Terrence Brown scored 36 points and Don McHenry added 26 to rally Utah to a 92-89 overtime victory over Weber State on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.
Keanu Dawes added 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Utes (2-0) who narrowly avoided losing at home to the Wildcats for the first time since 2000. Utah scored 16 points off 15 turnovers.
Jace Whiting led Weber State with 15 points. Malek Gomma and Trevor Henning added 14 points apiece. The Wildcats (1-1) outscored Utah 52-42 in the paint and finished with an 18-9 advantage in fastbreak points.
Utah rallied from a second-half double-digit deficit and forced overtime on McHenry’s corner three with 3.5 seconds left in regulation for 84-84.
The Utes never trailed in overtime after Brown hit a pair of free throws and made a layup to put them in front 88-84.
Henning made back-to-back baskets to ignite a 17-2 run that gave Weber State an early double-digit lead over Utah. Henning’s third basket, a layup, punctuated the run and put the Wildcats up 26-15.
McHenry powered a Utah rally to erase the deficit. He scored three baskets and made a pair of free throws to level it at 39-39.
Weber State kept Utah from going in front before halftime. The Wildcats scored four baskets over the final two minutes of the first half and pushed their lead to 54-47 early in the second half on back-to-back baskets from Gomma.
Utah cut the deficit to one, 55-54, on three straight layups and a free throw from Brown. Then the Utes went cold, making a single field goal over an eight-minute stretch. Utah missed 12 of 13 shots, opening the door for Weber State to rebuild a double-digit lead.
The Wildcats went up 72-62 with 8:11 remaining in the second half when Tijan Saine Jr. hit a 3-pointer.
