National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Utah 80, South Dakota State 66
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials: # Kevin Brill, # Brett Nansel, # Gregory Nixon
Attendance: 10322

No. 14 Utah 80, South Dakota State 66:
Brekkott Chapman hit 9-of-13 shots off the bench in scoring a career-high 22 points as the Utes routed the visiting Jackrabbits.

Delon Wright added 17 points, 10 assists and six rebounds for Utah (9-2), which improved to 7-0 at home. The Utes, who also received 11 points from Dakarai Tucker and nine points and six rebounds from Jakob Poeltl, shot 51.7 percent from the floor, including 8-of-23 from 3-point range.

Cody Larson had 13 points and six rebounds while Reed Tellinghuisen added 12 points off the bench for South Dakota State (9-4), which saw its seven-game win streak end. The Jackrabbits, who led only once at 10-9, also got 10 points from Zach Horstman but hit 39.7 percent of their shots, including a combined 7-of-24 from leading scorers Deondre Parks and George Marshall.

It was a tight game for most of the first half, and Utah held a 26-22 advantage with 5:19 left in the opening stanza. But that’s when Chapman heated up in a hurry, scoring nine points in a 19-6 half-ending run for the Utes who took a 45-28 lead into the break.

Utah then opened the second half with a 12-4 run to expand its advantage to 57-32. The Utes’ largest advantage was 66-40 with 11:38 to play, and South Dakota State never got closer than 14 points – the final margin – the rest of the way, largely playing against the Utah reserves.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Utah has won 26 straight home games against unranked opponents. … Wright is averaging 19.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists while shooting 61.5 percent from the field over the last seven games. … The Utes had hit only 11-of-47 3-pointers over the previous three games.

Top Game Performances
 
South Dakota State   Utah
Cody Larson 13 Scoring Brekkott Chapman 22
Deondre Parks 3 Assists Delon Wright 10
Cody Larson 6 Rebounds Jakob Poeltl 6
Reed Tellinghuisen 4 Free Throws Made Kyle Kuzma 3
Anders Broman 1 Steals Delon Wright 2
Keaton Moffitt 1 Blocks Kyle Kuzma 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
South Dakota State 66 39.7 7-19 9-12 10 29 2 6 12
Utah 80 51.7 8-23 12-19 21 35 4 5 11