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Utah tops Abilene Christian 70-56 to give Smith 1st win

AP
Nov 09, 2021

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) David Jenkins Jr. scored 15 points, Branden Carlson added 14 and Utah gave new coach Craig Smith a 70-56 win over Abilene Christian in his first game with the Utes on Tuesday night.

Smith moved from Utah State after Larry Krystkowiak was fired.

Only six players scored for Utah, five starters and Dusan Mahorcic, who had 11 points off the bench.

Immanuel Allen had 13 points for Abilene Christian.

Twice in the first half Utah built a double figure lead but the Wildcats kept battling back and trailed 34-27 at the half.

The lead got down to two early in the second half but Carlson hit a 3 pointer. After an Abilene Christian bucket Marco Anthony hit a jumper and Jenkins followed with a four-point play. That ignited a 19-4 run that got the lead to 18.

Riley Battin had 10 rebounds to go with his eight points to help Utah dominate the boards 55-29.

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1st Half
ABIL
Wildcats
27
UTAH
Utes
34

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Cameron Steele vs. Branden Carlson (Reggie Miller gains possession)
19:51		Cameron Steele misses three point jump shot
19:49		David Jenkins Jr. defensive rebound
19:33		Cameron Steele personal foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
19:26		Riley Battin misses three point jump shot
19:24		Airion Simmons defensive rebound
19:01		Airion Simmons misses two point layup
18:59		Airion Simmons offensive rebound
18:59		Branden Carlson blocks Airion Simmons's two point layup
18:57		Utes defensive rebound
18:55		Airion Simmons personal foul
18:39		Branden Carlson offensive foul
18:39		Branden Carlson turnover
18:39		Damien Daniels misses three point jump shot
18:37		Airion Simmons offensive rebound
18:17	+2	Reggie Miller makes two point layup	2-0
18:03		Airion Simmons blocks Riley Battin's two point layup
18:01		Reggie Miller defensive rebound
17:32		Airion Simmons turnover (Rollie Worster steals)
17:32	+3	David Jenkins Jr. makes three point jump shot (Riley Battin assists)	2-3
17:12		Airion Simmons misses three point jump shot
17:10		David Jenkins Jr. defensive rebound
16:43		David Jenkins Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:41		Branden Carlson offensive rebound
16:28	+2	Branden Carlson makes two point layup	2-5
16:14	+2	Damien Daniels makes two point jump shot	4-5
16:00	+2	Marco Anthony makes two point jump shot	4-7
15:42		Makhi Morris misses two point jump shot
15:40		Riley Battin defensive rebound
15:11		Marco Anthony misses two point jump shot
15:09		Riley Battin offensive rebound
14:49	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point layup	4-9
14:41	+3	Reggie Miller makes three point jump shot (Cameron Steele assists)	7-9
14:39		Branden Carlson misses three point jump shot
14:37		Riley Battin offensive rebound
14:35		Makhi Morris personal foul (Utes draws the foul)
14:34		TV timeout
14:32	+2	David Jenkins Jr. makes two point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	7-11
14:08		Coryon Mason misses three point jump shot
14:06		David Jenkins Jr. defensive rebound
13:56		David Jenkins Jr. offensive foul (Tobias Cameron draws the foul)
13:56		David Jenkins Jr. turnover
13:35		Wildcats turnover (shot clock violation)
13:14		Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu personal foul (Dusan Mahorcic draws the foul)
12:57		Marco Anthony turnover (lost ball) (Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu steals)
12:44		Tobias Cameron misses three point jump shot
12:42		Marco Anthony defensive rebound
12:31		Tobias Cameron shooting foul (Dusan Mahorcic draws the foul)
12:31		Dusan Mahorcic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:31	+1	Dusan Mahorcic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	7-12
12:31	+1	Dusan Mahorcic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	7-12
12:20		Damien Daniels turnover (lost ball) (Riley Battin steals)
12:06		Lazar Stefanovic misses three point jump shot
12:04		Riley Battin offensive rebound
11:45	+2	Riley Battin makes two point layup	7-14
11:26		Makhi Morris misses two point jump shot
11:24		Lazar Stefanovic defensive rebound
11:22		Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot
11:20		Damien Daniels defensive rebound
11:20		Airion Simmons misses three point jump shot
11:20		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
11:20		TV timeout
11:19		Lazar Stefanovic turnover (bad pass) (Airion Simmons steals)
11:17		Bostyn Holt blocks Damien Daniels's two point layup
11:15		Airion Simmons offensive rebound
10:44	+2	Airion Simmons makes two point layup	9-14
10:34		Branden Carlson misses two point jump shot
10:32		Airion Simmons defensive rebound
10:30		Makhi Morris turnover
10:30	+3	Rollie Worster makes three point jump shot (Riley Battin assists)	9-17
