Considering how much Utah and Grand Canyon love to score, perhaps it makes sense that both their coaches are desperate to see defensive improvement when they meet on Tuesday night in an Acrisure Classic opener in Palm Desert, Calif.

Utah (5-1) suffered its first loss of the season on Thursday when Cal Poly came into Salt Lake City and secured a 92-85 win -- helped by hitting 14 of 25 from 3-point range.

It was a sour end to the Utes' six-game homestand to start the season. The Runnin' Utes trailed Cal Poly 50-39 at halftime after allowing the Mustangs to shoot 54.8% (17 of 31) from the field and 52.9% (9 of 17) from 3-point range.

"Just disappointed in how we started out the game," Utah coach Alex Jensen said. "Defensively, hard to give up 50 points. Our guys have got to just individual

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