Spokesman-Review
National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Utah 80, Hawaii 60
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 2, 2017
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials: # Frank Harvey, # Daryl Gelinas, # Tom O'Neill
Attendance: 13896

Donnie Tillman and David Collette each scored 16 points, leading Utah to an 80-60 win over Hawaii on Saturday at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City.

Tillman, Collette and Gabe Bealer shot a combined 16 of 26 from the floor. The rest of the Utes were 9 of 30.

Leland Green completed an 11-3 Rainbow Warriors' run to cut the Utes' lead to 63-51, but Utah pushed it back to 18 while Hawaii went more than five minutes without a field goal.

Drew Buggs scored 14 points and Mike Thomas added 12 for the Rainbow Warriors (4-2), who were 4 of 22 from beyond the arc.

Utah (6-1) made a 12-1 run to take a 59-40 lead on a 3-point play by Jayce Johnson with 11:03 remaining.

Hawaii trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half, but Buggs' 3-pointer with three seconds left narrowed the Utah's lead to 37-30 at the break.

Buggs and Samuta Avea combined to make 8 of 12 shots from the field in the opening 20 minutes. The rest of the Rainbow Warriors were 4 of 20.

Hawaii missed its first eight 3-point attempts of the game. Brandon Thomas connected with 1:24 to go to cut the Utah lead to 35-26.

Tillman, who came off the bench, scored seven points during a 15-4 Utah run that broke open an early tie.

The Utes travel to Indianapolis to face Butler on Tuesday. The Rainbow Warriors return home to take on Prairie View A&M on Wednesday.
Top Game Performances
 
Hawaii   Utah
Drew Buggs 14 Scoring David Collette 16
Drew Buggs 3 Assists Tyler Rawson 5
Michael Thomas 6 Rebounds Jayce Johnson 11
Drew Buggs 3 Free Throws Made Donnie Tillman 6
Sheriff Drammeh 2 Steals David Collette 3
Drew Buggs 1 Blocks Tyler Rawson 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Hawaii 60 36.5 4-22 10-15 9 29 2 5 10
Utah 80 44.6 8-23 22-27 17 41 4 6 13