Utes Bounce Back With Solid Victory
Now, that was a little better -- both for the Utes in general and forward Carlon Brown, in particular.
Three days after their embarrassing loss to Division II Southwest Baptist, the Utes bounced back tonight with a solid 79-60 victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay at the Huntsman Center. Just about everybody played well and hard, particularly Brown, who had a shaky opener marked by his first-half benching for sloppy play.
Against the Phoenix, though, he was strong from start to finish, scoring 13 points on 6-for-7 shooting and contributing three assists, two rebounds and two steals in a team-high 31 minutes. His highlight-reel jam midway through the second half punctuated the performance, and put the Utes firmly in control -- not that it was his finest effort.
"I went through the legs in high school, in a real game," he said. "It's on YouTube. ... Coming to a Utah game near you."
Coach Jim Boylen also had high praise for guard Luka Drca, who scored a career-high 16 points -- center Luke Nevill was strong again, dominating the smaller Phoenix with 20 points and 14 rebounds -- after the guard line played poorly against Southwest Baptist.
"I'm proud of them," Boylen said. "Carlon Brown was who Carlon Brown should be. Luka Drca is an intelligent, tough kid, and I thought they were both who they should be."
That decision to use guard Tyler Kepkay and forward Shaun Green as substitutes to gain more offensive firepower off the bench didn't really work, though (not that it needed to, in this game). Together, they shot 1-for-11 and scored just six points with four rebounds.
Three days after their embarrassing loss to Division II Southwest Baptist, the Utes bounced back tonight with a solid 79-60 victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay at the Huntsman Center. Just about everybody played well and hard, particularly Brown, who had a shaky opener marked by his first-half benching for sloppy play.
Against the Phoenix, though, he was strong from start to finish, scoring 13 points on 6-for-7 shooting and contributing three assists, two rebounds and two steals in a team-high 31 minutes. His highlight-reel jam midway through the second half punctuated the performance, and put the Utes firmly in control -- not that it was his finest effort.
"I went through the legs in high school, in a real game," he said. "It's on YouTube. ... Coming to a Utah game near you."
Coach Jim Boylen also had high praise for guard Luka Drca, who scored a career-high 16 points -- center Luke Nevill was strong again, dominating the smaller Phoenix with 20 points and 14 rebounds -- after the guard line played poorly against Southwest Baptist.
"I'm proud of them," Boylen said. "Carlon Brown was who Carlon Brown should be. Luka Drca is an intelligent, tough kid, and I thought they were both who they should be."
That decision to use guard Tyler Kepkay and forward Shaun Green as substitutes to gain more offensive firepower off the bench didn't really work, though (not that it needed to, in this game). Together, they shot 1-for-11 and scored just six points with four rebounds.
posted by www.sltrib.com @ 10:24 PM |
2 Comments:
The joke continues with a coach who does not know how to coach. Benching two talented players like Shaun Green and Tyler Kepkay is NOT paying off. The two players went 1-11 and scored a total of 6 points. Way to waste the talent Boylen. Who else puts their best players on the bench and starts others who are NOT players who should be starting. Tillie over Green, gimme a break. C'mon Chris Hill, let this end, BULLWINKLE MUST GO!
"Who else puts their best players on the bench and starts others who are NOT players who should be starting"
Pops and Sloan?
Also when has Kepkay ever been one of our best players?
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