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Madsen scores 20, Utah beats Washington State 80-58 in final Pac-12 opener

AP
Dec 30, 2023

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Gabe Madsen scored all 20 of his points in the second half and Utah rallied to beat Washington State 80-58 in a Pac-12 Conference opener on Friday night.

Madsen missed all four of his first-half shots including two from 3-point range for the Utes (10-2), who have won seven in a row. He sank 6 of 9 shots after the break - 4 of 7 from distance - and made 4 of 5 from the free-throw line.

Branden Carlson finished with 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Utah. Keba Keita pitched in with 18 points and 11 rebounds off the bench for his second career double-double. Rollie Worster contributed 11 points and seven assists.

Isaac Jones had 12 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Cougars (9-3) with his third double-double this season. Reserve Jaylen Wells scored 10.

Keita had 10 points to help Utah take a 31-29 lead at halftime. The Cougars did not score until Oscar Cluff made 1 of 2 free throws at the 15:32 mark but they trailed by only five.

Kymany Houinsou sank a 3-pointer and Jones followed with a dunk to cap an 11-3 run as the Cougars took a 40-34 lead with 16:03 left to play. Seven of the 11 points came on second chances after WSU scored two such points in the first half.

Madsen hit back-to-back 3-pointers and added a third in an 11-2 spurt and Utah led 48-44 at the 12:22 mark and cruised from there. The Utes, who are heading for the Big 12 Conference next season, finish 10-0 at home against Washington State since joining the Pac-12 for the 2011-12 season.

Washington State stays on the road to play Colorado on Sunday. The Cougars are 0-12 all-time in Boulder. Utah will host Washington on Sunday.

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1st Half
WSU
Cougars
29
UTAH
Utes
31

