As this first season under Craig Smith has gotten away from the University of Utah, the Utes have continued to play hard and, in many cases, played up to their competition.
Those facts have never been in question, but it is quite another thing to get over the hump as a result of playing up to your competition. The Utes were unable to do that Saturday night, falling to the University of Oregon, 80-77, at the Huntsman Center on a night when all-time Ute Tom Chambers had his jersey retired at halftime.
Oregon (15-7, 8-3 Pac-12) is now 21-2 against Utah (9-15, 2-12 Pac-12) since the Utes entered the Pac-12 in 2011-12.
The key sequence of the second came after Riley Battin’s free throw out of the under-12 media timeout completed a 3-point play to bring Utah to within four at 56-52. After the teams traded misses, Oregon swung the ball around the perimeter to Quincey Guerrier, who knocked down a 3-pointer from the left wing.
Marco Anthony hit one of two free throws down the other end before Will Richardson knocked down another triple from the left wing with a hand in his face for a 62-53 Oregon lead with 9:21 left.
Oregon pushed that lead to 14, Utah got it back down to 7, but Richardson again had an answer, knocking his fifth 3-pointer of the night, this one between the mid-court logo to extend the lead back to 10 at 74-64 with 2:41 left.
Richardson finished with 25 points on 10-for-18 shooting, including 5-for-7 from 3-point range.
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