Utah entered the Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament with the program’s highest-ever seed, but that didn’t do the Utes much good Thursday night.
No. 11-seeded Washington built an 18-point lead in the third quarter on the way to a 64-54 upset of the No. 6 Utes in a first-round game at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The Utes (20-10), down to seven active players because of injuries and other factors, will have to decide whether they want to continue their season in the WNIT for a fourth straight year under coach Lynne Roberts. Regardless, they will have to live with the program's fifth consecutive defeat in the first round of the conference tournament.