Utah’s venture back into old Pac-12 territory resulted in a loss Tuesday night, as the Runnin’ Utes fell to California 79-72 at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, California.

While Utah built an early lead and trimmed its deficit to a single possession on multiple occasions in the second half, a difficult offensive stretch to end the game sealed the loss for the Utes.

“Give Mark (Madsen) and Cal credit, they did a good job in the preparation and their adjustments,” Utah coach Alex Jensen said in his postgame interview on ESPN 700 AM. “Just maturity just looking for the growth there with our team. We did a pretty good job of it, (though) two little things stuck out.

“We were down by two and had stops and went for shot fakes and fouled them, something that we practice multiple times. It’s just th

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