National Basketball Association
Utah 80, Hawaii 60
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 2, 2017
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials:
# Frank Harvey, # Daryl Gelinas, # Tom O'Neill
Attendance:
13896
By The Sports Xchange
Donnie Tillman and David Collette each scored 16 points, leading Utah to an 80-60 win over Hawaii on Saturday at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City.
Tillman, Collette and Gabe Bealer shot a combined 16 of 26 from the floor. The rest of the Utes were 9 of 30.
Leland Green completed an 11-3 Rainbow Warriors' run to cut the Utes' lead to 63-51, but Utah pushed it back to 18 while Hawaii went more than five minutes without a field goal.
Drew Buggs scored 14 points and Mike Thomas added 12 for the Rainbow Warriors (4-2), who were 4 of 22 from beyond the arc.
Utah (6-1) made a 12-1 run to take a 59-40 lead on a 3-point play by Jayce Johnson with 11:03 remaining.
Hawaii trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half, but Buggs' 3-pointer with three seconds left narrowed the Utah's lead to 37-30 at the break.
Buggs and Samuta Avea combined to make 8 of 12 shots from the field in the opening 20 minutes. The rest of the Rainbow Warriors were 4 of 20.
Hawaii missed its first eight 3-point attempts of the game. Brandon Thomas connected with 1:24 to go to cut the Utah lead to 35-26.
Tillman, who came off the bench, scored seven points during a 15-4 Utah run that broke open an early tie.
The Utes travel to Indianapolis to face Butler on Tuesday. The Rainbow Warriors return home to take on Prairie View A&M on Wednesday.
Top Game Performances
Hawaii |
|
Utah |
Drew Buggs 14 |
Scoring |
David Collette 16 |
Drew Buggs 3 |
Assists |
Tyler Rawson 5 |
Michael Thomas 6 |
Rebounds |
Jayce Johnson 11 |
Drew Buggs 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Donnie Tillman 6 |
Sheriff Drammeh 2 |
Steals |
David Collette 3 |
Drew Buggs 1 |
Blocks |
Tyler Rawson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Hawaii
|
60 |
36.5 |
4-22 |
10-15 |
9 |
29 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
Utah
|
80 |
44.6 |
8-23 |
22-27 |
17 |
41 |
4 |
6 |
13 |