10:17		Cameron Steele misses two point layup
10:15		Riley Battin defensive rebound
10:04		Marco Anthony turnover (lost ball)
9:34		Damien Daniels misses two point jump shot
9:32		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
9:14		Coryon Mason personal foul
9:14		Branden Carlson offensive foul (Wildcats draws the foul)
9:14		Branden Carlson turnover
8:52	+2	Immanuel Allen makes two point layup (Coryon Mason assists)	11-17
8:39		Rollie Worster misses three point jump shot
8:37		Marco Anthony offensive rebound
8:24		Marco Anthony misses two point layup
8:22		Reggie Miller defensive rebound
8:09		Immanuel Allen misses two point layup
8:07		Dusan Mahorcic defensive rebound
7:54	+3	David Jenkins Jr. makes three point jump shot (Marco Anthony assists)	11-20
7:48		Damien Daniels misses three point jump shot
7:46		Marco Anthony defensive rebound
7:45		Riley Battin offensive foul (Wildcats draws the foul)
7:45		Riley Battin turnover
7:42		TV timeout
7:27		Cameron Steele turnover (lost ball) (Dusan Mahorcic steals)
7:14	+3	Rollie Worster makes three point jump shot (Elias Ballstaedt assists)	11-23
6:42	+3	Cameron Steele makes three point jump shot (Tobias Cameron assists)	14-23
6:29		Elias Ballstaedt misses three point jump shot
6:27		Damien Daniels defensive rebound
6:03	+3	Immanuel Allen makes three point jump shot (Cameron Steele assists)	17-23
5:43		Elias Ballstaedt offensive foul (Wildcats draws the foul)
5:43		Elias Ballstaedt turnover
5:35		Lahat Thioune personal foul
5:12		Coryon Mason misses two point jump shot
5:10		Marco Anthony defensive rebound
5:07		Airion Simmons personal foul (Marco Anthony draws the foul)
5:07		Riley Battin misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:07		Marco Anthony offensive rebound
4:56		Lahat Thioune turnover (traveling)
4:43	+2	Makhi Morris makes two point layup (Reggie Miller assists)	19-23
4:18	+2	Riley Battin makes two point jump shot	19-25
4:00		Reggie Miller misses three point jump shot
3:58		Wildcats offensive rebound
3:58		Lahat Thioune personal foul (Wildcats draws the foul)
3:58		TV timeout
3:58		Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:58		Dusan Mahorcic defensive rebound
3:58	+3	David Jenkins Jr. makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	19-28
3:48		Makhi Morris misses three point jump shot
3:46		Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu offensive rebound
3:38		Makhi Morris misses three point jump shot
3:36		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
3:17		Marco Anthony misses two point jump shot
3:15		Dusan Mahorcic offensive rebound
3:07	+2	Dusan Mahorcic makes two point layup	19-30
3:03		Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu shooting foul (Dusan Mahorcic draws the foul)
3:03		Dusan Mahorcic misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:03		Marco Anthony offensive rebound
2:55		Marco Anthony turnover (lost ball) (Reggie Miller steals)
2:43		Cameron Steele misses three point jump shot
2:41		Dusan Mahorcic defensive rebound
2:40		Immanuel Allen personal foul (Dusan Mahorcic draws the foul)
2:39	+1	Dusan Mahorcic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	19-31
2:39	+1	Dusan Mahorcic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-32
2:39	+2	Coryon Mason makes two point driving layup	21-32
2:39		Marco Anthony shooting foul (Coryon Mason draws the foul)
2:25		Coryon Mason misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:25		Dusan Mahorcic defensive rebound
2:23		Riley Battin turnover (lost ball) (Makhi Morris steals)
2:07	+2	Makhi Morris makes two point driving layup	23-32
1:44		Makhi Morris personal foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
1:44		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:43		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:43		Rollie Worster misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:43		Logan McLaughlin defensive rebound
1:43	+2	Coryon Mason makes two point turnaround jump shot	25-32
1:37		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
1:35		Marco Anthony offensive rebound
1:21		Cameron Steele blocks Marco Anthony's two point layup
1:19		Logan McLaughlin defensive rebound
0:51		Coryon Mason misses two point layup
0:49		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
0:39		David Jenkins Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:37		Cameron Steele defensive rebound
0:25		Damien Daniels turnover (bad pass)
0:25		Damien Daniels turnover (bad pass)
0:21		Reggie Miller personal foul (Rollie Worster draws the foul)
0:15	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 1	25-33
0:15	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 1 of 1	25-33
0:15	+1	Rollie Worster makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-34
0:06	+2	Damien Daniels makes two point driving layup	27-34
0:01		Rollie Worster misses three point jump shot
0:00		Wildcats defensive rebound

