Utah basketball coach Jim Boylen has been waiting for sophomores Jace Tavita and Jordan Cyphers to show they deserved the increased minutes he wanted to give them this season.

To his relief, they finally came alive Saturday to help the Utes defeat Findlay 83-70 in an exhibition game at the Huntsman Center.

Cyphers had eight points and four rebounds in 13 minutes while Tavita had two points, a block, a steal and an assist in 15 minutes.

The Utes were led by Kim Tillie, who had 18 points and 12 rebounds and Carlon Brown, who had 17 points, five rebounds and four assists.

The Utes did commit 19 turnovers, which Boylen was concerned about, but overall he was happy with the effort.

The Utes open the season Friday against Idaho.

 

Soccer

Katey Turner scored her fifth goal in the last three games as Utah Valley moved into the championship game of the Great West Conference tournament with a 2-0 win over Howard on Saturday at Newark, N.J.

Camille Broderick also added a goal for the Wolverines (8-10-1), who will face Houston Baptist on Monday in the championship game.

The physical contest was scoreless for nearly 61 minutes before Nicole Archibald took the ball into the corner and found Turner in front of the goal, who punched it into the right corner for her sixth goal of the season.

Tasha Bell had two saves and got her third shutout of the season and fifth for the

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Volleyball

New Mexico def. BYU 3-0 » New Mexico (18-8, 9-5 MWC) brought its best game to the court to beat the Cougars (12-12, 6-6 MWC) in three sets (25-23, 25-17, 25-25). Sophomore Christie Carpenter led the Cougars in kills with 14, hitting at .407 percent and chalking up six digs.

Senior rightside hitter Kayla Walker had 11 kills and six digs while freshman Nicole Warner had eight kills at .636 percent. Libero Morgan Lloyd Sorensen led the back row with nine digs.

TCU def. Utah 3-1: Senior outside hitter Cinthia Silva hit a team-high 13 kills and Karolina Bartkowiak came up with 10th double-double this season but the Utes dropped a four-set decision Saturday at TCU (21-25, 26-24, 20-25, 7-25) at the University Recreation Center.

Utah (15-9, 8-4 MWC) was led by Silva, who posted her third consecutive double-figure-kill match with a team-high 13 kills. The San Paulo, Brazil has led or tied for the team lead in kills four times this year.

SUU def. Centenary 3-0 » Southern Utah women's volleyball posted its second consecutive 3-0 sweep (25-16, 28-26, 25-14) over Centenary. The win moves the T-Birds to 8-18 on the year and 6-10 in conference play.