Utah guard Lorenzo Bonam, right, goes to the basket against Texas Tech guard Jordan Jackson during a NCAA college basketball game in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
After a so-so first half when they got outrebounded by seven, the Utah basketball team turned it around in the second half en route to a 73-63 victory.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — It wasn’t a fiery, knock-‘em-dead halftime speech by any means, but Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak let his team know in no uncertain terms what he thought of his team’s toughness in the first half Thursday night when the Utes led Texas Tech by only three points.