Box ScoreSALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's basketball team fell 85-48 to the University of Utah Utes Wednesday at Jon. M Huntsman Center for their first loss of the season.
The Broncs (3-1) were led by senior
Shaquille Boga as he finished with 16 points, three assists and three rebounds, while going 2-for-4 from behind the three-point line. Sophomore
Janari Joesaar added 11 points with four rebounds and four assists and junior
Shaquille Hines chipped in eight points.
The Utes (3-1) were paced by Kyle Kuzma who had 14 points, six rebounds and three assists. Delon Wright chipped in 12 points while Jakob Poeltl added eight points and 10 rebounds.
Boga got the Broncs on the board with a jumper in the early minutes of the game and then gave them the lead with a layup that made it 4-2 with 17:39 left in the first half. A pair of free throws by Boga gave the Broncs the 13-10 lead before the Utes went on a 22-4 run to grab the 32-17 lead with 6:21 left in the half.
Joesaar knocked down his first field goal of the game with 2:49 left in the first half as the Broncs went into halftime trailing 50-26. The Broncs shot 42 percent from the floor in the first half while the Utes shot 63 percent.
Freshman
Dan Kimasa got the scoring started for the Broncs in the second half as he knocked down a pair of free throws. Later in the second half, Hines hit a jumper that made it 60-36 with 14:46 as the Utes went on to put the game away.
The Broncs are back in action on Friday as they take on the Alabama State University Hornets at 6 p.m. at Jon M. Huntsman Center.
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