West Virginia women’s basketball couldn’t come out of Utah scot-free, and the No. 22 Mountaineers were upset by Utah Tuesday night.

The Utes pulled off the upset with a barrage of 3-pointers, making 10, and beat WVU 71-64, handing the Mountaineers their first road loss, ending a winning streak in the process.

WVU falls to 17-5 and 7-3 in the Big 12. Utah picked up its second ranked win on the season and moved to 15-6 overall, 6-3 in conference.

“We knew they would come in disappointed after their last game, wanted to make sure we kind of matched that intensity,” head coach Mark Kellogg said. “We did not. We were working through it the entire night. Never found much of a groove.”

Utah’s 3-point assault started to heat up in the second quarter, putting the Mountaineers on their heels early. Utah guard LA Sneed hit two 3-pointers, starting a 5-2 run. Guard Lani White added a 3-pointer of her own. The Utes, who didn’t shoot well in their last game, made six 3-pointers in the first half.

The 3-point momentum carried into the third quarter. White hit two 3-pointers to start the quarter, which added to six points from other Utes in the paint, giving Utah an 18-point lead midway through the third quarter.

Sneed led with 15 points, with three deep buckets. Utah’s season-leading scorer, White, had 14 points and made two 3-pointers. Maty Wilke also had three 3-pointers. The Utes shot 55.6% from deep.

“We were giving that group open threes, which was a terrible idea,” Kellogg said.

The Mountaineers didn’t quit, though. After being down 18, Jordan Harrison put on the superhero cape and scored 10 of WVU’s 12 points, bringing single digits in the third. But, after a couple of Utah buckets, the Utes still led 55-42 at the start of the fourth.

Harrison kept trying into the fourth quarter. She helped out on the defensive end and went coast to coast for an and-1. Just like that, WVU was in striking distance, 55-49. Even with Harrison’s heroics, Utah kept answering, mostly with 3-pointers.

“Just took us too long to find any offensive rhythm,” Kellogg said.

Harrison led the team with 18 points, seven steals, seven rebounds and eight assists. Guard Gia Cooke had 11 points, while guard Syndey Shaw and forward Kierra Wheeler combined for 15 points.

Harrison’s performance wasn’t enough to carry the squad to another comeback win. WVU has had a couple of comeback wins this season, recently against BYU, but couldn’t find the fortune Tuesday night.

It was a matter of trading 3-pointers with 2s, and WVU couldn’t keep up from deep. The Mountaineers only made two 3-pointers, which was the second lowest this season. WVU made just one in the loss to TCU.

It wasn’t like WVU’s defense wasn’t trying either. Utah was just hot from any range. The Mountaineers turned over Utah 21 times, while only coughing up the ball 15 times, and outrebounded Utah 33-29. The Utes just shot 54% from the floor.

“They did exactly what I thought they’d do to us,” Kellogg said. “They took away our post players. We turned it over like six times there. Our guards didn’t help… It wasn’t a complete shock to us. They just played harder. That’s what they did.”

With just a couple of seconds on the clock, WVU needed a 3-pointer or two, and just couldn’t hit. Wheeler tried a 3-pointer, but it was too strong, bouncing out. Shaw did hit a late 3-pointer with 21 seconds left, but it wasn’t enough to complete the comeback.

The Mountaineers have a couple of days to regroup, but it won’t be much of a break. No. 14 Baylor comes to Morgantown on Feb. 1, which will still be a top 25 matchup, since the rankings don’t come out until the day after.

“Back to the drawing board for us,” Kellogg said. “Give Gavin [Peterson] and his group a lot of credit. They played really, really well. That’s a great team. They’re well coached. They are hard to guard.”