Utah Women’s Basketball Gets Back On Track Against Oregon On Super Bowl Sunday
Feb 11, 2024, 1:43 PM | Updated: Feb 12, 2024, 1:34 pm
SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 20 Utah women’s basketball team wrapped up hosting the Oregon schools with the Ducks on Super Bowl Sunday.
The Utes had another disappointing performance against the No. 17 Oregon Beavers Friday night that they needed to recover from. Both head coach Lynne Roberts and Alissa Pili maintained after the game they were determined to stick together and hopefully figure it out against Oregon.
The Utes got off to a good start posting a 35-23 advantage over the Ducks in the first half of the game.
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Utah is up on the Ducks 35-23.
Jenna Johnson is the points leader at 16, Alissa Pili leads in rebounds with five, and Ines Vieira is the assists leader at 4.#GoUtes
— Michelle Bodkin (@BodkinKSLsports) February 11, 2024
Utah continued to build momentum into the second half putting them in a position to walk away with the win, 70-48 over the Ducks.
Final from the Huntsman.#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/k4rxaWdZya
— Michelle Bodkin (@BodkinKSLsports) February 11, 2024
Looking Ahead At The Utah Women’s Basketball Schedule
Utah will remain at home next week hosting the No. 4 Colorado Buffaloes on Friday, February 16. Tipoff is set for 6:00 pm MT and can be viewed on Pac-12 Networks.
Starting Lineups Utah Women Vs. Oregon
Sunday starting 5⃣ #GoUtes pic.twitter.com/RCjPTz0IXq
— Utah Women’s Basketball (@UTAHWBB) February 11, 2024
Ula has entered the chat.#GoDucks pic.twitter.com/WMC4c9r4KI
— Oregon Women’s Basketball (@OregonWBB) February 11, 2024
Utah Women Stats Leaders Vs. Oregon
- Scoring Leader: Jenna Johnson – 20 points
- Rebound Leader: Alissa Pili – 8 rebounds
- Assists Leader: Ines Vieira – 10 assists
Jenna Johnson finished as the leading scorer for the Utes with 20 points earning herself a career milestone 1000 points. Johnson was also key bringing down five rebounds and one steal.
.@jenna_johnson22 hits 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ career points‼️#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/bibN1zrLsK
— Utah Women’s Basketball (@UTAHWBB) February 11, 2024
Maty Wilke finished second in shooting with 17 points. She was 6-14 from the field, and 5-10 from the three to earn her team high points. Wilke also added four rebounds, two assists, and one steal.
Alissa Pili also posted 16 points along with eight rebounds, three assists, and one steal.
Noteworthy Women’s Basketball Team Stats Vs. Oregon
The Utah women had a solid shooting day against Oregon going 44% from the field while shooting 35% from the three, and 67% from their trips to the line.
Perhaps most telling of all, the Utes were particularly advantageous in points from turnovers and steals. Utah grabbed nine steals while turning 14 Oregon turnovers into 19 points. Utah was also solid off the boards bringing down 36 rebounds and shared the ball well with 23 assists.
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