Jazz fall to Heat 115-109 as Utah and BYU men's basketball stay unbeaten

Heat 115, Jazz 109 (NBA)

The Miami Heat beat the Utah Jazz 115-109 on Tuesday at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, handing Utah its ninth straight loss. The Jazz fell to 1-10, and Miami improved to 5-6. ^[1][2][3]

Rookie Darryn Peterson and second-year forward Ace Bailey led Utah. Peterson scored 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting with four 3-pointers, and Bailey had 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting with 7 rebounds. Isaiah Collier added 17 points. ^[1][3][4]

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points with 11 rebounds for Miami while playing with a sprained right wrist, and he passed Gary Payton for 39th on the NBA's career scoring list. Davion Mitchell added 19 points and 8 assists. ^[1][2][3]

Miami led by as many as 23 and was ahead 92-72 after three quarters. Collier made four straight 3-pointers in the fourth as Utah outscored the Heat 37-23 in the period, and the Jazz got within 112-107 in the final minute. Utah committed 18 turnovers to Miami's 8. ^[1][2][3][4]

Utah played without Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic. The Jazz host the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. ^[2][3]

BYU 98, Queens 82 (men's basketball)

No. 23 BYU made 17 3-pointers and beat Queens 98-82 on Tuesday at the Marriott Center in Provo to improve to 3-0. Queens fell to 2-2. ^[5][6][7]

Robert Wright III led BYU with 21 points and 6 assists. Bruce Branch III added 15 points and 6 rebounds, Jaxon Kohler and Nate Pickens scored 15 each, and Collin Chandler had 12 points and 4 steals. ^[5][6][7]

BYU made 12 3-pointers in the first half and led 54-42 at the break. Queens used an 18-2 run that spanned halftime to cut a 22-point deficit to six before BYU pulled away, outscoring the Royals 36-24 in the paint. ^[5][6]

Caleb Jones and Rickey Ballard scored 18 each for Queens. BYU hosts Montana State on Thursday. ^[5][6]

Utah 85, Weber State 64 (men's basketball)

Utah came back from a 37-30 halftime deficit to beat Weber State 85-64 on Tuesday at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City and improve to 3-0. Weber State fell to 0-3. ^{[8][9][10][11]}

Alec Anigbata scored 21 points, 16 of them after halftime, on 6-of-9 shooting with three 3-pointers. Jackson Holcombe had 18 points, 15 of them in the first half, Trey Campbell had 13 points and 10 assists, and Taison Chatman scored 10 off the bench. ^[8][9][11]

Weber State's last lead was 50-48 with 12:16 left before the Utes pulled away. Utah made 20 of 28 shots in the second half and outscored the Wildcats 55-27 after the break. ^[8][9][11]

Dylan Warlick led Weber State with 22 points on 10-of-15 shooting, and Augustine Ekwe added 16 points and 7 rebounds. Utah hosts Washington on Saturday. ^[8][9]