SALT LAKE CITY—Caleb Stone-Carrawell scored 12 points and Tanner Toolson added 11 in a 76-62 setback to Utah on Saturday afternoon at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
 
Trailing by six points, 67-61, with 3:46 to play, Utah Valley got three straight defensive stops but would only manage one point offensively to cut it to five points, 67-62, with 2:43 to go. Utah then went on a 9-0 run over the final two minutes to secure the 76-62 win. 
 
"I thought our guys competed and battled," said Utah Valley head coach Todd Phillips. "We were right there in the last three minutes of the game and ran out of gas and gave them some easy baskets late to stretch their lead. We hung in there and hung in there. We didn't shoot it great in the second half. If we would have hit a couple of those baskets and knocked down free throws, it's a different ball game. We needed to make some foul shots we missed and make a couple of the threes we had late."
 
Utah Valley falls to 6-5 on the season with the loss while Utah improves to 8-2 overall. 
 
Stone-Carrawell scored his team-high 12 points on 4 of 14 shooting, including a 1 of 5 mark from long range. He knocked down 3 of 4 shots at the free throw line. Stone-Carrawell pulled down four rebounds with one block and a steal.
 
Toolson connected on 4 of 9 shots from the floor, including a pair of threes and a free throw for his 11 points. He tallied three rebounds with one steal.
 
Trevin Dorius was just one point shy of a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds. He also had one block and a steal.
 
Drake Allen scored nine points, while K'mani Doughty added seven. Osiris Grady came off the bench to score six points and dished out three assists in eight minutes of action. Jaden McClanahan also had six points on the day. 
 
As a team, Utah Valley shot 40% (24-60) from the field with a 25% (4-16) mark from beyond the arc. Utah connected on 50% (29-58) of its shots, including 45% (9-20) from three-point range. UVU held its ground in the paint as Utah, the tallest team in the nation, just edged the Wolverines in the key, 34-32. Utah outrebounded UVU, 40-31.
 
After taking on back-to-back Pac-12 foes on the road, Utah Valley returns home to host Conference USA foe Liberty on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at the UCCU Center. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and over the airwaves on ESPN 960 AM radio.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
Utah Valley fell behind 4-0 early and then outscored Utah 17-5 over the next five minutes to take an eight-point 17-9 lead with 13:28 remaining in the first half. Utah rallied right back with a 10-2 run to tie the game, 19-19, with 11 minutes on the clock. Stone-Carrawell then knocked down a three as UVU outscored the Utes 7-4 over the next four minutes to give the Wolverines a 26-23 lead with seven minutes to go. Utah rallied right back with another 13-2 run over the next four minutes to take a 36-28 lead with 3:25 remaining. The Wolverines then scored four of the final six points to cut the Utah lead to just six points, 38-32, at the half. 
 
Second Half
 The two teams played evenly through the first five minutes of the second half as Utah held on to its six-point, 47-41. The Runnin' Utes then went on a 7-0 run over the next 1:27 to jump out to its biggest lead of the game, 54-41, with 13:53 to play. The Wolverines countered with an 11-5 run capped off by an Osiris Grady and-one to cut the Utah lead to seven points, 59-52, with nine minutes remaining. Utah extended its lead to 12 points, 64-52, with 7:50 to play but a 9-3 UVU run over a four-minute span cut the Utes' lead to just six points, 67-61 with 3:46 to play. The Wolverines then got three straight defensive stops on the defensive end but could only manage one free throw offensively as UVU cut the Utah lead to five points, 67-62, with 2:43 to go. Utah then outscored Utah Valley 9-0 over the final 2:43 to secure the 76-62 win over the Wolverines.