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Show www.dailyutahchronicle.com 7 SPORTS Monday January 7, 2013 UPCOMING EVENTS TODAY Ski Utah @ RMISA Alpine Qualfier TBA Eldora, Colo. TUESDAY Women's Basketball Utah @ Colorado 6 p.m. Boulder, Colo. Ski Utah @ RMISA Alpine Qualfier TBA Eldora, Colo. THURSDAY Men's Basketball Utah vs. UCLA 7:30 p.m. Huntsman Center FRIDAY Track & Field Utah @ Snake River Open All Day Pocatello, Idaho Track & Field Utah @ BYU Invitational All Day Provo, Utah Utah @ RMISA Alpine Qualfier TBA Eldora, Colo. PAC-12 STANDINGS CHAD ZAVALA/The Daily Utah Chronicle MEN'S BASKETBALL Utah's Jason Washburn reaches for a shot by a Boise State player during their game Dec. 5. TEAM Arizona UCLA Arizona St. Washington California USC Oregon Oregon St. Colorado Washington St. Stanford CONF 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-2 Utah OVERALL 14-0 12-3 12-2 9-5 9-5 6-9 11-2 10-3 10-3 9-5 9-6 0-L Utes fall to Wildcats 60-57 CLOSE CALL Despite playing with heart, a missed last-second 3-pointer against Arizona left the team without a Pac-12 win Ryan McDonald ASST. SPORTS EDITOR That was close. In what would have undoubtedly been the biggest win in Larry Krystkowiak's tenure, the Runnin' Utes fell just short to No. 3 Arizona on Saturday, losing 60-57. A 3-point attempt from guard Jarred DuBois as time expired would have sent the game into overtime, but instead it clanged hard off the rim twice before bouncing out. It was DuBois' second attempt from downtown in the final seconds, as he had missed one with II ticks remaining, which would have given Utah a two-point lead. "I almost knew the last one was in 'cause I always have confidence in J.D., but it just didn't go our way," said freshman Jordan Loveridge on the ESPN 700 postgame show. Loveridge finished with 17 points. The loss dropped the Utes to 0-2 in WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Pac-12 play, but the two defeats have come by a combined four points, the first being a 55-54 loss last Wednesday at Arizona State. "We came into two [tough] environments here," said Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak on the postgame show "It's not an easy trip to start with. It's just such a fine line going down the See RUNNIN' UTES Page 10 FOOTBALL Third loss a tough pill to swallow for Levrets' team UTAH: 56 STANFORD: 70 CHAD ZAVALA/The Daily Utah Chronicle NEXT GAME UTAH vs. COLORADO Utah defensive end Joe Kruger sacks Washington State quarterback Jeff Tuel during their game Nov. 3. Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. Boulder, Colo. Kruger departs for NFL Draft Michael Smith STAFF WRITER The frustration was visible on Utah head coach, Anthony Levrets' face as the buzzer sounded to end the game. On a day when Utah was always one step behind the fourth-ranked Stanford Cardinal, the Utes lost 7o-56 on Sunday and continued their recent slide with a third straight loss. In its second conference game of the season, Utah kept the Stanford lead under double digits for the majority of the afternoon. However, Utah's only lead of the game was 2-0 in the first minute of play and it played catchup the whole game, but ultimately couldn't even the score or pull away. "I'm really proud of my team's effort," Levrets said. "The final score was not indicative of the kind of battle that we had today." Every time Stanford looked to pull away, Utah would respond with a bucket. That trend continued until late in the second half when the Cardinal was able to end the game on a 14-6 run. With 13 minutes to play and the Utes down 56-5o after a threepointer by Michelle Plouffe, Utah was stymied and only scored six more points the rest of the game. The loss drops Utah to 9-4 on the season and 0-2 in Pac-12 play. See STANFORD Page 10 Jake Bullinger via KARINA PUIKKONEN/The Daily Utah Chronicle Utah's Iwalani Rodrigues fights to keep the ball away from a Stanford player on Sunday. The Utes lost to Stanford 56-70. mention All-Pac-12 player last season and led the team in sacks SPORTS EDITOR with six. Together, the Kruger With Dave Kruger and All- brothers and Lotulelei accountAmerican Star Lotulelei already ed for 18.5 tackles for loss and 11.5 departing the defensive line, sacks. the Utes' prognosis "Joe certainly has in 2013 just became a NFL potential and we little more dire. Joe wish him the best as he Kruger, Dave's brothtakes his game to the er and the Utes' startnext level," said head ing defensive end, has coach Kyle Whittingannounced he will ham in a statement. "The Kruger name forego his senior season and enter the NFL has been synonymous draft. with Utah football for "These past three a lot of years and we JOE KR UGER years, I have been are very appreciative honored to be a part for all they have done of a very special group of team- for our program." mates and coaches at the UniThe departure of Kruger is a versity of Utah," Kruger said in big blow to the defensive line, a statement. "I have cherished which has anchored Utah's dewhat has been my amazing col- fense for the past few years. lege experience ... Now it is my Defensive ends Trevor Reilly journey to pursue a lifelong and Nate Fakahafua are the only dream, which is to become a returning linemen who saw sigprofessional football player in nificant playing time. the National Football League." j.bullinger@chronicle.utah.edu Kruger was an honorable Twitter: @jakebullinger |
