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Salt Lake City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) - Jordan Loveridge tallied 14 points in 16 minutes in his return from injury, and 10th-ranked Utah had no trouble with Carroll College in an 85-49 rout at the Huntsman Center. Brekkott Chapman added 11 points and six rebounds against the overmatched Fighting Saints, an NAIA program out of Montana. Chris Reyes finished with 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting for Utah (10-2), with Delon Wright had seven assists in the easy victory. Loveridge, who had missed the Utes past seven games after undergoing knee surgery nearly a month ago, went 5-of-6 from the field and made three 3- pointers in four tries. Oliver Carr paced Carroll (10-4) with 10 points, while Zach Taylor and Nick Williams had nine each in the lopsided loss. This one was over early, as Utah hit its first seven shots while opening the game on a 16-2 run. The lead was 23-4 less than nine minutes in after layups by Chapman and Jeremy Olsen were followed by two Chapman free throws. The Utes continued to score at will throughout the first half, with the margin reaching 30 when Wright converted a 3-point play to make the score 44-14. Utah was up by as many as 34 points and cruised into the break up 54-23 after shooting 71 percent from the field for the period. Carroll was more competitive as the Utes played most of their starters sparingly in the second half, but never got the lead under 29 points following the intermission. Game Notes Utah was playing as a top-10 team for the first time since it was ranked sixth in the final Associated Press poll of the 1998-99 season ... The Utes shot 64.7 percent overall for the game and went 8-of-16 from 3-point range ... Utah finished with a 38-15 advantage in rebounds ... The Utes will open Pac-12 play on Friday, when they host USC. . -- Rory McIlroy birdied his last two holes Thursday for a 7-under 63 to take the lead after one round of the Honda Classic. .Y. -- Kristen Gillman rallied to win the U. . - Andrew McCutchen went 4 for 5 and finished a home run short of a cycle, and Jordy Mercer drove in a career-high four runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-2 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday. . The defending champions sent their preliminary list to FIFA on Tuesday, with coach Vicente del Bosque to announce the final 23-man squad on May 25. Costa is set to lead the attack in his native Brazil, with Atletico Madrid teammate David Villa and Chelseas Fernando Torres also included, while David de Gea replaces injured goalkeeper Victor Valdes. . Sundays race will be held at the Sepang circuit, adjacent to Kuala Lumpurs main airport where the ill-fated flight took off earlier this month. Authorities now say it is almost certain it crashed in the Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people aboard.At the halfway point of the Olympic womens skeleton event, Canadian Sarah Reid sits within sliding distance of the frontrunners. Reids combined time of 1:58:31 has left her in 8th place in the competition, which wraps up tomorrow with the final two runs. Her teammate, veteran Melissa Hollingsworth, didnt faare as well.dddddddddddd She clocked 159.38 for her two runs, leaving her in 16th position. Britains Elizabeth Yarnold, regarded as the top skeleton racer in the world, leads the event with a total of 1:56:89 after two runs, followed by the U.S.A.s Noelle Pikus-Pace, who came in at 1:57:33. ' ' '
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