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Show 8 Tuesday, November 20,2007 SPORTS www.dailyutahchronicle.com Broncos slow Utes esis, neither was the Earth. First-year Runnin' Utes head coach Jim Boylen is adhering As the famous saying goes, to the same mentality when it "Rome wasn't built in a day." comes to rebuilding his basAccording to the book of Gen- ketball team. Tony Pizza SPORTS EDITOR T-MOBILE IS OFFERING FREE ROUND TRIP FLIGHT WITH A NEW ACTIVATION REDDOT WIRLESS WILL BE IN THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING IN FRONT OF THE FOOD COURT ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY FROM 8AM-5PM. What Boylen is looking for from his team is progress on a daily basis. He didn't get what he was looking for Monday night. Calvin Johnson scored 21 points and John Bryant chipped in ly points for Santa Clara as the Broncos beat the Utes 72-57 to hand Boylen his first home loss as Utah's head coach. "This team has to get better every time out there," Boylen said. "I don't think we got better tonight, and that's what we've got to do." "Nothing's changed," Boylen said in his perpetually positive manner. "We've got to keep working and growing. Is this a devastating loss to our program? No. Is this a bad loss at home? Yes, it is. Do we have to grow and get better? Hell yeah, we do." Despite playing on the road, Santa Clara managed to dictate the pace of play for most of the night. From the opening tip it was clear that the Broncos' goal was to slow down the game. Both teams' swarming defense also was a mitigating factor in the game's pace, but it was the Broncos who found a way to execute with the clock winding down. "I thought they made shots in the second half," Boylen said. "We let a team come in and play at their pace in our building, and I didn't like that at all." For the Utes, there seemed to be an invisible lid over the TYLER COBB/TJr.*&i// Uieh Coach Jim Boylen huddles with Luke Nevitl as Morgan Grim and Lawrence Borha watch during the Utes' 72-57 loss to Santa Clara on Monday. hoop—particularly during an eight-minute stretch in the second quarter. Trailing 47-41 midway through the second quarter, the Utes' Johnnie Bryant hit a 3-pointer with 10:46 remaining in the game to shrink the Broncos' lead to three. The Utes didn't make another field goal until Bryant hit another shot from beyond the arc with 2:24 left to play. If it hadn't been for Luke Nevill's free throw at the 8:50 mark, the Utes would have been held scoreless during that stretch, as well. The Utes' shooting woes were the Broncos' gift as they managed to go on a 15-4 stretch over that period to essentially seal the win. "I thought we lacked execution," Boylen said. "I thought we took some quick shots in the first half. I thought we had a hard time getting going. They did a nice job—you've got to give them credit for slowing the game down. We never got our running game going." As insurmountable as the eight-minute scoring drought was, the Utes missed a golden opportunity to take a sizeable lead early in the first half. John Bryant—the Broncos' 6-foot-io, 305-lb. center— picked up his first foul just five seconds into the game. Just less than a minute-and-ahalf later, Bryant guaranteed himself a spot on the Santa Clara bench when he picked up his second foul. The Utes, however, could not capitalize. The Broncos slowed the game down considerably, which limited Utah's offensive possessions and simultaneously made the Utes work on defense for the entire 35 sec- onds. As a result, the Broncos managed to leave the court at halftime with a 29-27 lead. Despite the loss, the Utes managed to hold another opponent under 50-percent snooting. They also had their lowest turnover output (13) of the season, but could not stop the timely shooting from the Broncos. Johnnie Bryant had 19 for the Utes, but that was hardly enough to make up for an off night from Luke Nevill—who was held to 10 points on 2-for10 shooting—and the starting forward duo of Shaun Green and Stephen Weigh, who combined for just three points. The Utes will now have nine days off before traveling to Weber State to take on the Wildcats on Nov. 28. t.pizza@ chronicle.u tah.edu Cosmo the Cougar on the loose! That despicable little pussy Cosmo the Cougar has once again drunkenly wandered onto our fair campus. Use the daily clues to figure out where he's hiding this year. Bring his furry little ass to The Chronicle office by 5 p.m. on Wednesday and win a prize package. We will "take care" of him from there. 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