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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 8 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 MEN'S BASKETBALL Taylor, Olsen proving valuable for Utah Ryan McDonald ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Freshmen Brandon Taylor and Jeremy Olsen were destined to spend a lot of time on the bench this season. Taylor was behind Glen Dean, Jarred DuBois and Justin Seymour in the backcourt, and Olsen was still shaking off rust after returning from a mission to England for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and dealing with a hip injury during the summer. Taylor appeared in just nine of the Runnin' Utes' 12 nonconference games, and Olsen just three. How quickly things have changed. Taylor was the star in Utah's win over Washington on Saturday, scoring 19 points to go along with six assists and two steals in 3o minutes. Olsen is seeing just five minutes of action per game in conference play, but that's just as many as Dallin Bachynski, who was the Utes' starter at center for nine games earlier in the season. In Utah's last two games, Olsen has seen 14 minutes whereas Bachynski has played just seven. Standing at 5 feet 9 inches, it seemed Taylor's lack of size would make it difficult for him to make an impact early on. He became a bit of a spark plug when Utah would get off to one of its infamous slow starts, but played a total of just 71 minutes in nonconference action. Against Washington State last week, however, he tallied 26 minutes of playing time. When DuBois got into foul trouble against Washington, head coach Larry Krystkowiak didn't have much of a choice but to put Taylor in the game, and he produced. "I think the opportunities that he's had in four or five games, he's played really well," Krystkowiak said. "He's got a lot of savvy and moxie and he's as good a shooter as we have on our team. He's played with a lot of confidence, and that's what we needed." The last two games seem to be the beginning of Taylor becoming an integral part of the rotation from here on out, though as of Monday, Krystkowiak had no plans of replacing Dean with Taylor in the starting lineup. Whatever his role, Taylor is ready for it. "I just look forward to the next play, to be honest with you," Taylor said. "Who knows how many minutes I'll play next game or the next game after that. I'm just staying locked in to whatever I have to do in the future. I'm just ready to take on the task I need to take on." As for Olsen, Krystkowiak called the Georgia native Utah's best with his back to the basket. 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