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Keita helps Utah hold on for 88-86 victory over Southern Utah

AP
Dec 05, 2023

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Sophomore Keba Keita came off the bench to score 23 points and help Utah escape with an 88-86 victory over Southern Utah on Tuesday night.

Keita made 6 of 7 shots and scored 13 to lead Utah to a 47-40 lead at halftime. The Utes (6-2) shot 60% in the first half (15 of 25). Freshman Braden Housley had 14 points to keep the Thunderbirds (2-6) within striking distance.

Gabe Madsen's layup gave Utah its biggest lead at 59-42 with 16:14 left to play. Southern Utah battled back, using a 3-pointer by Dominique Ford in a 7-0 run to get within 63-59 with 11:28 remaining.

The Thunderbirds kept their deficit in the single digits but could not get within one possession until Ford buried a 3-pointer with nine seconds to go to pull them within 86-83. Madsen was fouled and hit two free throws with three seconds left. Ford hit another 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Keita missed just one of his 12 shots for Utah. He added eight rebounds, blocked two shots and had two steals. Madsen scored 19. Rollie Worster had 12 points and a career-high 11 assists for his first double-double of the season. Ben Carlson finished with a career-high 15 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-double.

Housley and Ford both scored 23 to lead Southern Utah. Housley made 8 of 14 shots with four 3-pointers, adding five assists. Ford hit 7 of 12 shots and connected five times from beyond the arc. Parsa Fallah scored 20 and had three assists. Prophet Johnson grabbed 11 rebounds to go with eight points and five assists.

Utah will host unbeaten and 14th-ranked BYU on Saturday. Southern Utah returns home to host Idaho State on Saturday.

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1st Half
SUU
Thunderbirds
40
UTAH
Utes
47

