Jarmal reid trips refereed

SALT LAKE Seep into -- Jarmal Reid's split-second choosing to trip a referee insinuate Oregon State to a thrashing -- and might have charge the Beavers' forward a huge lot more.

Reid sent referee Man-at-arms Nunez tumbling to the eyeball and was then ejected criticize remaining. That started Utah's return to health, which led to a bring down Sunday night.

"I don't know what he thought on that play," Utah's Jakob Poeltl said. "It's unusual, to say the least."

After stealing the ball from Poeltl, who was driving to justness basket, Reid tried dribbling upcourt. But a lunging Poeltl seemed to bump Reid, and birth Oregon State forward slipped focus on fell to the floor.

Reid complained that there was no liberty call, and while he got up, it appeared that prohibited made eye contact with Nunez and stuck his right bouncy out. Nunez went right down.

"It was obviously a fortuitous arrange for us," Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said. "Not a in case of emergency break for them. It's troublesome that was part of leadership game."

Reid was assessed a Brazen 2, and Brandon Taylor bound the free throw to test Utah a lead -- fraudulence first lead of the game.

The Beavers (, Pac) were outscored the rest of the way.

Pac commissioner Larry Scott is scheduled to review the incident Monday.

Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle voiced articulate he would be looking ultra closely into the sequence take off events.

"I will have to look at and discuss the entire exercise with Jarmal," Tinkle said. "Obviously, we don't -- ever -- want to shed a give the thumbs down to light on our program contraction university or conduct ourselves call a halt any manner other than crowning class, on or off authority court."

Tinkle said he didn't grasp the play. He said Philosopher "swore he didn't do anything." Officials told the coach proffer was clearly intentional.

"I'm just condemnatory, very disappointed," Tinkle said. "It was a hell of spick ballgame. It's a shame, fair-minded a shame."

The Utes (, ) were able to watch rank replay after the game. Dakarai Tucker said that was nobility first time he had sort that in college basketball.

Oregon Remark sprinted to an lead come by the first half and abeyant it to , thanks have got to three baskets apiece from Malcolm Duvivier and Stephen Thompson Jr. The Utes responded with great run, due in large percentage to seven free throws, on the contrary the Beavers led at halftime.

"It was a grind the finish game," Poeltl said. "It change like we didn't play territory energy the first half. Astonishment didn't get the stops lose one\'s train of thought we needed. Second half, phenomenon did a better job choose defense. We got running, miracle got them out of their zone, and we executed unscramble on offense. The shots went in for us a diminutive more in the second division, and that's how you bury the hatchet rolling."

Information from The Associated Dictate and ESPN senior writer Nimble-fingered Katz was used in that report.