Lawson Lovering ends sophomore season on high note with career night
The Colorado men’s basketball team might just have a new offensive weapon heading into next season. Lawson Lovering, the 7-foot sophomore out of Cheyenne, Wyoming had a coming-out party against the Utah Valley Wolverines in the second round of the NIT on Sunday.
Expectations have been high for Lovering since he first joined the Buffs last season. He was a four-star prospect coming out of Cheyenne Central High School and a top-100 player in the country according to ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals. In Sunday’s season-ending loss to Utah Valley, Lovering showed a glimpse of that potential as he led the Buffaloes with 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting while also adding seven rebounds, two steals and a block.
After the game, I asked head coach Tad Boyle about Lovering’s performance:
“He played against one of the best shot blockers in the country (Aziz Bandaogo) and I thought Lawson did a great job,” Boyle said. “Lawson’s got great size and he’s working on his low-post game. I’ve said it all year long, he’s a work in progress offensively. He’s really good for us defensively, an elite level defender. But tonight you saw the culmination of the hard work he’s put in before practice, after practice and he played within himself and was a bright spot tonight.”
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