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Thunderbirds gains possession)
19:55		Ben Carlson blocks Zion Young's two point layup
19:55		Thunderbirds offensive rebound
19:50		Parsa Fallah turnover (bad pass) (Ben Carlson steals)
19:27		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
19:26		Thunderbirds defensive rebound
18:59		Braden Housley misses three point jump shot
18:57		Cole Bajema defensive rebound
18:47	+2	Ben Carlson makes two point layup (Cole Bajema assists)	0-2
18:24		Parsa Fallah misses two point jump shot
18:22		Ben Carlson defensive rebound
18:22		Gabe Madsen misses two point layup
18:20		Lawson Lovering offensive rebound
18:20		Lawson Lovering misses two point layup
18:20		Ben Carlson offensive rebound
18:01	+2	Ben Carlson makes two point layup	0-4
17:30	+3	Prophet Johnson makes three point jump shot	3-4
17:07	+3	Cole Bajema makes three point jump shot (Ben Carlson assists)	3-7
16:48		Zion Young misses three point jump shot
16:46		Lawson Lovering defensive rebound
16:35	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	3-9
16:19		Dominique Ford turnover (bad pass) (Gabe Madsen steals)
16:17	+2	Gabe Madsen makes two point dunk	3-11
16:08		Thunderbirds 30 second timeout
16:08		TV timeout
15:47	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point jump shot	5-11
15:34	+3	Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	5-14
15:08	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point jump shot (Braden Housley assists)	7-14
14:53		Lawson Lovering turnover (lost ball)
14:33		Prophet Johnson misses two point jump shot
14:31		Keba Keita defensive rebound
14:23		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
14:21		Keba Keita offensive rebound
14:15	+2	Keba Keita makes two point layup	7-16
13:43		Thunderbirds turnover (shot clock violation)
13:33		Nestor Dyachok blocks Rollie Worster's two point jump shot
13:31		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
13:26	+2	Braden Housley makes two point layup	9-16
13:02	+2	Keba Keita makes two point jump shot	9-18
12:48	+3	Nestor Dyachok makes three point jump shot (Braden Housley assists)	12-18
12:24		Ben Carlson misses three point jump shot
12:22		Rollie Worster offensive rebound
12:19		Rollie Worster offensive foul
12:19		Rollie Worster turnover (offensive foul)
12:07		Zion Young misses two point jump shot
12:05		Cole Bajema defensive rebound
11:53	+2	Keba Keita makes two point layup (Ben Carlson assists)	12-20
11:38	+2	Prophet Johnson makes two point layup (Braden Housley assists)	14-20
11:22	+2	Ben Carlson makes two point layup (Hunter Erickson assists)	14-22
11:02		Keba Keita blocks Parsa Fallah's two point layup
11:00		Parsa Fallah offensive rebound
10:52		Hunter Erickson personal foul (Parsa Fallah draws the foul)
10:52		TV timeout
10:43	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup	16-22
10:28	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup (Hunter Erickson assists)	16-24
10:28		Hayden Ledbetter shooting foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
10:28	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 1	16-25
10:11		Lawson Lovering personal foul (Thunderbirds draws the foul)
10:10		Braden Housley turnover (bad pass) (Hunter Erickson steals)
9:59	+2	Hunter Erickson makes two point dunk	16-27
9:47	+3	Braden Housley makes three point jump shot (Parsa Fallah assists)	19-27
9:39		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
9:37		Luka Tarlac offensive rebound
9:32	+2	Lawson Lovering makes two point layup (Luka Tarlac assists)	19-29
9:32		Nestor Dyachok shooting foul (Lawson Lovering draws the foul)
9:32		Lawson Lovering misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:32		Parsa Fallah defensive rebound
9:17		Chazz Hutchison misses three point jump shot
9:15		Lawson Lovering defensive rebound
9:07		Hunter Erickson misses three point jump shot
9:05		Utes offensive rebound
9:05		Parsa Fallah personal foul (Luka Tarlac draws the foul)
9:03	+2	Hunter Erickson makes two point layup (Rollie Worster assists)	19-31
8:50		Braden Housley turnover (bad pass) (Lawson Lovering steals)
8:46		Gabe Madsen turnover (bad pass)
8:32		Dominique Ford misses three point jump shot
8:30		Gabe Madsen defensive rebound
8:18		Gabe Madsen misses two point dunk
8:16		Chazz Hutchison defensive rebound
8:03	+3	Parsa Fallah makes three point jump shot (Dominique Ford assists)	22-31
7:49		Prophet Johnson personal foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
7:49		TV timeout
7:45		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
7:43		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
7:37		Braden Housley misses two point layup
7:35		Gabe Madsen defensive rebound
7:28	+2	Gabe Madsen makes two point layup (Rollie Worster assists)	22-33
7:09		Parsa Fallah misses two point jump shot
7:07		Gabe Madsen defensive rebound
7:00		Braden Housley personal foul (Gabe Madsen draws the foul)
6:58		Rollie Worster turnover (bad pass) (Prophet Johnson steals)
6:52		Dominique Ford misses two point layup
6:50		Ben Carlson defensive rebound
6:41		Jake Wahlin misses two point layup
6:39		Keba Keita offensive rebound
6:33	+2	Keba Keita makes two point layup	22-35
6:27		Prophet Johnson misses three point jump shot
6:25		Keba Keita defensive rebound
6:22	+2	Ben Carlson makes two point dunk (Rollie Worster assists)	22-37
6:22		Thunderbirds 30 second timeout
6:13		Jake Wahlin personal foul
6:02		Zion Young turnover (traveling)
5:48		Cole Bajema turnover (bad pass) (Braden Housley steals)
5:44	+2	Braden Housley makes two point layup	24-37
5:44		Rollie Worster shooting foul (Braden Housley draws the foul)
5:44	+1	Braden Housley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	25-37
5:25	+2	Cole Bajema makes two point layup	25-39
5:05		Braden Housley misses three point jump shot
5:03		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
4:54		Cole Bajema misses three point jump shot
4:52		Dominique Ford defensive rebound
4:44	+2	Dominique Ford makes two point jump shot	27-39
4:21		Zion Young personal foul (Cole Bajema draws the foul)
4:07	+2	Hunter Erickson makes two point jump shot	27-41
3:52	+3	Dominique Ford makes three point jump shot (Parsa Fallah assists)	30-41
3:32		Gabe Madsen misses two point layup
3:30		Thunderbirds defensive rebound
3:25		TV timeout
3:14		Cole Bajema personal foul (Dominique Ford draws the foul)
3:10	+2	Braden Housley makes two point layup	32-41
3:02		Hunter Erickson turnover (bad pass)
2:54		Lawson Lovering shooting foul (Dominique Ford draws the foul)
2:54	+1	Dominique Ford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-41
2:54	+1	Dominique Ford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-41
2:34		Keba Keita misses two point layup
2:32		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
2:18		Brock Felder misses three point jump shot
2:16		Keba Keita defensive rebound
2:06		Brock Felder personal foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
2:06	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-42
2:06		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:06		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
1:51	+3	Braden Housley makes three point jump shot	37-42
1:33	+2	Keba Keita makes two point jump shot	37-44
1:33		Utes 30 second timeout
1:14		Ben Carlson shooting foul (Braden Housley draws the foul)
1:14		Braden Housley misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:14	+1	Braden Housley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-44
0:54		Hunter Erickson turnover (lost ball) (Brock Felder steals)
0:48	+2	Prophet Johnson makes two point dunk (Brock Felder assists)	40-44
0:30	+2	Keba Keita makes two point layup	40-46
0:30		Brock Felder shooting foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
0:30	+1	Keba Keita makes regular free throw 1 of 1	40-47
0:07		Dominique Ford misses three point jump shot
0:05		Thunderbirds offensive rebound
0:00		Braden Housley misses three point jump shot
0:00		Keba Keita defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
SUU
Thunderbirds
46
UTAH
Utes
41

