Utah began to pull away in the third, thanks to Gianna Kneepkens. The Utes were coming off a humbling 24-point home loss against No. 12 Kansas State, and for a large portion of Saturday’s game, they looked like they were still being impacted by that loss.

The No. 22 Utah women’s basketball team rebounded from a tough loss to secure a decisive 69-42 victory over Houston at the Huntsman Center. Although the Utes (1

UT Rio Grande Valley heads to Houston Christian in Southland play Saturday. Saturday's meeting is the first this season for the two squads.

The Utah women’s basketball team experienced a week of highs and lows, reflected in their drop to No. 23 in the Associated Press Top 25 rankings following a tough road loss to Kansas State. The 11th-ranked Wildcats dominated Utah in a 71-47 blowout,

The Utah women’s basketball team dropped one spot in the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday in the wake of last week’s loss to Kansas State. The Utes were blown out, 71-47, by the Wildcats, who moved up one spot this week to No. 11 in the polls. But Utah bounced back with a big home win over the Houston Cougars on Saturday.

Houston goes for its 10th straight win as the Cougars head to Florida. They take on UCF in Big 12 Conference basketball action, which will tip off locally at 11

The home team got the job done and finally got into a rhythm at the end of the third quarter that carried over in the fourth to pull away for a 69-42 win over the visiting Cougars.

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Ariyibi 2-3 2-2 6, Bieker 2-5 2-2 8, Byrd 7-11 0-0 14, Gonsalves 8-15 0-0 18, Riley 7-10 2-2 16, Owona 3-7 0-0 7, Rainwater 4-4 1-2 9, Grant 0-1 0-0 0, Hutchings 1-2 0-0 2, Misic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-58 7-8 80.

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Percentages: FG 46.154, FT .429. 3-Point Goals: 6-24, .250 (Kneepkens 3-6, Toure 1-2, Wilke 1-5, Walker 1-3, Johnson 0-2, Vieira 0-2, Ross 0-1, Foster 0-3) Blocked Shots: 4 (Johnson 1, Toure 1 ...

Tanner Toolson's 18 points helped Utah Valley defeat Utah Tech 96-80 on Saturday night. Toolson had five rebounds for the Wolverines (13-6, 5-0 Western Athletic Conference). Dominick Nelson shot 5 of 9 from the field and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line to add 15 points.