National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Utah 83, Arizona St. 41
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, February 26, 2015
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials: # Kevin Brill, # Tony Padilla, # Mike Scyphers
Attendance: 14185

No. 12 Utah 83, Arizona State 41:
Delon Wright had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists as the Utes walloped the visiting Sun Devils to post their most lopsided Pac-12 victory in their three-plus seasons in the conference.

Kenneth Ogbe scored 11 points and Chris Reyes and Dakarai Tucker added nine points apiece for Utah (22-5, 12-3 Pac-12), which never trailed in bouncing back from Sunday’s loss at Oregon with its 18th straight home win. The Utes – who also received eight points, six rebounds and six blocks from 7-foot freshman Jakob Poeltl – shot 63.3 percent from field, including 8-of-14 3-pointers, and swatted away 11 shots in completing the sweep of the regular-season series.

Gerry Blakes and Willie Atwood each scored 12 to pace Arizona State (15-13, 7-8), which saw its three-game win streak come to a halt. Savon Goodman added seven points and a team-high six rebounds for the Sun Devils, who hit season lows in scoring and field-goal percentage (28) while committing 14 turnovers.

Utah scored the game’s first eight points and didn’t look back, taking a 41-9 lead into halftime and finishing the opening 20 minutes with more blocked shots (10) than Arizona State had points. The Sun Devils actually pulled within 15-7 after back-to-back Goodman buckets with 9:53 remaining in the first half, but the Utes closed the stanza with a 26-2 run.

Arizona State, which shot 15.4 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes, was only able to get as close as 30 points in the second half. Utah led by as much as 46 points at 70-24 following a 3-pointer from reserve Isaiah Wright with 6:15 remaining and turned its sights toward Saturday’s rematch against conference-leading Arizona.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Only one of Utah’s 16 home wins this season – a 69-68 overtime victory over Wichita State – has been decided by 14 or fewer points. … Arizona State has had more or as many turnovers than the opposition in 13 of its 15 Pac-12 games this season. … Poeltl now owns the Utah freshman blocked-shot record with 51.

Top Game Performances
 
Arizona St.   Utah
Willie Atwood 12 Scoring Delon Wright 12
Chance Murray 3 Assists Isaiah Wright 6
Savon Goodman 6 Rebounds Jakob Poeltl 6
Willie Atwood 6 Free Throws Made Kenneth Ogbe 6
Savon Goodman 2 Steals Delon Wright 3
N/A Blocks Jakob Poeltl 6
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Arizona St. 41 28.0 3-16 10-13 6 20 0 3 14
Utah 83 63.3 8-14 13-20 16 29 11 8 9