Utah shot just 38% from the field and missed their final four shots of the game over the final four minutes of the game, but the Utes hit their free throws down the stretch to stave off California.
When Craig Smith took over the head coaching vacancy at the University of Utah, he knew there was going to be some adversity as he attempted to rebuild the men's basketball program.
Bethune-Cookman's Joe French made the first bucket of the game, but that's the closest the visiting Wildcats would come in a game Utah dominated from start to finish.