National Basketball Association
Utah 72, Oregon St. 61
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 7, 2013
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials:
# Mike Eggers, # Michael Irving, # Brett Nansel
Attendance:
8019
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Utah 72, Oregon State 61: Jordan Loveridge collected 17 points and 12 rebounds as the Utes used a big second half to pull away from the visiting Beavers.
Jarred DuBois scored 15 points and Jason Washburn added 15 and eight boards for Utah (12-17, 4-13 Pac-12), which moved a game ahead of Oregon State and into sole possession of 10th place in the Pac-12. The Utes will close out the regular season by hosting Oregon on Saturday.
Roberto Nelson scored 18 points and Challe Barton went 5-for-6 from 3-point range for 15 points as the Beavers (13-17, 3-14) suffered their fifth straight setback. They fell back into a tie with Washington State for last place in the conference.
Oregon State went into the half trailing by four points and closed to within three on Barton’s 3-pointer less than a minute into the second. But Utah took off from there, getting two 3-pointers from Brandon Taylor and another from DuBois during a 19-6 run over the next 6 1/2 minutes.
Loveridge’s jumper with 5:47 left pushed the lead out to 61-42, and the Beavers could not chop it back to single digits the rest of the way.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oregon State finishes its regular season at Colorado on Saturday. … The Beavers committed 15 turnovers, leading to 21 points for the Utes. … Loveridge’s double-double was his first in Pac-12 play. The freshman forward matched his season high for rebounds.
Top Game Performances
Oregon St. |
|
Utah |
Roberto Nelson 18 |
Scoring |
Jordan Loveridge 17 |
Eric Moreland 3 |
Assists |
Jarred DuBois 6 |
Eric Moreland 11 |
Rebounds |
Jordan Loveridge 12 |
Roberto Nelson 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan Loveridge 5 |
Eric Moreland 3 |
Steals |
Jordan Loveridge 2 |
Eric Moreland 3 |
Blocks |
Jason Washburn 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Oregon St.
|
61 |
45.1 |
9-19 |
6-14 |
13 |
28 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
Utah
|
72 |
46.6 |
9-21 |
9-16 |
15 |
34 |
6 |
5 |
11 |