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By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Saturday, February 13, 2021
With Spencer Jones leading the charge, Stanford bounced back from Thursday’s loss and defeated Utah 73-66 Saturday in Pac-12 men’s basketball at Maples Pavilion.
Jones sank a career-high five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points. He made two of his 3s in the final 5:02 as the Cardinal (13-8 overall, 9-6 Pac-12) held off a late Utes charge.
Jones was 6 of 11 overall from the field, 5 of 9 behind the arc.
Oscar da Silva scored 13 points on 6 of 9 shooting for the Cardinal, and Michael O’Connell and Jaiden Delaire added 11 points each for Stanford, as the Cardinal finished the game hitting 54 percent of its field goals.
Utah (9-8, 6-7) cut the Cardinal lead to five in the final minute after trailing by double digits most of the second half.
Alfonso Plummer scored eight of his 14 points in the opening minutes of the first half, sparking the Utes to a 12-2 lead. But Stanford outscored the Utes 30-8 over the rest of the first half, using runs of seven and 11 straight points.
The Cardinal held a 34-22 halftime lead.
Timmy Allen led the Utes with 18 points, and Branden Carlson added 12 points and 11 rebounds. Allen scored 14 of his points in the second half.
Stanford travels to Washington on Thursday, and to Washington State next Saturday.