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Larry Krystkowiak's timeout speech eight minutes into Saturday's game left a mark — one that required a Band-Aid.

Utah's basketball coach didn't say much when his team traile 18-10 early against Washington. He took out his frustration on his greaseboard, snapping it in half.

"He didn't say much: He just broke it and stared at us," freshman Devon Daniels said. "We needed to get it together. It worked."

Utah (17-8, 8-5) proceeded to get its act together, going on a 20-0 run to go from under durress to in control in an eventual 85-61 win over the injury-depleted Huskies. All five Ute starters scored in double figures, led by 16 points from both freshman Devon Daniels and sophomore Parker Van Dyke.

It was Utah's largest margin of victory since the last time they played Washington, and Krystkowiak hoped it will be a steppingstone ahead of a critical matchup in Eugene, Ore., next week. While Utah shot over 55 percent with 21 assists on 34 baskets, turnovers, iffy transition defense and another slow start leftKrystkowiak feeling a little unsatisfied.

"I appreciate all the people coming out and watching us, but the product's not exactly sharp right now," he said. "We got things going and made enough plays, but we've got issues we need to solve. They're solvable, though."

Krystkowiak took the biggest issue with 15 turnovers, five of which came in the first eight minutes against Washington — playing without the Pac-12's leading scorer Markelle Fultz and its top shotblocker Malik Dime.

In the span of 40 seconds, the Huskies scored three straight baskets: off a block, off a turnover and off another turnover and offensive rebound.

Timeout Utah.

"That was probably the most intense he'd been all year, but I think it was needed," Van Dyke said. "We needed to play smarter, we needed to play harder. We were just being outplayed in every aspect of the game."

Suddenly, the team was awake.

In the next seven-and-a-half minutes, Washington didn't score. It didn't hit a field goal between the 12:47 and 3:06 marks, missing nine shots with seven turnovers

In the same span, Utah rediscovered the 3-point shooting that had been absent on Thursday night against Washington State, making four shots from beyond the arc. The long-range attack was supplemented by the post game of David Collette (14 points) who, despite a first-half technical foul, established himself after missing the first meeting between the teams this season.

By halftime, Utah was up 44-28. Although the Huskies went on a 6-0 run to start the second half, the Utes absorbed the blow and went on their own 6-0 run. The game never got within single digits during the second half.

Utah was particularly proud of its defense. While David Crisp scored 31 points on 13 baskets, the rest of his team was only 12 for 35 from the field.

"We're active with our hands — we've gotten a lot of deflections the past couple games," Van Dyke said. "We were trying to make them play away from their strengths."

Utah found a few offensive strengths that was missing the past few weeks, notably offense from its guards and the 21 assists. The team also had eight steals. Junior Kyle Kuzma notched another double-double (13 points, 10 rebounds) while Lorenzo Bonam put in 11 points. Utah was 11 for 23 from the perimeter two days after going 2 for 15.

Krystkowiak said the team could take an extra day off ahead of their final five games of the regular season. The next one, against No. 5 Oregon, has arguably the biggest ramifications.

"You know you've got to be dialed in," Krystkowiak said. "Oregon is an unbelievable team. That's where our focus is to start."

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