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No. 17 Women’s Basketball Earns 69-67 Victory Over Ole Miss

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NASSAU, The Bahamas – With a tie game and 0.6 second remaining, Kennady McQueen hit two free throws giving Utah a 69-67 victory over Ole Miss on Wednesday evening at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship.
 
Alissa Pili led the Utes with 21 points and had nine rebounds in the win. Jenna Johnson (16 points) and Kennady McQueen, and Gianna Kneepkens (10 points) rounded out the double-figure scorers for the Utes. Johnson picked up her second double-double as she led the team with ten rebounds in the win.
  
Utah and Ole Miss were in a back-and-forth contest to open the game as each team traded buckets. With the game tied at 4-4, McQueen hit a three, Johnson made a layup, and Utah led 9-4. Utah would have the lead trimmed to three, but Utah would find a way to get it to five after a pair of free throws by Johnson. Over the quarter’s final minute, Utah and Ole Miss would trade buckets, and the Utes held a one-point lead, 20-19, after 10 minutes.
 
Over the first two and a half minutes of the second quarter, Utah stretched the lead to seven, 26-19, after an old fashion three-point play by Dasia Young. Following her hoop, Utah would go scoreless over the next three minutes, and the Rebels would come back and take the lead after a layup by Madison Scott. The contest would be tied at 31, right before half, but the Utes would go into halftime down two, 35-33.
 
Pili added four points opening the…

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