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SALT LAKE CITY -- Kyle Kuzma posted career highs with 23 points and 19 rebounds as Utah defeated Northwest Nazarene 81-37 in its season opener Saturday evening.Utah fans got their first full glimpse of the new-look Utes and their roster consisting of just two legitimate contributors from last season.This morning, I was just extra turned up, Kuzma said. I dont for whatever reason. Its game day.I tried to bring energy. I think that was the biggest thing. When we have energy-givers, then everybody feeds off of that.The Utes struggled mightily for the first 16 minutes of the first half until a 17-3 run basically put the game away after they led 36-20 at halftime. Utah shot under 40 percent most of the first half as the offense seemed to have no real direction.Kuzma started passively, like the rest of the team, but picked up the aggression and finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds in the first half alone. He highlighted the 17-3 stretch with a spinning floater while being fouled. Teammate Tyler Rawson added 13 points.Its a starting point for us, Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said. We had guys that tried to push the issue a little bit too much. Didnt trust the offense. We cleaned it up a little bit and got some composure in the second half.Some of its jitters. Got to find some consistency and some roles.Northwest Nazarene, which was playing a back-to-back after defeating Simpson University 92-67 on Friday, shot just 16.4 percent from the field and 1 for 25 from behind the arc. Maurice Jones scored 11 points. The 37 points are the fourth fewest Utah has allowed since 1982.Obviously, we played a team that was much bigger and more talented to their level, Northwest Nazarene coach Scott Flemming said. I never would have thought we would shoot the ball so poorly tonight. We have a really good shooting team. We hit eleven 3s last night against different competition.Even the open looks we got, I think that was the biggest problem. Now when youre not making shots, all of the other things kind of are obvious, too -- their rebounding, their size, all those kind of things. It hurts in transition. It still is a good game for us to have.BIG PICTURENorthwest Nazarene: No harm, no foul for the Crusaders. As a Division 2 member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the loss doesnt count toward their regular-season record. Plus, they have to feel pretty good about the early parts of the first half against a Pac-12 program that has reached the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons.Utah: Theres lots of work to do for a Utah team with just two returners having played significant minutes. The offense had no flow for much of the game outside of the spurts when Kuzma took over. The defensive intensity came and went. The Utes must improve before Pac-12 play or they will live up (or down) to their preseason pick of finishing No. 8 in the league.SHORT STAFFEDUtah will be without newcomers David Collette and Sedrick Barefield until the Utes play face Prairie View A&M on Dec. 17. The two will miss the first eight games due to transfer rules, but are expected to be starters once they return. Sophomore Parker Van Dyke, freshman Devon Daniels and redshirt freshman Jayce Johnson started alongside returning starters Kuzma and Lorenzo Bonam.BALL CONTROLThe Utes had 19 turnovers, including seven from Bonam, who had six at halftime. Krystkowiak said the goal was 12. Bonam struggled all around with just five points and going 0 for 4 after making his first basket.UP NEXTNorthwest Nazarene: The Crusaders face Portland Bible in Caldwell, Idaho, in the Taco Bell Shootout.Utah: The Utes host Concordia on Tuesday and Coppin State on Friday as they open the season with three games in six days. 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It should be a special game and we can sense the expectation all around the city from our supporters. Its going to be exciting.Of their nine meetings in Spain, Guardiola won five and Mourinho only two. Before then, when Mourinho was at Inter Milan, the Portuguese masterminded only one victory over Guardiolas Barcelona and lost two of the other three encounters.The duo spent the offseason trying to downplay any tensions, including dismissing speculative, goading inquiries about whether they would shake hands before a friendly in Beijing that had to be postponed because of bad weather.Both Mourinhos United and Guardiolas City are putting perfect starts on the line, but its only the fourth round of the Premier League, resuming after the break for World Cup qualifying.Guardiolas derby plans were disrupted by top scorer Sergio Aguero being suspended, with 19-year-old striker Kelechi Iheanacho the only direct replacement available.The Spanish coach does now have his preferred goalkeeper on hand after exiling Joe Hart on loan to Torino and bringing in Claudio Bravo from Barcelona. The 33-year-old Bravo has been on international duty and will have little time to train with his new teamm, making his selection far from certain on Saturday.ddddddddddddBravo has been the subject of friendly teasing from United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.Heres some training gear, youre going to need it, the Swede wrote alongside an Instagram video showing him putting the kit in a parcel addressed to Bravo.But Ibrahimovics own starting place looks less secure given the impact made by Marcus Rashford for both United and England in recent weeks. Before the international break, the 18-year-old forward snatched three points for United by coming off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner at Hull. On England under-21 duty, he then scored a hat trick on his debut this week.Thats all you want to do as a young player, give your manager a decision about whether to play you, Rashford said. Im just looking forward to it.Here is a look at other talking points in the Premier League this weekend:---NEW-LOOK ANFIELDLiverpool played its first three games of the season on the road, gaining four points as builders were occupied at home.Now the Merseyside club is ready to return to Anfield and play in front of the newly renovated main stand for the first time when Leicester visits on Saturday.The capacity is rising to more than 54,000, with an additional 8,500 Liverpool fans now accommodated after the Fenway Sports Group scrapped the plans by previous American owners to build a completely new venue.Thats more power and we should use this, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said.Like Liverpool, defending champion Leicester has won once, drawn once and lost once so far. Record signing Islam Slimani is set to make his Leicester debut even though the striker hasnt had a chance to train with his new teammates.---ERIKSEN SECUREDMauricio Pochettino is relieved to have signed midfielder Christian Eriksen to a new contract with Tottenham through 2020.Tottenham is unbeaten but has drawn twice and only won once so far this season. ' ' '