Fans who attended the Utes' intrasquad scrimmage last night surely noticed when forward Morgan Grim stepped out twice and hit long jump shots from the wing.

"He has worked on that a ton," coach Jim Boylen said.

It's a weapon the Riverton native hopes to add to his arsenal this season, after practicing a lot with his father and an assistant coach over the summer, though Boylen expects the 6-foot-8 sophomore probably will spend more time playing back-up to center Luke Nevill than forward Shaun Green.

"Don't hold me to that," Boylen said. "But I think that's where it's going."

For his part, Grim said he hopes to eventually move into a forward role similar to Green -- "I can shoot the three," he insisted -- but enjoys playing center, too, even though he's still just 225 pounds.

"I like to bang in there as a five, because I'm, like, undersized," he said. "People like to look at me like that, like I'm some sort of target, and I love that. I love that sort of stuff. I love taking it to guys who think that."

He's pretty good at it, too.

Seems as if more often than not, he does a good job being physical with the much larger Nevill in practice. Several times in the scrimmage, in fact, he kept Nevill -- 7-foot-2 and 265 pounds -- from backing him down on the block, and forced him to put up hooks or short jumpers.

"I'm just trying to kind of find my game after my freshman year," Grim said, "kind of find my role."