SALT LAKE CITY — Cayden Ward scored 28 points and Hamad Mousa added 26 as Cal Poly upset Utah 92-85 on Thursday night, handing the Utes their first loss this season.

Guzman Vasilic added 13 points and Peter Bandelj 11 for the Mustangs (3-3), who came in as double-digit underdogs on the Utes' home floor where the hosts had won their first five games of the season.

Cal Poly took the lead for good on Bandelj's 3-pointer five minutes into the game and the Mustangs led by 15 late in the first half after Mousa scored seven straight points. It was 50-39 at halftime.

Utah got within two with six minutes to go after 12-3 run but the Mustangs responded with a 12-2 run with Ward scoring five points and were up by 12 with two minutes left. Utah didn't get closer than six thereafter.

Terrence Brown

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