Utah Utes guard Jaxon Brenchley (5) drives on California Golden Bears ahead Grant Newell (14) in Salt Lake Metropolis on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
Utah bounced again from Thursday’s disappointing dwelling loss to Stanford with a 61-46 win over the visiting Cal Bears Sunday on the Huntsman Middle.
Utah improved to 16-9 general, 9-5 within the Pac-12 with the victory. Cal, the league’s last-place staff, dropped to 3-20 and 2-10.
Listed here are 3 keys to Utah’s simple win over California:
• Seldom-used senior Jaxon Brenchley got here off the bench when Utah was struggling offensively within the first half and scored eight factors in 14 minutes of motion. He completed with a season-high 10 factors on 4 of 9 capturing in 26 minutes. Brenchley had appeared in solely 11 video games earlier than Sunday and had scored solely 4 factors all season.
• Kuany Kuany scored 9 first-half factors and Cal took an early 18-11 result in trigger a stir within the meager Sunday afternoon crowd in Salt Lake Metropolis. However Utah made some defensive changes on the 6-foot-9 ahead from Australia and he scored simply two factors the remainder of the best way.
• Having buried the Bears 58-43 in Berkeley on Dec. 29, Utah accomplished the season sweep with an analogous defensive effort Sunday as Cal shot 34% from the sector after a sizzling begin.