Jan. 20, 2010
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SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State women's basketball team kept visiting Utah scoreless for the final 5:50 of the game to earn a 51-42 victory Wednesday evening at Viejas Arena. The Aztecs, who won their 13th consecutive home conference outing, moved to 12-5 overall and 4-1 in MWC play, while the Utes, who have yet to score 50 points in four league contests this season, dropped to 10-7 and 1-3.
San Diego State senior Jené Morris (San Francisco, Calif.) notched her third 20-point scoring outing in the team's five league games thus far in 2010, posting 22 points, including 14 of the team's 29 total first-half points. Morris also added five steals and three triples to go with three assists in 39 minutes. She was the only Aztec in double-figure points, as Quenese Davis (Sacramento, Calif.) had nine points and a team-best four assists and Allison Duffy (Lakeside, Calif.) added seven points and six rebounds.
The Aztecs led the entire first half, building an 11-point lead at 23-12 with 8:31 left. Utah answered with a 4-0 run and trailed by only four heading into the locker room at 29-25.
Coming out of the break, Utah got two quick buckets to tie the score at 29 points apiece and took their first advantage of the night at 33-32 with 16:41 left to play. SDSU retook the lead on a Morris 3-pointer, but the game was tied again at 39. Out of the tie, the Aztecs notched back-to-back 3-pointers by Davis and Duffy to jump ahead by six points at 45-39.
After a 3-pointer by Kalee Whipple put the Utes behind by 45-42 with 5:51 remaining, Utah failed to score another point the rest of the way. The Utes had four turnovers and missed all five field goal tries and four free-throw attempts. During that same span, San Diego State scored three buckets in the paint to win by nine points, 51-42.
The Aztecs and Utes combined to commit 46 turnovers on the night and each finished with 26 rebounds. The visitors outshot the home team from the field, but SDSU was 5-for-12 from beyond the arc and posted 25 points off Utah turnovers.
Utah was led by center Taryn Wicijowski, who scored 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, while Janita Badon tallied 13 points, but only two came in the second half.
San Diego State heads to the Beehive State this weekend for a Saturday afternoon contest with conference co-leader Brigham Young at 2 p.m. MT in Provo, Utah.