The Bears started the game slow and unresponsive on defense, and they paid the price. Utah jumped out to a 42-22 lead, led by 24 points in the paint, but balanced with some outside scoring from Bonam and Barefield. Utah also dominated every statistical category over the Bears. Utah had a 18-13 rebounding advantage. Utah had 16 bench points to Cal’s 2. Utah had 12 fast break points to Cal’s 0. Utah only turned the ball over 3 times to Cal’s 8. The Bears ended the half with only 2 FGM on its final 11 shots. Ivan Rabb only had 1 FGA and missed it, but had 6 points after going 6-6 from the line and had 6 rebounds to go along with that.
Cal MBB Insta-Recap: Bears struggle to find basket in Salt Lake City. Cal L. 44-74.
