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It's not in the gameplan for Gabe York to grab his own free-throw misses.

The rule at Arizona is that ones and twos don't chase offensive rebounds, York said.

But as a shooter, he said, he knew he'd missed his second free throw - and how he'd missed it - the moment it left his hand.

"After I saw it bounce twice, I just sort of looked at myself and thought 'Oh, I could actually go get this,'" York said.

He did, tipping in his own miss for the last of 14 lead changes in Arizona's 63-57 victory at the Huntsman Center on Saturday night.

"That's a gigantic play," said Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak.

"To miss a blockout on a free throw makes no sense. That's something we work on. … I don't understand it. It's hard to swallow."

York gave credit to the presence of Brandon Ashley, who stole the attention of Utah's defensive rebounders.

And he gave credit to head coach Sean Miller, for the motivational effect of his impending ire.

"It was late in the game and I knew I had missed the free throw so I knew coach might have been a little bit pissed-off at me," he said.

York finished 4-of-9, and just 1-for-6 from behind the arc, but finished with 12 points and two blocks, with Miller crediting him after the game for his defensive effort.

"He's really improving," Miller said. "He's playing the best basketball of his career right now."

Foul frenzy - Arizona and Utah combined for 46 fouls Saturday - the most in a conference game for the Utes this season, and second overall to the 48 whistles in the season-opener against Ball State.

Twenty-six of those were on the Utes, resulting in a season-high 37 free throws for a Utah opponent.

Given that, it's probably not surprising that Arizona didn't have a huge problem with the herky-jerky nature of the game.

"When you play a team like Utah, and they're switching it up, it's hard to find a rhythm anyway," said Arizona point guard T.J. McConnell, one of five Wildcats to attempt four or more from the charity stripe.

But for Krystkowiak, obviously, it was a problem. "That had to be a record for us, in terms of the number of times we fouled. It's hard to find your rhythm in a game like that. But it's not about officiating or anything - that's an excuse, in my mind. We just have to be better."

Board bonanza - In this paper and elsewhere, the buildup to the Pac-12's biggest game of the year centered on the boards.

As in, Utah was outrebounded 41-20 the last time these two heavyweights squared off, could they possibly hope to have the edge in that department?

In the first half, yes.

Utah outrebounded the Wildcats 20-18, including an uncharacteristic eight at the offensive end.

"It wasn't bad in the beginning," Krystkowiak said. "... The initial part of the game kind of went as planned."

But then Arizona did what it often seems to: crashing the boards with abandon to retrieve misses, a step ahead of their opponents.

The Wildcats held a 26-15 advantage in the second half, including 11 at the offensive end, offsetting their 19 misses from the field.

"They pummeled us the second half," Krystkowiak said. "... I thought they smelled a little blood and kicked our butts down there."

Bench worth a boost - Krystkowiak said after Utah's rout of Arizona State on Thursday night that he'd had a conversation with Utah's young bench players about being ready to contribute at a moment's notice.

Isaiah Wright and Brekkott Chapman certainly were Saturday.

Chapman sank two key 3-pointers in the first half to bring the Utes back into the fold, and Wright played 21 heady minutes, the true freshman slicing through the lane to set up open shots on the perimeter.