Don McHenry scored 27 points with six 3-pointers as Utah beat Eastern Washington 101-77 Saturday night in a non-conference game in Salt Lake City.
Keanu Dawes matched his career high with 21 points on 9-of-9 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds, and Terrence Brown had 20 points, 11 assists and four steals for the Utes (8-4), who won for just the third time in their last seven games.
Kendyl Sanders scored 13 points and Seydou Traore added 10. Utah improved to 7-1 at home and rebounded from an 82-74 loss to Mississippi State a week earlier.
Alton Hamilton IV recorded 19 points and nine rebounds for the Eagles (2-10), who suffered their third straight loss and fell to 0-8 on the road. Kiree Huie added 17 points and nine rebounds, and Jojo Anderson scored 10 points to go along with four assists.
The Utes shot 68.4 percent from the field (39 of 57), including 11 of 21 from 3-point range, while limiting EWU to 40 percent shooting (28 of 70).
Utah shot 74.1 percent (20 of 27) in the first half in taking a 50-34 lead.
The Utes led 26-25 when Brown made a layup with 6:31 left before intermission to spark an 11-0 run. The sequence included three more fast layups and was capped by a 3-pointer from Sanders.
McHenry and Dawes made 3-pointers in the final 3:45 of the half as the Utes extended their lead to as many as 18 points.
The Eagles twice came as close as 12 points in the second half, the last on a Johnny Radford 3-pointer with 9:15 to play, but the Utes responded with an 8-0 run sparked by a McHenry 3-pointer and were not seriously threatened.
Utah extended its lead to 101-72 in the final minute.
EWU guard Andrew Cook, the team’s leading scorer last season at 15.8 points per game, remained out after injuring his ankle in October.
–Field level media