Time		Play	Score
19:47		Parsa Fallah personal foul (Lawson Lovering draws the foul)
19:44	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup (Gabe Madsen assists)	40-49
19:23		Lawson Lovering personal foul (Parsa Fallah draws the foul)
19:17		Parsa Fallah turnover (lost ball) (Lawson Lovering steals)
19:05		Rollie Worster misses two point jump shot
19:03		Utes offensive rebound
19:01		Braden Housley personal foul (Gabe Madsen draws the foul)
18:55		Cole Bajema misses two point layup
18:47		Utes offensive rebound
18:47		Gabe Madsen misses two point layup
18:45		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
18:37		Gabe Madsen blocks Prophet Johnson's two point layup
18:35		Lawson Lovering defensive rebound
18:35		Lawson Lovering turnover (bad pass) (Braden Housley steals)
18:34		Gabe Madsen personal foul
18:17		Parsa Fallah misses two point layup
18:15		Ben Carlson defensive rebound
18:09	+3	Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	40-52
17:48	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup (Braden Housley assists)	42-52
17:32	+3	Ben Carlson makes three point jump shot (Gabe Madsen assists)	42-55
17:07		Dominique Ford misses two point layup
17:05		Ben Carlson defensive rebound
17:00		Braden Housley personal foul (Gabe Madsen draws the foul)
16:52		Dominique Ford personal foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
16:43	+2	Keba Keita makes two point dunk (Rollie Worster assists)	42-57
16:22		Nestor Dyachok misses three point jump shot
16:20		Keba Keita defensive rebound
16:14	+2	Gabe Madsen makes two point layup (Hunter Erickson assists)	42-59
16:12		Utes 30 second timeout
16:12		TV timeout
15:55		TV timeout
15:44		Keba Keita shooting foul (Dominique Ford draws the foul)
15:43	+1	Dominique Ford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-59
15:43	+1	Dominique Ford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-59
15:38	+2	Keba Keita makes two point dunk (Rollie Worster assists)	44-61
15:16		Parsa Fallah misses two point layup
15:14		Parsa Fallah offensive rebound
15:07		Rollie Worster personal foul (Parsa Fallah draws the foul)
14:50	+3	Dominique Ford makes three point jump shot (Parsa Fallah assists)	47-61
14:31		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
14:29		Dominique Ford defensive rebound
14:21		Parsa Fallah turnover (lost ball)
14:10		Ben Carlson misses three point jump shot
14:08		Dominique Ford defensive rebound
13:49		Ben Carlson shooting foul (Parsa Fallah draws the foul)
13:49	+1	Parsa Fallah makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-61
13:49		Parsa Fallah misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:49		Lawson Lovering defensive rebound
13:38		Cole Bajema misses three point jump shot
13:36		Thunderbirds defensive rebound
13:36		Lawson Lovering personal foul
13:21		Zion Young misses two point jump shot
13:19		Keba Keita defensive rebound
13:09		Parsa Fallah personal foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
13:06		Cole Bajema misses three point jump shot
13:04		Thunderbirds defensive rebound
13:01		Keba Keita personal foul (Chazz Hutchison draws the foul)
13:01	+1	Chazz Hutchison makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-61
13:01	+1	Chazz Hutchison makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-61
13:00		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
12:58		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
12:49		Brock Felder misses two point layup
12:47		Brock Felder offensive rebound
12:42	+2	Brock Felder makes two point layup	52-61
12:34	+2	Keba Keita makes two point layup (Rollie Worster assists)	52-63
12:23		Keba Keita personal foul (Brock Felder draws the foul)
12:23	+1	Brock Felder makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-63
12:23	+1	Brock Felder makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-63
12:16		Gabe Madsen misses two point jump shot
12:14		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
12:08	+3	Dominique Ford makes three point jump shot (Prophet Johnson assists)	57-63
11:51		TV timeout
11:42		Cole Bajema misses three point jump shot
11:40		Chazz Hutchison defensive rebound
11:31	+2	Braden Housley makes two point layup	59-63
11:16		Prophet Johnson personal foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
11:07		Brock Felder personal foul (Lawson Lovering draws the foul)
11:07	+1	Lawson Lovering makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-64
11:07	+1	Lawson Lovering makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-65
10:51		Braden Housley misses three point jump shot
10:49		Lawson Lovering defensive rebound
10:37	+2	Ben Carlson makes two point layup	59-67
10:20		Parsa Fallah misses two point layup
10:18		Parsa Fallah offensive rebound
10:14	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup	61-67
9:55		Lawson Lovering misses two point jump shot
