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Herro, Lowry help Heat hold on to beat Jazz 118-115 – Cache Valley Daily

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro, left, drives to the basket as Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson (00) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 29 points, Kyle Lowry had his 19th triple-double and the Miami Heat held off the Utah Jazz 118-115 on Saturday night. Miami led by 19 points with 5 minutes remaining but the victory wasn’t assured until Donovan Mitchell missed a 3-pointer in the closing seconds. “At the end of the day, I think all these experiences, particularly for a semi-new team early in the season, are really important to go through,” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Late-game situations, learning how to hold onto a lead, how to play … I just think it was really important to go through that. Obviously, it’s always better if you can do that and get a win.” Lowry finished with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Jimmy Butler scored 27 points for the Heat, making two free throws with 10.4 seconds remaining after Utah had cut it to 116-115. “We’ve got to continue to finish games and the way we finished

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Utah State leaves Las Cruces with seventh win behind a second-half shutout – Cache Valley Daily

Photo by Robert K. Scott LAS CRUCES—Utah State football was expected to win big Saturday afternoon, and it did. the team just waited until the second half to do it. After falling behind 13-7, USU outscored New Mexico State 28-0 in the second half to cruise to the non-conference victory, improving to 7-2 overall. NMSU fell to 1-8 overall.   “I’m proud of the win,” head coach Blake Anderson said. “Not proud of how it looked.”   Anderson described his team’s first half play as uninspired, which was exactly what worried him going into the game. Not only was it nearly 40 degrees hotter than what the players had been used to back home in Logan, but Anderson had coached in that stadium before. He said the small crowd makes the stadium lack energy, and he didn’t want his players to match it.   “I’ve been honest with them all week about how tough this road trip is, about what this opponent really looked like,” he said, “and that it was our responsibility to play at the level we are supposed to play at, not to play to the crowd, not to play to the environment, not to play to

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Utah State volleyball dominates, sweeps New Mexico – Cache Valley Daily

LOGAN, Utah — It was an imposing performance on Saturday as Utah State volleyball swept New Mexico, 3-0, avenging USU’s loss to the Lobos earlier this season. It was the seventh sweep the Aggies have tallied this season, the most such wins in a single season since recording 10 sweeps in 2013. “This is a great team win for us,” head coach Rob Neilsen said. “It’s fun to see the Estes starting to fill up as we gain some momentum. We had a lot of players step up and we beat a tough team.” The Aggies started the match off strong on their way to a 9-2 lead, forcing a New Mexico timeout. After stymieing a short Lobo rally, USU expanded their lead with another 9-2 run to take firm control en route to a 25-13 first set victory. In the second set, Utah State again took the initiative with their largest lead of the set coming at 12-7. The Lobos, however, put together runs of 5-1 and 8-3 to take a 23-20 lead. Facing defeat in the set, Utah State had an answer of their own with a clutch 4-0 spurt to retake the lead. After the teams exchanged

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Packers’ Jordan Love prepared to step in for absent Rodgers – Cache Valley Daily

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz. With reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers on the reserve/COVID-19 list and unavailable to play Sunday, Nov. 7, at Kansas City, the Green Bay Packers are about to discover just what they have in quarterback Jordan Love. The 2020 first-round pick from Utah State will make his first career start against the Chiefs.(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — For the first eight weeks of the season, Jordan Love showed up to Lambeau Field on Wednesday mornings preparing to back up Aaron Rodgers. It was the same this Wednesday, too. Then, at the team meeting that morning, coach Matt LaFleur revealed that Rodgers had tested positive for COVID-19 and would be out for this week’s game at Kansas City. “I was a little shocked, but not crazy shocked just because with Kurt (Benkert, the practice-squad quarterback) testing positive earlier in the week, I kind of figured something might happen in the quarterback room,” Love said Friday. “My initial thought was wondering what would shake out with all the close contacts and how things would affect

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