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Rueben Chinyelu vs. Lawson Lovering (Rollie Worster gains possession)
19:42	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	0-2
19:20		Myles Rice misses two point jump shot
19:18		Cole Bajema defensive rebound
19:04		Branden Carlson turnover (bad pass)
18:52		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
18:50		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
18:50		Lawson Lovering personal foul (Rueben Chinyelu draws the foul)
18:46		Branden Carlson blocks Isaac Jones's two point layup
18:44		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
18:35		Cole Bajema misses two point jump shot
18:33		Cole Bajema offensive rebound
18:30		Cole Bajema misses three point jump shot
18:28		Myles Rice defensive rebound
18:13		Isaac Jones misses two point jump shot
18:11		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
18:01		Kymany Houinsou blocks Lawson Lovering's two point layup
17:59		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
17:54		Rueben Chinyelu turnover (lost ball)
17:46	+2	Lawson Lovering makes two point layup (Rollie Worster assists)	0-4
17:33		Andrej Jakimovski misses two point jump shot
17:31		Cole Bajema defensive rebound
17:23		Branden Carlson misses three point jump shot
17:21		Myles Rice defensive rebound
17:09		Lawson Lovering blocks Isaac Jones's two point jump shot
17:07		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
17:02		Lawson Lovering misses two point layup
17:00		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
16:46		Myles Rice turnover (bad pass)
16:41		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
16:39		Keba Keita offensive rebound
16:38		Oscar Cluff shooting foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
16:38	+1	Keba Keita makes regular free throw 1 of 2	0-5
16:38	+1	Keba Keita makes regular free throw 2 of 2	0-6
16:25		Hunter Erickson personal foul (Kymany Houinsou draws the foul)
15:58		Cougars turnover (shot clock violation)
15:58		TV timeout
15:42		Keba Keita misses two point jump shot
15:40		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
15:33		Keba Keita shooting foul (Oscar Cluff draws the foul)
15:33	+1	Oscar Cluff makes regular free throw 1 of 2	1-6
15:33		Oscar Cluff misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:33		Keba Keita defensive rebound
15:18	+2	Keba Keita makes two point dunk (Gabe Madsen assists)	1-8
14:53	+3	Jaylen Wells makes three point jump shot (Oscar Cluff assists)	4-8
14:27	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point jump shot	4-10
14:14	+2	Oscar Cluff makes two point jump shot	6-10
13:40	+2	Deivon Smith makes two point jump shot (Lawson Lovering assists)	6-12
13:07	+2	Myles Rice makes two point layup	8-12
12:39		Deivon Smith misses two point jump shot
12:37		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
12:25		Myles Rice misses three point jump shot
12:23		Andrej Jakimovski offensive rebound
12:15		Myles Rice misses three point jump shot
12:13		Oscar Cluff offensive rebound
12:07		Jaylen Wells misses two point jump shot
12:05		Lawson Lovering defensive rebound
11:56	+2	Branden Carlson makes two point jump shot (Deivon Smith assists)	8-14
11:39		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
11:37		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
11:19		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
11:17		Oscar Cluff defensive rebound
10:59	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point layup	10-14
10:34		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
10:32		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
10:25		Andrej Jakimovski turnover (bad pass) (Deivon Smith steals)
10:18	+2	Deivon Smith makes two point dunk	10-16
9:51		Deivon Smith personal foul (Oscar Cluff draws the foul)
9:51		TV timeout
9:38		Kymany Houinsou misses two point jump shot
9:36		Keba Keita defensive rebound
9:27	+2	Keba Keita makes two point layup (Deivon Smith assists)	10-18
9:10		Isaac Jones turnover (traveling)
8:49	+2	Keba Keita makes two point jump shot	10-20
8:28		Isaac Jones misses two point layup
8:26		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
8:20	+2	Kymany Houinsou makes two point layup (Isaac Jones assists)	12-20
7:53	+2	Cole Bajema makes two point jump shot (Hunter Erickson assists)	12-22
7:37	+2	Jabe Mullins makes two point jump shot (Isaac Jones assists)	14-22
7:19		Deivon Smith misses three point jump shot
7:17		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
7:12		Ben Carlson shooting foul (Kymany Houinsou draws the foul)
7:12		TV timeout
7:12	+1	Kymany Houinsou makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-22
7:12	+1	Kymany Houinsou makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-22
6:41		Gabe Madsen misses two point jump shot
6:39		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
6:26	+2	Oscar Cluff makes two point jump shot (Jaylen Wells assists)	18-22
5:52		Lawson Lovering misses two point layup
5:50		Jaylen Wells defensive rebound
5:28	+3	Jaylen Wells makes three point jump shot (Kymany Houinsou assists)	21-22
5:18		Gabe Madsen misses two point layup
5:16		Lawson Lovering offensive rebound
5:12	+2	Lawson Lovering makes two point layup	21-24
4:58		Kymany Houinsou misses two point jump shot
4:56		Lawson Lovering defensive rebound
4:51		Rollie Worster turnover (bad pass) (Jabe Mullins steals)
4:47	+2	Kymany Houinsou makes two point layup (Jabe Mullins assists)	23-24
4:47		Branden Carlson shooting foul (Kymany Houinsou draws the foul)
4:47		Kymany Houinsou misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:47		Gabe Madsen defensive rebound
4:33		Branden Carlson misses three point jump shot
4:31		Oscar Cluff defensive rebound
4:02		Branden Carlson blocks Isaac Jones's three point jump shot
4:00		Lawson Lovering defensive rebound
3:51		Kymany Houinsou blocks Rollie Worster's two point layup
3:49		Utes offensive rebound
3:49		TV timeout
3:45		Isaac Jones personal foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
3:42		Branden Carlson misses two point jump shot
3:40		Myles Rice defensive rebound
3:31		Isaac Jones misses two point jump shot
3:29		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
3:25		Myles Rice blocks Deivon Smith's two point layup
3:23		Jaylen Wells defensive rebound
3:16	+2	Isaac Jones makes two point dunk (Kymany Houinsou assists)	25-24
2:56	+2	Branden Carlson makes two point layup (Rollie Worster assists)	25-26
2:56		Oscar Cluff shooting foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
2:56	+1	Branden Carlson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	25-27
2:38	+2	Jaylen Wells makes two point jump shot	27-27
2:26		Deivon Smith misses two point jump shot
2:24		Kymany Houinsou defensive rebound
2:16		Myles Rice misses two point jump shot
2:14		Keba Keita defensive rebound
2:08	+2	Keba Keita makes two point dunk (Branden Carlson assists)	27-29
2:01		Cougars 30 second timeout
1:53		Jaylen Wells turnover (traveling)
1:35		Branden Carlson misses two point jump shot
1:33		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
1:23		Keba Keita personal foul (Rueben Chinyelu draws the foul)
1:23		Rueben Chinyelu misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:23		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
1:08		Branden Carlson misses two point jump shot
1:06		Rollie Worster offensive rebound
1:00		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
0:58		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
0:53		Jaylen Wells misses three point jump shot
0:51		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
0:51		Rueben Chinyelu offensive foul
0:51		Rueben Chinyelu turnover (offensive foul)
0:41	+2	Branden Carlson makes two point layup (Hunter Erickson assists)	27-31
0:14	+2	Isaac Jones makes two point layup (Kymany Houinsou assists)	29-31
0:05		Hunter Erickson turnover (lost ball)
0:00		Myles Rice misses two point layup
0:00		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WSU
Cougars
29
UTAH
Utes
49