2nd Half
ABIL
Wildcats
29
UTAH
Utes
36

Time		Play	Score
19:52		Riley Battin misses three point jump shot
19:50		Reggie Miller defensive rebound
19:30	+2	Airion Simmons makes two point layup (Makhi Morris assists)	29-34
19:19		David Jenkins Jr. misses three point jump shot
19:17		Riley Battin offensive rebound
18:24	+2	Branden Carlson makes two point layup	29-36
18:11		Rollie Worster blocks Damien Daniels's two point jump shot
18:09		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
18:09		Branden Carlson turnover (bad pass) (Damien Daniels steals)
18:08		Makhi Morris turnover
18:08		David Jenkins Jr. misses two point jump shot
18:08		Riley Battin offensive rebound
18:08		Cameron Steele blocks Riley Battin's two point layup
18:06		Utes offensive rebound
18:01		Immanuel Allen blocks Riley Battin's two point layup
17:59		Reggie Miller defensive rebound
17:36		Reggie Miller misses two point layup
17:34		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
17:20		Cameron Steele personal foul (Utes draws the foul)
17:18		Branden Carlson turnover (traveling)
17:04	+2	Makhi Morris makes two point jump shot (Coryon Mason assists)	31-36
17:02		Rollie Worster misses two point jump shot
17:00		Cameron Steele defensive rebound
17:00	+3	Immanuel Allen makes three point jump shot (Coryon Mason assists)	34-36
16:48	+3	Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	34-39
16:48	+2	Damien Daniels makes two point jump shot	36-39
16:35		Riley Battin turnover (lost ball) (Coryon Mason steals)
16:11		Airion Simmons misses three point jump shot
16:09		David Jenkins Jr. defensive rebound
15:55	+2	Marco Anthony makes two point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	36-41
15:43		Coryon Mason turnover (lost ball) (Marco Anthony steals)
15:29	+3	David Jenkins Jr. makes three point jump shot (Branden Carlson assists)	36-44
15:06		Coryon Mason shooting foul (David Jenkins Jr. draws the foul)
15:06		TV timeout
15:06	+1	David Jenkins Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-45
14:49		Makhi Morris misses three point jump shot
14:47		Makhi Morris offensive rebound
14:34		Damien Daniels misses two point jump shot
14:32		David Jenkins Jr. defensive rebound
14:31		Branden Carlson misses three point jump shot
14:29		Airion Simmons defensive rebound
14:26		Lazar Stefanovic personal foul (Wildcats draws the foul)
14:22		Coryon Mason offensive foul (Utes draws the foul)
14:22		Coryon Mason turnover
14:10		David Jenkins Jr. offensive foul
14:10		David Jenkins Jr. turnover
13:43		Airion Simmons misses three point jump shot
13:41		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
13:25		Airion Simmons blocks Marco Anthony's two point layup
13:23		Airion Simmons defensive rebound
13:09	+2	Tobias Cameron makes two point jump shot (Damien Daniels assists)	38-45
13:03		Yuot Gai personal foul (Utes draws the foul)
13:00		Lazar Stefanovic turnover (lost ball) (Cameron Steele steals)
12:34		Damien Daniels misses two point layup
12:32		Lazar Stefanovic defensive rebound
12:30		Dusan Mahorcic misses two point layup
12:28		Cameron Steele defensive rebound
12:18		Dusan Mahorcic personal foul (Wildcats draws the foul)
12:16		Tobias Cameron misses three point jump shot
12:14		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
11:54		Reggie Miller personal foul (Utes draws the foul)
11:49		TV timeout
11:33		Lazar Stefanovic misses three point jump shot
11:31		Utes offensive rebound
11:20	+2	Dusan Mahorcic makes two point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	38-47
11:18		Gabe Madsen personal foul (Wildcats draws the foul)
10:58		Wildcats turnover (shot clock violation)
10:41		Lazar Stefanovic misses two point jump shot
10:39		Cameron Steele defensive rebound
10:21		Riley Battin personal foul (Coryon Mason draws the foul)
10:14		Coryon Mason misses three point jump shot
10:12		Riley Battin defensive rebound
9:57		David Jenkins Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:55		Reggie Miller defensive rebound
9:52		David Jenkins Jr. shooting foul (Immanuel Allen draws the foul)
9:45		Immanuel Allen misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:36		Airion Simmons personal foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
9:45	+1	Immanuel Allen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-47
9:36		Airion Simmons personal foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
9:33	+2	Branden Carlson makes two point layup	39-49
9:25		Damien Daniels misses two point jump shot
9:23		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
9:13	+2	Rollie Worster makes two point driving layup	39-51
8:56		Airion Simmons misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:56		Rollie Worster personal foul (Airion Simmons draws the foul)
8:56		Airion Simmons misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:56		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
8:55		Rollie Worster turnover (bad pass) (Airion Simmons steals)
8:32		Branden Carlson personal foul (Airion Simmons draws the foul)
8:22	+1	Airion Simmons makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-51
8:09		Airion Simmons misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:09		Branden Carlson defensive rebound
8:09		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
8:07		Rollie Worster offensive rebound
