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SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak revealed Wednesday that junior forward Jordan Loveridge will miss approximately a month after surgery to one of his knees.
Following Utah's 69-68 win over Wichita State Wednesday night, Krystkowiak said Loveridge would miss approximately a month after undergoing a "little" surgery to his knee.
“They cleaned up some loose bodies that were floating around in his knee,” Krystkowiak said. “He’s going to get that thing strong. It wasn’t a big invasive kind of surgery, basically once he gets it straight. He had some bodies underneath his knee cap that wasn’t allowing him to straighten his leg.”
Without being a medical expert we're shooting for probably conference play to get him ready to go for that.
–Larry Krystkowiak
Loveridge has already missed three games this season and isn't expected to return until the beginning of Pac-12 play in January, according to Krystkowiak.
“Without being a medical expert we’re shooting for probably conference play to get him ready to go for that,” Krystkowiak said.
The loss of Loveridge for the remainder of non-conference play takes away one of Utah’s best shooters off the court. His time off the court should give more time to Kenneth Ogbe, Dakarai Tucker and Brekkott Chapman. Loveridge averaged 11.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in four games this season.
Despite being out, Loveridge has found a way to be a leader while on the bench. In Wednesday’s win over Wichita State, Tucker said Loveridge acted as a second set of eyes to help during the game.
“He kept building our heads up, telling us to keep going hard,” Tucker said. “With him being out we’ve just got to listen to him because he sees stuff on the bench that we don’t see on the court.”
