Hunter Erickson’s career-high 18-point effort leads Utah past Radford

Hunter Erickson scored a career-high 18 points to help Utah cruise to an 81-63 victory over Radford on Saturday night at Salt Lake City.Gabe Madsen had 15 points and seven assists despite his 5-of-17 shooting line and Lawson Lovering added 12 points, four blocked shots and three steals for the Utes (7-2). Erickson also made a career-best four 3-pointers.Jarvis Moss made four 3-pointers and scored 18 points for Radford, which had a five-game winning streak halted. Brandon Maclin added 15 points and three steals for the Highlanders (9-3).Utah shot 46.7 percent from the field, including 10 of 28 from 3-point range.Radford made 41.1 percent of its shots and was 7 of 23 from behind the arc.Utah led by nine at the break and quickly pushed the advantage to 55-36 with 16:05 left. Madsen buried a 3-pointer and followed with a dunk to end a 7-0 burst.A short time later, the Highlanders scored eight points in a row to pull within 57-46 with 10:21 left.But Erickson scored five points and Mason Madsen buried a trey in a 10-2 push as the Utes lef by 19 again with 7:52 left.The Utah lead topped out at 21 points.