TEMPE, Ariz. – The #RV/RV Utah men’s basketball team struggled on the offensive end Thursday night and saw its eight-game win-streak streak snapped at the hands of Arizona State 82-70 inside Desert Financial Arena.
First half was a game of runs with the Utes (11-3, 2-1 Pac-12) taking an 8-3 lead before Arizona State reeled off a 6-0 spurt to take the 9-3 edge at the first media break (15:38). That Sun Devil lead extended their lead to 18-12 at the under-12 (11:37) before Utah started to claw back.
A 7-0 run then ensued led by Branden Carlson that was capped off by Deivon Smith to retake the 27-24 lead. A few baskets were exchanged between the two teams before a 9-3 run by the home team put Utah behind 41-36 heading into the break.
The second half started a bit slow for both teams, but things started to pick up out of the 15:46 media break with Utah trailing 46-42. A great drive and dish in the paint from Rollie Worster gave Keba Keita an easy slam to get Utah within one possession, 46-44. Utah had opportunities during that stretch to regain the lead, but untimely missed lay-ups by the Utes saw them trail 51-49 with 11:59 left to play.
Utah couldn’t find its rhythm after that point and went just 3-for-9 from the field in nearly seven…
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