Utah (13-15, 6-8 MWC) defeated TCU (10-19, 1-13 MWC) tonight in Salt Lake City by a score of 50-48. The Runnin' Utes sealed the victory when David Foster blocked a Hank Thorns shot with under five seconds to go and the Utes up just one point. Will Clyburn had made 1 of 2 free throws to give Utah the lead with under 10 seconds to go.
Utah was able to avoid a devastating loss and picked up its third straight win. It was a defensive struggle throughout and TCU did look to be playing hard despite being in the midst of a lengthy losing streak. Well, it's just a relief that the Utes were able to pull this one out. A win is a win. Utah still could realistically end up with as high as the fifth seed in the MWC Tournament if the Utes win out. We'll just have to see how everything shakes out. Hopefully the Utes can put it together and play well a week from Wednesday at Colorado State (18-8, 8-4 MWC) and at home against UNLV (20-7, 8-5 MWC) three days later. Neither game will be easy but I think Utah can play with both of those teams if they really bring it.
Foster also broke the all-time Utah blocks record tonight in the first half. It's really nice to have a guy who is such a defensive presence in the lineup. It's crazy, he's only a junior. Major props to Foster. And that block at the end of the game was obviously huge, too.
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