Utah's basketball team secured a significant victory by defeating No. 14 BYU, ending BYU's undefeated streak. The game was closely contested, with Utah ultimately prevailing 73-69. This win adds to Utah's impressive performance, having previously won against Saint Mary's and St. John's. The victory over BYU is a notable achievement, considering BYU's previous top ranking in the NET. Utah's Lawson Lovering made a crucial block during the game, contributing to their success. Additionally, the tweets mention the remaining unbeaten teams in college basketball, including Clemson, Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Arizona, James Madison, and Princeton.
HALFTIME: Utah 50 | Southern Utah 23 Alissa Pili with 17 points as the team shoots 58% from the floor and holds SUU to 39%.
The 4 Unbeatens Remaining: Houston Oklahoma Ole Miss JMU
FINAL Utah 76 | Utah Valley 62 UVU cut the lead to 5 just under 4 minutes to play before Utah went on a 9-0 run to closeout the game. Branden Carlson finished with 26 points.
MTO | 2H | 3:46 Utah 67 | Utah Valley 61 Utah has let Utah Valley creep into the game. There's not been a lot of rhythm to this second half and it feels like the Utes are kinda sleepwalking.
MTO | 2H | 8:00 Utah 61 | Utah Valley 52 The game has been in this range for almost the duration of the 2nd half. Keba Keita just picked up his 4th foul.
MTO | 2H | 15:00 Utah 47 | Utah Valley 41 Utah is 0 of their last 4 FGA, but shooting 48%. Not a lot of rhythm to this game right now.
The 5 unbeatens left: Houston Oklahoma Arizona Ole Miss JMU
HALFTIME Utah 38 | Utah Valley 32 Utah finished the half shooting 50%, while UVU cooled down to 44% and making 1 of their last 10 FGA
MTO | 1H | 3:37 Utah 33 | Utah Valley 28 Utah on a quick 7-0 run over last 1:08 to take its largest lead of the game
MTO | 1H | 7:04 Utah 23 | Utah Valley 26 Utah did well to not have a turnovers for the first 10 minutes, and then went with 3 quick TOs. Still no aggressiveness on the boards, so Keita checks back in.
MTO | 1H | 10:57 Utah 19 | Utah Valley 19 Deivon Smith to be on the floor when Utah comes back from the timeout. Utah shooting an improved 47%, making 4 of their last 4.
MTO | 1H | 14:18 Utah 9 | Utah Valley 14 UVU with a great start against Utah. Getting early shots to fall and much more aggressive on the glass.
Of the 7 unbeaten teams remaining entering today, 3 are from the Big 12 and a 4th -- Arizona -- will be next year: Arizona (8-0) Houston (10-0) Baylor (9-0) Oklahoma (9-0) Clemson (9-0) James Madison (9-0) Ole Miss (9-0)
The Utah-Utah State football rivalry is coming back for a three-game series. 2024: at Utah State 2026: at Utah 2031: at Utah The teams have played 112 times but not since 2015.
Alissa Pili is at a career-high 37 points but Utah still trails by 5 with 56.6 left to play.
MTO | 4Q | 6:43 Utah 59 | South Carolina 64 Hold onto your butts …
MTO | 3Q | 3:48 Utah 48 | South Carolina 52 Utah reeled off a 7-0 run to make it a 2-point game, but South Carolina doesn’t give up easy.
The 7 unbeatens left: Clemson Baylor Houston Oklahoma Arizona Ole Miss JMU
MTO | 1Q | 4:27 Utah 14 | South Carolina 16 Utah getting a lot of easy layups but South Carolina muscling out Utah in the post. Good balanced game so far.
UPDATE: Runnin' Utes trailed 3-2, and then it was all Utah after that. It was a strong win for Utah against a previously undefeated No. 14 BYU. https://t.co/VveKWTQoCb
And the last unbeaten will be ? Oklahoma Baylor Houston Ole Miss Clemson Arizona Princeton JMU
And the last unbeaten will be? Oklahoma Clemson Baylor Houston Ole Miss Arizona Princeton VCU
The 8 unbeatens left: Clemson Baylor Houston Oklahoma Princeton Arizona Ole Miss JMU
Five unbeatens lost today: - Colorado State - BYU - Cincinnati - TCU - Nevada Eight unbeatens remain: - Arizona - Houston - Baylor - Oklahoma - Clemson - James Madison - Princeton - Ole Miss
Utah beats rival No. 14 BYU! https://t.co/PWIq4dVa5O
The 9 unbeatens left: Clemson Baylor Houston Oklahoma Princeton Arizona Ole Miss JMU Nevada Nevada down 15 to Drake midway though second half.
And another unbeaten goes down. TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati and now BYU all fall today. Nevada in danger. Utah just beat Mark Pope’s Cougars in Salt Lake. BYU couldn’t make a shot from just about anywhere.
Utah beats No. 14 BYU, which was No. 1 in the NET. That St. John's win over the Utes looking pretty good now. Utah also won at Saint Mary's. #sjubb
FINAL: BYU is undefeated no more. Utah 73 | BYU 69 What a finish
9.9 seconds left and BYU has the ball trailing by 2 points Utah 71 | BYU 69 Who you got?
1:26 left and the officials review an out-of-bounds play Utah 68 | BYU 64
MTO | 2H | 3:23 Utah 66 | BYU 61 Hold onto your butts ... This is gonna come down to the wire.
BYU cuts Utah's lead to 3 while the Utes go on a 7:38 scoring drought from the field. Utah 59 | BYU 56 Utah is 1 of its last 10 shots.
MTO | 2H | 7:44 Utah 58 | BYU 52 Offense is suffering as this game gets a little chippy. Utah 1 of last 8 BYU 2 of last 12
MTO | 2H | 15:36 Utah 53 | BYU 42 Lawson Lovering with a block on Aly Khalifa before the media timeout.