There were fleeting moments of hope in the second half, mini runs that kept the crowd involved but never quite implied that Washington might actually beat Utah on Saturday night.
To do that, the Huskies would have needed to guard somebody, anybody, and they don’t do that often. They especially don’t do that against the Utes, who again made scoring against Washington look really, really easy.
This layup line concluded with a 94-72 Utah victory, a wider margin than might have been expected when UW trimmed the deficit to eight points midway through the second half, but a fitting final considering the assault the Utes launched upon the nets at Hec Edmundson Pavilion — and the absence of any meaningful resistance by the Huskies.