National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Utah 69, Tulsa 64
When: 5:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 1, 2018
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials: # Brent Meaux, # Kurt Walker, # Jimmy Casas
Attendance: 10775

Sedrick Barefield, Parker Van Dyke and Timmy Allen hit key hoops in the second half on Saturday afternoon as Utah held off two Tulsa challenges before escaping with a 69-64 nonconference victory in Salt Lake City.

Barefield and Both Gach scored 15 points apiece for the Utes (4-3), who have alternated wins and losses the entire season.

Jeriah Horne had 15 points for the Golden Hurricane (5-3), which lost for the third time in their last four games.

Barfield knocked down four 3-pointers for the second time in the past three games. He is 11 of 20 during the stretch after being just 4 of 21 over Utah's first four games.

After a sluggish first half in which Utah walked off with a 23-17 lead, Tulsa clawed within 34-30 before Barefield and Van Dyke sandwiched a two-point basket by the Golden Hurricane's Martins Igbanu with 3-pointers to extend the margin to 40-32.

Tulsa wouldn't go away, and eventually got back within 50-47 on a 3-pointer by DaQuan Jeffries with 6:46 to go.

But Allen countered with a three-point play that stalled the Golden Hurricane rally and doubled the margin, and Utah went on to lead by as many as 11 down the stretch.

Barefield connected on four 3-pointers and Gach three as the Utes outscored the Golden Hurricane 30-15 from behind the arc.

Jayce Johnson had a game-high 12 rebounds to complement 12 points in a double-double performance for Utah, which was coming off a 79-57 loss to Northwestern.

Sterling Taplin had 12 points, Lawson Korita 11 and Jeffries eight to go with a team-high nine rebounds for Tulsa, which was outshot 42 percent to 36.2.

The Golden Hurricanes were just 5 of 30 from 3-point range but committed just seven turnovers. Utah had 10 miscues.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Tulsa   Utah
Jeriah Horne 15 Scoring Sedrick Barefield 15
Elijah Joiner 3 Assists Timmy Allen 5
DaQuan Jeffries 9 Rebounds Jayce Johnson 12
Lawson Korita 4 Free Throws Made Donnie Tillman 7
Chris Barnes 1 Steals N/A
Simon Falokun 1 Blocks Novak Topalovic 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Tulsa 64 36.2 5-30 9-14 10 40 2 6 7
Utah 69 42.0 10-27 17-27 15 34 4 0 10