National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Utah 75, Idaho State 59
When: 6:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials: # Daron White, # Tom Nally, # Bill Vinovich
Attendance: N/A

Pelle Larsson scored 14 points off the bench to help spearhead Utah's 75-59 victory over Idaho State on Tuesday night in Salt Lake City.

Alfonso Plummer and Branden Carlson added 13 points apiece for the Utes, who won their second game of the season. Six different Utah players scored in double figures. The Utes scored 22 points off of 19 Idaho State turnovers.

Tarik Cool scored 18 points and Robert Ford III added 10 to lead the Bengals. Idaho State remains winless through four games.

Utah cooked on offense throughout the first half. The Utes shot 59 percent from the field and had 12 assists on 17 baskets.

Idaho State took an early 6-5 lead on a 3-pointer from Brayden Parker. The Bengals struggled to keep pace with Utah after missing 11 of their first 14 shots from the field.

The Utes scored three straight baskets to spark a 17-4 run that gave Utah a 22-10 lead late in the first half. Mikael Jantunen started the run with a layup and Plummer capped it with a layup off a steal by Ian Martinez. Both Jantunen and Plummer had a pair of baskets to fuel the run.

Cool made back-to-back layups to help the Bengals trim the deficit back to single digits and another from Liam Sorensen cut Utah's lead to 24-18. That's as good as it got for Idaho State.

Utah ripped off a 17-2 run to take a 41-20 halftime lead. The Utes made their final eight shots of the half. Rylan Jones scored four of the baskets himself, draining a pair of 3-pointers and making a pair of layups.

Idaho State struggled in the turnover battle. The Bengals gave up nine turnovers before halftime and caused just one Utah turnover. The Utes scored nine points off those first-half turnovers.

Idaho State drew no closer than 12 points in the second half, whittling the deficit to 41-29 on a layup from Malik Porter. Utah answered with a 13-2 run sparked by three straight baskets from Larsson and took a 54-31 lead with 12:31 remaining.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Idaho State   Utah
Tarik Cool 18 Scoring Pelle Larsson 14
Robert Ford III 4 Assists Rylan Jones 5
Robert Ford III 10 Rebounds Riley Battin 5
Austin Smellie 4 Free Throws Made Timmy Allen 4
Tarik Cool 1 Steals Rylan Jones 5
Robert Ford III 3 Blocks Pelle Larsson 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Idaho State 59 36.8 5-22 12-14 10 36 5 5 19
Utah 75 50.9 9-18 10-14 21 22 3 10 7