Photo by Brigham Berthold OREM, Utah—Different squads, same result. After holding a lead or tie for the first 39 minutes of regulation Saturday, the UVU men’s basketball team fell to Utah State 80-79 in overtime. UVU moves to 0-12 all-time against the in-state Aggies. Conner Toolson and Isaac Neilson both finished with double-doubles. Toolson led […]
In the final episode of the semester, we recap the big events of the semester in UVU sports.
Photo by Brigham Berthold SALT LAKE CITY—Despite a strong fight down the stretch, the UVU men’s basketball team was unable to finish another comeback against in-state rival Utah on Tuesday. Here are five takeaways from the game at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Need those free throws UVU has not been fantastic at getting to […]
Photo by Brigham Berthold When the Utah Valley University men’s basketball team beat cross-county rival BYU for the first time in program history, it seemed like everyone jumped on the UVU bandwagon. The Wolverines were even highlighted on SportsCenter that evening. The world was right with UVU basketball. The big question coming off the massive […]
Photo by Brigham Berthold SALT LAKE CITY — For the third time in two weeks, the UVU men’s basketball team found themselves facing an uphill climb in the second half of a road game. For the second straight such time, they made a commendable run at it but came up just short. After facing a […]
Photo by Julie Ostler Several teams made Utah Valley University history this fall and others brought championships to UVU. With the culmination of the fall 2016 semester rapidly approaching, we take a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of the UVU student-athletes. Wrestler Dustin Dennison finishes first at national tournament Nov. 13 on the campus […]
Photo by Brigham Berthold After all UVU teams spent several weeks on the road, the basketball teams will be back in the state for the week. However, not all games will be played at home. The women’s basketball team heads south to Cedar City, Utah while the men head up to Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, the wrestling […]
Photo by Brigham Berthold It’s not often a college basketball player leaves the packed gyms of the powerhouse Big East for the Western Athletic Conference, but junior guard Brandon Randolph did just that when he made the decision to come to Utah Valley University. Randolph began his college career with the Xavier Musketeers, a perennial […]
Photo by Brigham Berthold OREM, Utah—After a sluggish first half, Conner Toolson sparked the UVU men’s basketball team to a 75-71 win over UTSA with 14 points in the first four minutes of the second half Saturday. Toolson finished the night with a game-high 29 points. “I knew this was going to be so hard. […]
This week we talk to head men’s basketball coach Mark Pope about the comeback at Denver and the big win at BYU.