Utah visits BYU following Kneepkens' 30-point outing

Utah Utes (14-5, 5-3 Big 12) at BYU Cougars (10-8, 1-6 Big 12)

Provo, Utah; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Utah visits BYU after Gianna Kneepkens scored 30 points in Utah's 79-61 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.

The Cougars are 6-3 on their home court. BYU scores 67.8 points and has outscored opponents by 2.5 points per game.

The Utes are 5-3 in conference play. Utah averages 77.4 points while outscoring opponents by 16.1 points per game.

BYU is shooting 42.8% from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points higher than the 40.9% Utah allows to opponents. Utah averages 9.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.5 more made shots on average than the 7.2 per game BYU gives up.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Delaney Gibb is shooting 40.3% from beyond the arc with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Cougars, while averaging 16.9 points, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals. Emma Calvert is shooting 55.8% and averaging 12.1 points over the past 10 games.

Ines Vieira is averaging 6.4 points, 5.2 assists and 1.7 steals for the Utes. Kneepkens is averaging 19.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cougars: 4-6, averaging 67.6 points, 32.5 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 6.2 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.8 points per game.

Utes: 7-3, averaging 72.1 points, 33.3 rebounds, 17.9 assists, 5.9 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 45.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.5 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.