(Santa Clara, Calif. - Dec. 3, 2025) - Despite outscoring Santa Clara in the second half, the Trailblazers fell 90-80 to the Broncos on the road on Wednesday night at Leavey Center.

Utah Tech (5-6) was led by a pair of Trailblazers with career highs in scoring led by 25 points from sophomore guard Madiba Owona along with 17 points from senior guard Britton Berrett.

Ethan Potter nearly missed his third double-double of the season leading the Trailblazers with nine rebounds to go along with 12 points.

As a team, Utah Tech shot 49.2 percent from the field (31-63), 34.5 percent (10-29) from three-point range and connected on a perfect 100 percent (8-8) from the free throw line.

Santa Clara (8-1) saw a balanced scoring with six Broncos in double figures led by 14 apiece from the trio of Bukky Oboye, KJ Cochran and Sash Gavalyugov.

How It Happened
A dunk by Owona tied the early scoring at 6-6 after the first three minutes of action.

The Broncos pushed their lead to as many as 19 (37-18) after a pair of free throws by Oboye, but the Trailblazers answered back with a 9-0 run to cut the Broncos' lead down to 10.

An 8-0 run for Santa Clara pushed the Broncos' lead back ahead by 18 as a three-pointer by Berrett cut UT's deficit down to 13 (48-35) at the break.

A layup by Owona and a four-point play by Noah Bolanga gave the Trailblazers the first six points out the locker room, but a 26-13 run for the Broncos pushed Santa Clara back in front, 74-54 midway through the second half.

Continuing to battle back, a dunk by Bolanga cut Santa Clara's lead to 10 at 81-71 with 5:41 to play and a layup from Chance Trujillo made it 84-77 with 1:30 to play.

That would be as close as the Trailblazers could get as Berrett hit three final free throws in the final minute, but that was not enough as UT fell by 10.

Numbers to Know

• The Trailblazers fall to 0-2 all-time against Santa Clara.
• Owona bested his previous career high of 22 points set at Southern Utah last season.
• Berrett also topped his previous career high, surpassing the 16 points he scored in a win at home last season over Whittier.
• The 10 three-pointers made were a season high for the Trailblazers and the 34.5 percent shooting from downtown was second-highest, only topped by last Saturday vs. UC Riverside (40 percent).
• UT also set a season high with 18 assists and topped the Broncos in fast break points, 25-14.
• Bolanga led the Trailblazers with a season-high six assists & it was the second-most assists by a Trailblazer this season behind seven by Tanner Davis against Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 14.

Up Next
The Trailblazers are off until Dec. 13 returning home to host Justice University (4-3) at 7 p.m. at Burns Arena.