Time		Play	Score
19:42		Myles Rice misses two point jump shot
19:40		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
19:32		Branden Carlson misses two point jump shot
19:30		Myles Rice defensive rebound
19:20		Isaac Jones misses two point jump shot
19:18		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
19:00		Branden Carlson misses two point jump shot
18:58		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
18:43		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
18:41		Isaac Jones offensive rebound
18:35	+2	Myles Rice makes two point jump shot (Isaac Jones assists)	31-31
18:11		Isaac Jones personal foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
18:05	+2	Gabe Madsen makes two point layup (Lawson Lovering assists)	31-33
17:37		Myles Rice misses two point jump shot
17:35		Kymany Houinsou offensive rebound
17:30	+2	Rueben Chinyelu makes two point layup (Kymany Houinsou assists)	33-33
17:16		Rueben Chinyelu shooting foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
17:16	+1	Branden Carlson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-34
17:16		Branden Carlson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:16		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
17:05	+2	Oscar Cluff makes two point jump shot (Kymany Houinsou assists)	35-34
16:47		Rollie Worster turnover (bad pass)
16:32		Oscar Cluff misses two point layup
16:30		Kymany Houinsou offensive rebound
16:27	+3	Kymany Houinsou makes three point jump shot (Oscar Cluff assists)	38-34
16:14		Cole Bajema misses two point layup
16:12		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
16:01	+2	Isaac Jones makes two point dunk (Andrej Jakimovski assists)	40-34
16:01		Utes 30 second timeout
16:01		TV timeout
15:39		Oscar Cluff shooting foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
15:39		TV timeout
15:39		Branden Carlson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:39		Branden Carlson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:39		Keba Keita offensive rebound
15:37		Kymany Houinsou shooting foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
15:37		Keba Keita misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:37	+1	Keba Keita makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-35
15:26		Keba Keita blocks Kymany Houinsou's two point layup
15:24		Myles Rice offensive rebound
15:14		Myles Rice misses three point jump shot
15:12		Gabe Madsen defensive rebound
15:01	+2	Gabe Madsen makes two point layup (Rollie Worster assists)	40-37
14:40		Branden Carlson blocks Isaac Jones's two point layup
14:38		Isaac Jones offensive rebound
14:37		Gabe Madsen shooting foul (Isaac Jones draws the foul)
14:37	+1	Isaac Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-37
14:37		Isaac Jones misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:37		Jaylen Wells offensive rebound
14:32		Jabe Mullins misses three point jump shot
14:30		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
14:30		Rollie Worster personal foul (Jaylen Wells draws the foul)
14:26		Gabe Madsen shooting foul (Isaac Jones draws the foul)
14:26		Isaac Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:26	+1	Isaac Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-37
14:20	+3	Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	42-40
14:00		Kymany Houinsou turnover (bad pass) (Deivon Smith steals)
13:54		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
13:52		Utes offensive rebound
13:52		Rueben Chinyelu personal foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
13:52		Cougars 30 second timeout
13:50	+3	Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	42-43
13:29		Keba Keita blocks Isaac Jones's two point layup
13:27		Isaac Jones offensive rebound
13:20		Jabe Mullins misses three point jump shot
13:18		Isaac Jones offensive rebound
13:15	+2	Isaac Jones makes two point dunk	44-43
13:10	+2	Deivon Smith makes two point layup	44-45
12:47		Jabe Mullins misses two point jump shot
12:45		Deivon Smith defensive rebound
12:23	+3	Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Branden Carlson assists)	44-48
12:03		Kymany Houinsou turnover (bad pass) (Gabe Madsen steals)
11:55		Branden Carlson misses three point jump shot
11:53		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
11:44		Rueben Chinyelu turnover (lost ball)
11:44		TV timeout
11:33		Oscar Cluff personal foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
11:31		Myles Rice shooting foul (Gabe Madsen draws the foul)
11:31	+1	Gabe Madsen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-49
11:31	+1	Gabe Madsen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-50
11:13		Jump ball. Jabe Mullins vs. Keba Keita (Keba Keita gains possession)
11:13		Jabe Mullins turnover (lost ball) (Keba Keita steals)
10:51	+3	Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	44-53
10:28		Keba Keita shooting foul (Jaylen Wells draws the foul)
10:28	+1	Jaylen Wells makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-53
10:28	+1	Jaylen Wells makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-53
10:17	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	46-55
10:17		Myles Rice shooting foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
