National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona 77, Utah 51
When: 8:30 PM ET, Thursday, January 19, 2012
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials: # Rick Bastell, # Mike Littlewood, # Tony Padilla
Attendance: 8492
Kyle Fogg and Kevin Parrom each had 12 points as Arizona defeated Utah 77-51 Thursday in Pacific-12 play at Huntsman Center.

The game changed shortly after Solomon Hill – Arizona’s leader in points, rebounding and assists – was ejected with 18:14 left after receiving a flagrant-two foul. Hill, who finished with five points and four rebounds, was ejected for delivering an elbow to the head.

Arizona (13-6, 4-2 Pac-12) led 33-28 at the half, but went on a 13-0 run over a four-minute stretch shortly after Hill’s ejection. The run, which was capped off by Parrom’s 3-pointer with 14:38 remaining, helped the Wildcats increase their lead to 45-32.

The Wildcats led by as many as 21 as the Utes struggled offensively. Utah (4-14, 1-5 Pac-12) committed 16 turnovers, shot 40 percent and had a near five-minute scoring drought late.

Nick Johnson finished with 11 points and Jesse Perry added a team-high 10 rebounds for the Wildcats, who finished with 16 assists and who shot 52 percent from 3-point range.

Utah playing without leading scorer Josh Watkins, who was dismissed from the team for violating team rules, lost for the sixth time in seven games.

Jason Washburn finished with 14 points and six rebounds and Kareem Storey added 10 points and six assists for the Utes, who fell to 19-7 at home against the Wildcats.

Top Game Performances
 
Arizona   Utah
Kyle Fogg 12 Scoring Jason Washburn 14
Kyle Fogg 6 Assists Kareem Storey 6
Jesse Perry 10 Rebounds Jason Washburn 6
Josiah Turner 4 Free Throws Made Kareem Storey 4
Kyle Fogg 2 Steals Cedric Martin 3
Angelo Chol 1 Blocks Dijon Farr 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Arizona 77 46.6 12-24 11-16 17 36 5 10 9
Utah 51 40.4 4-16 9-18 8 25 4 5 16