9:53		Thunderbirds defensive rebound
9:52		Dominique Ford technical foul
9:52		Dominique Ford turnover (offensive foul)
9:52	+1	Cole Bajema makes technical free throw 1 of 1	61-68
9:52		Jump ball. (Thunderbirds gains possession)
9:32	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point jump shot	63-68
9:12		Parsa Fallah personal foul (Lawson Lovering draws the foul)
9:12		Lawson Lovering misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:12		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
8:47		Dominique Ford turnover (lost ball) (Cole Bajema steals)
8:47		Jump ball. (Utes gains possession)
8:35		Cole Bajema misses two point jump shot
8:33		Ben Carlson offensive rebound
8:26	+2	Keba Keita makes two point layup (Cole Bajema assists)	63-70
8:18		Gabe Madsen personal foul (Prophet Johnson draws the foul)
8:18	+1	Prophet Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-70
8:18		Prophet Johnson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:18		Prophet Johnson offensive rebound
8:16	+2	Brock Felder makes two point dunk (Prophet Johnson assists)	66-70
7:51		Chazz Hutchison personal foul (Ben Carlson draws the foul)
7:47		TV timeout
7:47	+1	Ben Carlson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-71
7:47	+1	Ben Carlson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-72
7:18	+3	Braden Housley makes three point jump shot (Prophet Johnson assists)	69-72
6:56		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
6:54		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
6:49		Braden Housley misses three point jump shot
6:47		Ben Carlson defensive rebound
6:43	+3	Hunter Erickson makes three point jump shot (Gabe Madsen assists)	69-75
6:16		Zion Young misses three point jump shot
6:14		Ben Carlson defensive rebound
6:04		Brock Felder shooting foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
6:04		Keba Keita misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:04		Keba Keita misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:04		Prophet Johnson defensive rebound
5:49		Prophet Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Keba Keita steals)
5:44		Braden Housley shooting foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
5:44	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-76
5:44	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-77
5:36		Thunderbirds 60 second timeout
5:21	+3	Braden Housley makes three point jump shot (Dominique Ford assists)	72-77
5:04	+2	Gabe Madsen makes two point dunk (Rollie Worster assists)	72-79
4:45	+2	Dominique Ford makes two point jump shot (Braden Housley assists)	74-79
4:28	+2	Keba Keita makes two point dunk (Hunter Erickson assists)	74-81
4:28		Utes 60 second timeout
4:28		TV timeout
4:04		Keba Keita personal foul (Braden Housley draws the foul)
4:04	+1	Braden Housley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-81
4:04		Braden Housley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:04		Ben Carlson defensive rebound
3:44		Rollie Worster turnover (lost ball) (Dominique Ford steals)
3:37		Dominique Ford turnover (lost ball) (Keba Keita steals)
3:27		Zion Young personal foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
3:27	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-82
3:27	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-83
3:01		Braden Housley turnover (out of bounds)
2:44		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
2:42		Zion Young defensive rebound
2:29		Keba Keita blocks Zion Young's two point layup
2:27		Thunderbirds offensive rebound
2:25	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup	77-83
2:10	+2	Gabe Madsen makes two point layup (Rollie Worster assists)	77-85
1:44		Dominique Ford misses three point jump shot
1:42		Ben Carlson defensive rebound
1:13		Keba Keita turnover (traveling)
1:02	+2	Parsa Fallah makes two point layup (Prophet Johnson assists)	79-85
0:30		Hunter Erickson misses three point jump shot
0:28		Thunderbirds defensive rebound
0:28		Utes 30 second timeout
0:20		Ben Carlson shooting foul (Zion Young draws the foul)
0:20		Zion Young misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:20	+1	Zion Young makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-85
0:15		Prophet Johnson personal foul (Gabe Madsen draws the foul)
0:15		Gabe Madsen misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:15	+1	Gabe Madsen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-86
0:08	+3	Dominique Ford makes three point jump shot (Prophet Johnson assists)	83-86
0:03		Braden Housley personal foul (Gabe Madsen draws the foul)
0:03	+1	Gabe Madsen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	83-87
0:03	+1	Gabe Madsen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	83-88
0:00	+3	Dominique Ford makes three point jump shot	86-88
0:00		End of period

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Dominique Ford makes three point jump shot