Jordan Loveridge (born November 26, 1993) is an American basketball player for

Astros de Jalisco Astros de Jalisco (English: ''Jalisco Astros'') is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The Astros are part the CIBACOPA and the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in M ...

of the

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP) is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 10 teams. Despite its short history, the LNBP has established itself as the one of the most important ...

(LNBP). He played college basketball for the

Utah Utes The Utah Utes are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City. The athletic department is named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans. The men's basketball team is known as the Runnin' ...

High school career

Loveridge attended

West Jordan High School West Jordan High School is a public high school founded in 1981. Located southwest of Salt Lake City in West Jordan, Utah, United States, it enrolls around 1,700 students. The men's varsity basketball team won the 2001 state championship, as well ...

where he was coached by Scott Briggs. He appeared in several games as a freshman and averaged 13.0 points per game as a sophomore. As a junior, Loveridge posted 23.5 points per game. He led West Jordan to the state finals but was told by

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head coach

Jim Boylen James Francis Boylen (born April 18, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach. He was the coach of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Previously, Boylen served as head coach for the University of Utah, coa ...

he was not good enough to play for them. Loveridge was named Utah Mr. Basketball in 2012. As a senior, he led the Jaguars to a 21–3 record by averaging 22.9 points and 13.1 rebounds per game. Loveridge committed to Utah in September 2011 after new coach

Larry Krystkowiak Larry Brett Krystkowiak ( ; born September 23, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player, and former head coach of the Utah Utes men's basketball team. Early life He was born in Missoula, Montana, to Bernard and Helen Krystkowia ...

recruited him.

College career

Loveridge had an instant impact as a freshman, averaging 12 points and seven rebounds per game, but was left off the All-

Pac-12 The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA D ...

All-Freshman Team. He earned Utah's first-ever Pac-12 player of the week nod on December 8, 2013, after a 27-point, seven rebound performance against

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and 21 points and five assists in the 81–64 win over rival

BYU Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S ...

. As a sophomore, he averaged 14.7 points per game. In December 2014, it was announced that Loveridge would miss significant time due to recovery from knee surgery. His scoring production fell to 10 points per game as a junior, but the team made the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 11.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game as a senior at Utah. Loveridge finished his college career with 1,568 points, the 13th highest mark in Utah history.

Professional career

Loveridge worked out with a few NBA teams, including the

Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference, Northwest Division (NBA), ...

. In August 2016 he signed with

BC Körmend BC Körmend, named Egis Körmend for sponsorship reasons, is a Hungarian professional basketball club, based in Körmend. The club was founded in 1962 and has won the domestic championship three times (1987, 1996, 2003) and the domestic cup seven ...

of the Hungarian league. "In a different time of system, I'll be able to show I can do more things," he said. He averaged 10.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game for Kormend. After the season Loveridge inked with

BBC Lausanne BBC Lausanne (Basket Ball Club Lausanne) is a Swiss basketball club from Lausanne. History The club was founded on November 25, 1929 under the name L'epi sport Lausanne and was the first basketball club in the city. In the 1950s, the name change ...

of the Swiss League. Loveridge joined the German club

BG Göttingen Basketballgemeinschaft Göttingen ( eng, Basketball Association Göttingen) is a German basketball club based in Göttingen, Germany. In 2010, the club won the EuroChallenge against Krasnye Krylya Samara from Russia. The team had played in Germa ...

in 2017. He signed with

Krosno Krosno (in full ''The Royal Free City of Krosno'', pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a historical town and Krosno County, county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inha ...

of the

Polish Basketball League Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English language, English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish basketball leag ...

on August 3, 2018. In September 2019, Loveridge signed with Swans Gmunden of the

Austrian Basketball Superliga The Austrian Basketball Superliga (English: Basketball Super League) is the highest tier basketball league in Austria. Established in 2019, it replaced the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (ABL) as the first level competition in the country. The win ...

. He averaged 17.8 points and seven rebounds per game. On June 25, 2020, Loveridge signed with

Kobrat Kobrat is a Finnish professional basketball team from Lapua. The team plays in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. History The club was founded in 1989 as 'Lapuan Koripojat', shortly 'LaKoPo', but was renamed 'Korikobrat' in 2000. ...

in the Finnish league. Loveridge helped Mexican team

win the 2022 CIBACOPA title and was named league MVP. He was also named the All-Star Game MVP after recording 47 points. Later that year, Loveridge was named a

(LNBP) All-Star, with the team playing in both leagues. He returned to the Astros for the 2023 season, repeating as an All-Star.

References

External links

Utah Utes bio
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