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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 34
Lawson Lovering
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 7-1
- Weight:
- 245
- Hometown:
- Cheyenne, Wyo.
- High School:
- Central HS
- Prev School:
- Colorado
- Major:
- Communications
Bio
FOLLOW ON SOCIAL
ACADEMIC AWARDS
2024-25 Winter Academic All-Big 12
2024-25 (SENIOR)
2023-24 (JUNIOR)
2022-23 (SOPHOMORE) COLORADO)
2021-22 (FRESHMAN) COLORADO
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
ACADEMIC AWARDS
2024-25 Winter Academic All-Big 12
2024-25 (SENIOR)
- Started in all 28 games he played as a senior, closing out his career with 639 points and 486 rebounds to go with a career .517 shooting clip
- Was third on the team in scoring with 8.4 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game
- Opened his season with 12 points and 7 rebounds against MVSU (11/26)
- Followed up with 16 points and 8 boards with 3 blocks against Eastern Washington (11/30)
- Career-high 25 points with 4 rebounds on 11-of-14 shooting against Iowa at the Sanford Pentagon
- Dished out a career-high 6 assists to go with 8 points and 3 rebounds to give Utah its first Big 12 Conference win versus Oklahoma State (1/11)
- Helped Utah defeat in-state rival BYU (1/25) in overtime with 13 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks
- Had 12 points and 6 rebounds with 2 steals in win over Colorado (2/5) at home
- Posted 14 points with 4 assists on the road against Cincinnati (2/11)
- Recorded his first double-double of the season to help Utah defeat Kansas State (2/17) with 15 points and 10 rebounds
- Pulled down 10 rebounds to go with 6 points and 4 assists against Arizona State (3/1)
- Scored 8 points with 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks on senior night vs. West Virginia (3/4)
- Chipped in with 11 points and 5 rebounds against UCF (3/11) in the opening round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament
- Closed out his collegiate career with 9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists vs. Butler (3/31) in the inaugural game of the College Basketball Crown Tournament
2023-24 (JUNIOR)
- Played in 33 games with 24 starts his first year with the Runnin’ Utes
- Averaged 6.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists
- Helped Utah reach the NIT Semifinals and finished the year with 22 wins – the most since 2017-18
- Scored his first basket as a Ute against Eastern Washington (11/6) in the season-opener
- Had 18 points with 7 rebounds and 3 assists the following game against UC Riverside (11/10)
- Posted 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in Charleston Classic opening round game vs. Wake Forest (11/16)
- Pulled down a season-high 11 rebounds to go with 8 points against Utah Valley (12/16) at home
- Recorded a season-high 17 points against Bellarmine (12/20) on top of 7 boards and 3 assists
- Scored 9 points with 5 rebounds in Utah’s historic lopsided win over UCLA (1/11) at home
- Missed four games due to lower leg injury 4 minutes into the game at Stanford (1/14)
- Had a near double-double vs. Colorado (2/3) with 9 points and 8 rebounds on 4-of-6 shooting in his return to line-up
- Returned to the starting line-up at Oregon (3/9) scoring 6 points with 5 rebounds and 4 assists
- Tied his season-high against Stanford (2/29) at home with 17 points and 5 rebounds on a perfect 6-for-6 night from the field
- Pulled down 10 rebounds vs. Arizona State in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament
- Hauled in 10 boards with 6 points against Iowa (3/24) in the second round of the NIT
- Posted 6 points with 9 rebounds against VCU (3/27) in the NIT quarterfinals at home
2022-23 (SOPHOMORE) COLORADO)
- Started in all 34 games he played in as a sophomore
- Averaged 4.9 points and 4.7 rebounds with a team-high 33 blocks while shooting a .554 clip
- Opened the season with 4 points, 3rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals against UC Riverside
- Helped Colorado upset #11 Tennessee with 3 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals
- Recorded a career-high 4 assists to go with 4 points and 5 rebounds in win over #24 Texas A&M
- Kicked off full slate of Pac-12 play with 10 points and 5 rebounds at Stanford
- Picked up his first career double-double at USC with 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds
- Nearly had a double-double vs. USC at home, posting 9 points and 7 rebounds
- Had back-to-back games with 9 points vs. Washington and #2 UCLA in the Pac-12 Tournament
- Scored a career-high 21 points in loss to Utah Valley at home in the second round of the NIT
2021-22 (FRESHMAN) COLORADO
- Saw action in 18 games his freshman year at Colorado
- Made collegiate debut against Montana State, scoring 3 points with 2 rebounds
- Scored 6 points with a rebound and an assist against New Mexico
- Tied then career-best with 6 points on 3-5 shooting versus CSU Bakersfield
- Pulled down a season-best 7 rebounds against Maine
- Made his Pac-12 debut against Stanford, scoring 2 points with 2 assists
- Recorded 6 rebounds at Arizona State – his best in Pac-12 play
HIGH SCHOOL
- Three-time Wyoming Class 4A All-State and East Conference First-Team selection
- Averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and a pair of blocks as a senior
- Led the Indians to the Wyoming Class 4A state championship as a senior
- Averaged 13.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks as a junior
- Shot a state-best 69-percent from the field
- Named the 2020 East Conference Co-Player of the Year as Central HS finished the season 20-3 overall
- Averaged 15.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and shot 61 percent from the field as a sophomore
- A consensus four-star prospect coming in at 59th in Rivals’ national rankings and as the ninth best center in the country
- Named Wyoming’s top player by 247Sports and the 63rd best overall player in the nation
- Ranked No. 72 on the ESPN100 for 2021
- Played three seasons of club basketball for the Utah Prospects out of Salt Lake City
PERSONAL
- Son of Lynn Fox and Bill Lovering
- Mother, Lynn, played basketball at Fresno State
- Dad, Bill, played basketball at Colorado Christian
- Graduated in May 2025 with a bachelor's degree in communications
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