SALT LAKE CITY — Like any smart player, 6-foot-6-inch Utah freshman Jordan Loveridge said he looked to take only “shots that were there” when he entered McKale Center on Jan. 5.
So he took them. A lot of them.
Loveridge scored 13 points in the first half with 3-of-4 three-point shooting, setting the stage for a second-half scare that nearly cost Arizona its three-point victory, and the trend was set into motion.
Loveridge is actually a power forward, a mostly inside player whom Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak sees as a guy “who can stretch the defense a little bit,” but the Wildcats also have had trouble with big point guards and typically sized small forwards during the Pac-12 season.
Read more in Sunday's Arizona Daily Star.
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