime before Evan Wessel scored five straight on a 3-pointer and two free throws to give the Shockers a 66-65 lead with 1:08 to play. Taylor put the Utes ahead with 54.7 seconds remaining before Baker answered with a driving layup with 30.7 seconds left prior to Wright scoring the decisive basket.
Wichita State scored the first 10 points and took a 33-29 lead into the break and Utah took its first lead at 39-36 on Brekkott Chapman’s 3-pointer with 13:52 to play. Tucker and Taylor hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 57-46 with 5:17 to go before the Shockers soon answered with an 11-0 run and took a 60-58 lead on VanVleet’s 3-pointer with 34.2 seconds left in regulation before Tucker hit two tying free throws with 18.5 seconds left to force overtime.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wright also had seven assists and six rebounds. … VanVleet was 5-of-19 from the field, including 2-of-10 from 3-point range. … Utah F Jordan Loveridge (hamstring) missed his third straight game.
Top Game Performances
Wichita St. |
|
Utah |
Ron Baker 15 |
Scoring |
Brandon Taylor 17 |
Fred VanVleet 4 |
Assists |
Delon Wright 7 |
Evan Wessel 9 |
Rebounds |
Jakob Poeltl 11 |
Tekele Cotton 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Jakob Poeltl 4 |
Tekele Cotton 2 |
Steals |
Brandon Taylor 1 |
Darius Carter 1 |
Blocks |
Jakob Poeltl 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Wichita St.
|
68 |
38.1 |
11-30 |
9-13 |
8 |
34 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
Utah
|
69 |
47.1 |
9-21 |
12-23 |
14 |
36 |
5 |
2 |
11 |