The Utah Jazz saw their four-game winning streak snapped by a Miami Heat team that came to town with a lousy 6-12 record, but was able to hold off Utah's fourth-quarter comeback bid and come away with a 111-110 victory at Vivint Arena on Thursday.
Jessie Openshaw is excited the Utes will be playing in the first round of the NCAA tournament against UNLV, but more excited to be playing in her hometown of Provo even though the Timpview High alum chose Utah over BYU in 2013.
The 10th-ranked Cougars polished off the regular season in prime form, coming from behind to get by Loyola Marymount to clinch a West Coast Conference championship in the process.
The quality of the Cougars' schedules have come a long way since they went independent in 2011, and it looks like they will improve over the next six seasons.