7:58		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
7:56		Marco Anthony offensive rebound
7:56		Reggie Miller shooting foul (Marco Anthony draws the foul)
7:56	+1	Marco Anthony makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-52
7:56	+1	Marco Anthony makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-53
7:56		Immanuel Allen misses two point layup
7:54		David Jenkins Jr. defensive rebound
7:54		Riley Battin misses two point layup
7:52		Utes offensive rebound
7:47		TV timeout
7:36		Riley Battin misses two point jump shot
7:34		Dusan Mahorcic offensive rebound
7:13	+2	Dusan Mahorcic makes two point layup	40-55
7:13		Immanuel Allen shooting foul (Marco Anthony draws the foul)
7:13		Dusan Mahorcic misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:13		Makhi Morris defensive rebound
7:12		Damien Daniels turnover (bad pass) (Marco Anthony steals)
7:12		Makhi Morris personal foul (Dusan Mahorcic draws the foul)
7:12	+1	Dusan Mahorcic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	40-56
7:12	+1	Dusan Mahorcic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-57
7:08		Stevie Smith turnover (traveling)
6:48		Airion Simmons misses two point layup
6:47		David Jenkins Jr. misses three point jump shot
6:47		Marco Anthony defensive rebound
6:45		Stevie Smith defensive rebound
6:18		Cameron Steele shooting foul (Marco Anthony draws the foul)
6:18	+1	Marco Anthony makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-58
6:18		Marco Anthony misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:18		Riley Battin offensive rebound
6:15		Marco Anthony misses two point jump shot
6:13		Dusan Mahorcic offensive rebound
5:42		Dusan Mahorcic turnover (Stevie Smith steals)
5:42	+2	Stevie Smith makes two point layup	42-58
5:20	+2	Marco Anthony makes two point dunk (Dusan Mahorcic assists)	42-60
5:00		Riley Battin personal foul (Damien Daniels draws the foul)
5:00	+1	Damien Daniels makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-60
5:00	+1	Damien Daniels makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-60
4:58		Cameron Steele blocks Branden Carlson's two point layup
4:56		Branden Carlson offensive rebound
4:44	+2	Branden Carlson makes two point layup	44-62
4:44		Stevie Smith shooting foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
4:44	+1	Branden Carlson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	44-63
4:43		Riley Battin shooting foul (Coryon Mason draws the foul)
4:42		Coryon Mason misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:42		Cameron Steele shooting foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
4:42	+1	Coryon Mason makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-63
4:42		Cameron Steele shooting foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul)
4:42	+1	Branden Carlson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-64
4:42	+1	Branden Carlson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-65
4:42	+2	Immanuel Allen makes two point layup	47-65
4:38		David Jenkins Jr. offensive foul (Wildcats draws the foul)
4:38		David Jenkins Jr. turnover
4:36	+2	Makhi Morris makes two point layup (Immanuel Allen assists)	49-65
4:24		Rollie Worster misses three point jump shot
4:22		Branden Carlson offensive rebound
4:09		Branden Carlson turnover (bad pass)
3:58		TV timeout
3:48		Branden Carlson personal foul (Wildcats draws the foul)
3:37	+1	Makhi Morris makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-65
3:26		Makhi Morris misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:26		Rollie Worster defensive rebound
3:23		Immanuel Allen shooting foul (Marco Anthony draws the foul)
3:23		Marco Anthony misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:20		Branden Carlson shooting foul (Cameron Steele draws the foul)
3:23	+1	Marco Anthony makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-66
3:20		Branden Carlson shooting foul (Cameron Steele draws the foul)
3:01		Cameron Steele misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:54		Dusan Mahorcic defensive rebound
2:54		Cameron Steele misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:54		Dusan Mahorcic defensive rebound
2:34		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
2:32		Riley Battin offensive rebound
2:15	+2	Riley Battin makes two point layup	50-68
1:34		Immanuel Allen offensive rebound
1:36		Ja'Sean Jackson misses two point jump shot
1:34		Immanuel Allen offensive rebound
1:34		Dusan Mahorcic shooting foul (Immanuel Allen draws the foul)
1:34	+1	Immanuel Allen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-68
1:34	+1	Immanuel Allen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-68
1:09	+2	Riley Battin makes two point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists)	52-70
0:49	+2	Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu makes two point layup (Stevie Smith assists)	54-70
0:30		Rollie Worster misses two point layup
0:28		Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu defensive rebound
0:18		Stevie Smith misses three point jump shot
0:16		Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu offensive rebound
0:01	+2	Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu makes two point layup	56-70

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Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu makes two point layup