10:17	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-56
10:02		Isaac Jones misses two point layup
10:00		Isaac Jones offensive rebound
9:56		Jaylen Wells misses three point jump shot
9:54		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
9:49	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup (Deivon Smith assists)	46-58
9:47		Cougars 30 second timeout
9:33	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Myles Rice assists)	49-58
9:10	+3	Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	49-61
8:57		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
8:55		Deivon Smith defensive rebound
8:51		Jaylen Wells shooting foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
8:51	+1	Branden Carlson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-62
8:51	+1	Branden Carlson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-63
8:34		Branden Carlson blocks Isaac Jones's two point layup
8:32		Isaac Jones offensive rebound
8:25		Jaylen Wells misses two point jump shot
8:23		Keba Keita defensive rebound
8:17		Branden Carlson misses two point layup
8:15		Myles Rice defensive rebound
8:12		Gabe Madsen shooting foul (Myles Rice draws the foul)
8:02		Branden Carlson blocks Isaac Jones's two point layup
8:00		Jaylen Wells offensive rebound
7:53		Jaylen Wells misses three point jump shot
7:51		Oscar Cluff offensive rebound
7:45		Myles Rice misses three point jump shot
7:43		Cougars offensive rebound
7:42		Rollie Worster personal foul
7:42		TV timeout
7:40		Lawson Lovering personal foul (Oscar Cluff draws the foul)
7:40	+1	Oscar Cluff makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-63
7:40	+1	Oscar Cluff makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-63
7:26		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
7:24		Kymany Houinsou defensive rebound
7:18	+2	Myles Rice makes two point layup	53-63
7:01		Deivon Smith misses two point jump shot
6:59		Oscar Cluff defensive rebound
6:53		Rollie Worster personal foul (Myles Rice draws the foul)
6:53		Myles Rice misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:53		Keba Keita defensive rebound
6:32		Jaylen Wells shooting foul (Gabe Madsen draws the foul)
6:32		Gabe Madsen misses regular free throw 1 of 3
6:32	+1	Gabe Madsen makes regular free throw 2 of 3	53-64
6:32	+1	Gabe Madsen makes regular free throw 3 of 3	53-65
6:10		Branden Carlson personal foul (Isaac Jones draws the foul)
6:10	+1	Isaac Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-65
6:10	+1	Isaac Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-65
5:54		Keba Keita misses two point jump shot
5:52		Oscar Cluff defensive rebound
5:43		Jaylen Wells misses three point jump shot
5:41		Oscar Cluff offensive rebound
5:27		Kymany Houinsou misses two point layup
5:25		Keba Keita defensive rebound
5:18		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
5:16		Utes offensive rebound
5:16		Jaylen Wells personal foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
5:16	+1	Keba Keita makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-66
5:16		Keba Keita misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:16		Cougars defensive rebound
5:09		Gabe Madsen shooting foul (Myles Rice draws the foul)
5:09	+1	Myles Rice makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-66
5:09		Myles Rice misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:09		Keba Keita defensive rebound
5:03	+3	Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Deivon Smith assists)	56-69
4:37		Oscar Cluff misses two point jump shot
4:35		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
4:14	+3	Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Deivon Smith assists)	56-72
4:00		Myles Rice turnover (lost ball) (Keba Keita steals)
3:35	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup (Branden Carlson assists)	56-74
3:24		Kymany Houinsou misses two point jump shot
3:22		Keba Keita defensive rebound
2:58	+2	Keba Keita makes two point dunk (Branden Carlson assists)	56-76
2:55		Cougars 30 second timeout
2:55		TV timeout
2:35		Myles Rice misses two point jump shot
2:33		Oscar Cluff offensive rebound
2:33		Keba Keita personal foul (Oscar Cluff draws the foul)
2:33		Oscar Cluff misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:33		Oscar Cluff misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:33		Keba Keita defensive rebound
2:09	+2	Keba Keita makes two point layup (Branden Carlson assists)	56-78
1:56		Keba Keita blocks Myles Rice's two point layup
1:54		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
1:51		Rueben Chinyelu turnover (lost ball) (Branden Carlson steals)
1:26		Branden Carlson turnover (traveling)
1:07		Jabe Mullins misses two point jump shot
1:05		Jaylen Wells offensive rebound
1:01		Isaiah Watts misses three point jump shot
0:59		Deivon Smith defensive rebound
0:51		Utes 30 second timeout
0:33		Isaiah Watts personal foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
0:33	+1	Keba Keita makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-79
0:33	+1	Keba Keita makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-80
0:22	+2	Isaiah Watts makes two point layup	58-80
0:00		End of period

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Isaiah Watts makes two point layup