{"id":331797,"date":"2025-12-07T01:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T01:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/331797\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T01:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T01:51:09","slug":"college-basketball-news-utah-tech-player-punches-opponent-after-explosive-dunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/331797\/","title":{"rendered":"College basketball news: Utah Tech player punches opponent after explosive dunk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa-bk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Utah Tech basketball player<\/a> is facing major criticism after he appeared to punch a player from the opposing team after getting dunked on in the Trailblazers\u2019 90-80 loss to Santa Clara.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The incident, which has since gone viral on social media, occurred in the final minutes of Wednesday\u2019s contest after redshirt freshman Allen Graves drove to the basket, dunking over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/utah?page=70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Utah<\/a> Tech guard Chance Trujillo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/utah-tech-chance-trujillo-002.jpg\" alt=\"chance trujillo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Utah Tech Trailblazers guard Chance Trujillo yells to his team during a game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 9, 2025. (Kevin Abele\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BetUS_NCAAHoops\/status\/1996599574102778246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Video showed<\/a> Trujillo swing at Graves as he walked from underneath the basket celebrating the explosive dunk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trujillo appeared to make contact with Graves\u2019 jaw.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Santa Clara<\/a> basketball player appeared to hold Graves back as officials quickly intervened to prevent a skirmish from breaking out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/santa-clara-allen-graves-001.jpg\" alt=\"Allen Graves dribbles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Allen Graves (22) of the Santa Clara Broncos dribbles the ball during a game against the Xavier Musketeers at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati Nov. 10, 2025. (Mitchell Layton\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/tennessee-womens-basketball-star-ucla-coach-share-tense-moment-handshake-line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TENNESSEE WOMEN&#8217;S BASKETBALL STAR, UCLA COACH SHARE TENSE MOMENT IN HANDSHAKE LINE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both players were issued technicals, but it wasn\u2019t immediately clear whether Trujillo would face additional discipline from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Western Athletic Conference.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trujillo, in his first season with the Trailblazers after transferring from Snow College, is averaging 11.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game this season. He registered eight points and three rebounds in Wednesday\u2019s loss on the road.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/utah-tech-chance-trujillo-001.jpg\" alt=\"Chance Trujillo on court during game\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Utah Tech Trailblazers guard Chance Trujillo during agame against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 9, 2025. (Kevin Abele\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Utah Tech fell to 5-6 this season, while Santa Clara improved to 8-1.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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